Penguin Books

With a population that’s roughly half of Portland and just under that of Cleveland’s, Iceland boasts a surprising…

This is the extraordinary account of Donner-Grau's experiences with doña Mercedes, an aged healer in a remote…

A celebration of urban trees and the Americans—presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen activists,…

Author Jen Sincero knows what there is to know about transforming your habits. With blunt humor and…

The game of Exquisite Corpse is simple: two or more people collaborate on an art piece by folding the paper to hide each…

From professor of Atlantic History Marcus Rediker, this book shines light on one of the darkest series of events in…

