Young Adult / High School (16–18 years)

• Author(s): James Vollbracht • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Children's StudiesChildren's lives today are complex, stressful, and dangerous. Kids are overscheduled, come home to empty houses and...

• Author(s): Robert Wrigley • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralDescribed by the late James Dickey as "one of the finest new poets to come along in years," Robert Wrigley ...

• Author(s): Saul Bellow • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: PsychologicalAbe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university and a man who glories in training the ...

• Author(s): Philip Whalen • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralLike his college roommate Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen took both poetry and Zen seriously. He became friends w...

• Author(s): Alice Notley • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralA Pulitzer Prize FinalistWinner of the Los Angeles Time Book Prize Alice Notley vividly reconstructs the myst...

• Author(s): Amy Gerstler • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralAmy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surr...

• Author(s): Joyce MacKie • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Genres & Styles - BalletAll the basic movements in classical ballet, illustrated with 275 detailed photographs. This unique handbook ...

• Author(s): Arthur Miller • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralFrom the Back CoverIn a building slated for imminent demolition, two brothers, long estranged, reunite to se...

• Author(s): Bob Glover • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Running & JoggingFor both runners entering that first neighborhood race and elite marathoners, trainers Bob and Shelly-lynn F...

• Author(s): Anne Waldman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralFrom the Back Cover'Kill Or Cure', a bold prescriptive for these apocalyptic days, brings together substantia...

• Author(s): Carl Jones • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Pregnancy & ChildbirthThe fear and pain most women expect from pregnancy can at last be overcome. Carl Jones, a certified childbirth ed...

• Author(s): Jean Racine • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Ancient & ClassicalRacine's play Phèdre--which draws on Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus--is the supreme achievement of French ...

• Author(s): Bret Harte • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryBret Harte was at the forefront of western American literature, paving the way for other writers, including Mark Twain. F...

• Author(s): Charles A. Siringo • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: United States - 19th CenturyAfter a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas ...

• Author(s): Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)A collection that shows Freeman's many modes - romantic, gothic, and psychologically sy...

• Author(s): Gilbert Imlay • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: ClassicsImlay's delightful epistolary adventure of 1793, set on the American frontier, was one of the first American novels. T...

• Author(s): George Washington Cable • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: ClassicsSetting forth formidable arguments for racial equality, Cable's novel of feuding Creole families in early ni...

• Author(s): William Least Heat Moon • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: United States - GeneralThe author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth "takes us on a lifetime voyage full of imagery, in...

• Author(s): Pam Johnson-Bennett • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Cats - General"Pam Johnson-Bennett is the queen of cat behavior!" -- Steve Dale, author of My Pet World The author of Catwise, Thi...

• Author(s): Charmian Carr • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThe magic of The Sound of Music lives on in the minds and hearts of everyone it has touched. Now...

• Author(s): Slavenka Drakulic • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Political"S. may very well be one of the strongest books about war you will ever read. . . The writing is taut, precise, and masterf...

• Author(s): Carl Djerassi • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: MedicalA compelling novel based on the high-stakes biotech industry and the science behind Viagra from the internationally known "Father...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralJune 1815: The Duke of Wellington, the Prince of Orange, and Napoleon will meet on the battlefield--and...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralWhen his honor and reputation are at stake, Sharpe seeks revenge--at any cost. It is 1814, and the defe...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralSharpe's mission has seemed simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's s...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - General"Apart from the rousing battle scenes, the author is at his best, evoking a long-gone era through cleve...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralAn unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to the imprison...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: War & MilitaryA band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: War & MilitaryA gripping tale of espionage, survival, and the complexities of human relationships set against the backdrop of one of history'...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: War & MilitaryTo stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress--where his wife and infant daughter are trapped--while ...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: War & MilitaryThe first book in Bernard Cornwell's epic Sharpe series, which completely transports the reader to an unforgettable...

• Author(s): Mary H. Manhein • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Forensic ScienceFrom the Back CoverTHE RIVETING TALE OF A TRUE-LIFE CRIME-FIGHTING SCIENTIFIC SLEUTHWhen a skeleton is all t...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: War & MilitaryAn action-packed historical adventure from Bernard Cornwell's enthralling series on the Napoleonic Wars. A daring, ...

• Author(s): Bernard Cornwell • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: War & MilitaryIn the heart of war-torn Spain during the Napoleonic era, Lieutenant Richard Sharpe assumes command of the 95th Rifles, a demor...

• Author(s): Charles Tyng • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: HistoricalCharles Tyng's quarter century under sail took him around the world half a dozen times at the begining of the ninetee...

• Author(s): Mary Cantwell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenThe New York Times said that Mary Cantwell, in telling the story of her life, "Makes you discover yourself." Now, gathere...

• Author(s): Fern Schumer Chapman • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: MemoirsA moving account of a mother and daughter who visit Germany to face the Holocaust tragedy that has caused their family dec...

• Author(s): Susan Maushart • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Parenting - GeneralBecoming a mother is filled with the extremes of emotion --the highest highs and the lowest lows. But wome...

• Author(s): Richard Ellis • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Animals - Marine LifeThe most mysterious and elusive of all sea creatures, the giant squid--at least sixty feet long and weigh...

• Author(s): Robert Templer • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaIn Shadows and Wind, Robert Templer paints a fascinating and fresh picture of a country usually viewed with hazy n...

• Author(s): Joyce Johnson • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Literary FiguresNamed one of the 50 best memoirs of the past 50 years by The New York Times Winner of the National Book Critic...

• Author(s): Venetia Murray • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFrom the Back CoverTHE REGENCY was one of the most romantic and turbulent ages in British history. Span...

• Author(s): Ariel Dorfman • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Literary FiguresIn this remarkable memoir, Dorfman describes an extraordinary life, torn between the United States, South America, and his Jewish he...

• Author(s): Marilee Strong • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Psychopathology - GeneralFrom the Back CoverMeet Daphne, age sixteen. There are times when she hurts so bad, "too deep for tears", that...

• Author(s): Sebastian Barry • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Historical - GeneralHailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the finest book to come out of Europe this year," The Whereabouts of Ene...

• Author(s): T. C. Boyle • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - The first volume of collected short fiction from the award-winning ...

• Author(s): Dale A. Matthews • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: HealingDrawing from the latest scientific research, as well as numerous illustrative case studies, The Faith Factor offers convincing...

• Author(s): Baxter F. Black • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Form - EssaysDescribed by The Washington Post as being able "to make a dead man sit up and laugh," Baxter Black--veterinarian/doctor t...

• Author(s): Jacki Lyden • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Medical (Incl. Patients)As an adult, National Public Radio foreign correspondent Jacki Lyden has spent her life on the front lines of some...

• Author(s): Kim Neely • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: MusicMore than any other band, Pearl Jam embodies the alternative style that dominates rock today. From their early days as fame-d...

• Author(s): Julie Hecht • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)Do the Windows Open? is a series of hilarious linked tales documenting the mania of the modern day in devasta...

• Author(s): Jancis Robinson • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Beverages - Alcoholic- GeneralA classic book about the pleasures of wine by the editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine Even ...

• Author(s): Charles Powers • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryWhen the body of Tomek, a young distillery worker, is found brutally murdered in the forest outside Jadowia in Poland, his boyh...

• Author(s): Wei Jingsheng • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: PoliticalInternationally recognized as a major publishing event, The Courage to Stand Alone is a collection of prison writings...

• Author(s): Elizabeth Ehrlich • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: ReligiousLike many Jewish Americans, Elizabeth Ehrlich was ambivalent about her background. She identified with Jewish cul...

• Author(s): John Pukite • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Agriculture - Animal HusbandryIn A Field Guide to Cows, John Pukite provides all the facts-so even the novice can identify and g...

• Author(s): Maria Mazziotti Gillan • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Anthologies (multiple authors)In stories and poems that explore how our society shapes us, Identity Lessons features a wide arr...

• Author(s): Clifton L. Taulbert • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: InspirationalThe acclaimed speaker and author of Once Upon a Time We Were Colored shares his timeless "front porch wisdom" of his ...

• Author(s): Garrison Keillor • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Humorous - GeneralJohn Tollefson, a son of Lake Wobegon, has moved East to manage a radio station at a college for academic...

• Author(s): Maureen Howard • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryOne of the preeminent novelists of our time, Maureen Howard dazzles us with a love story of radiant intelligence and ...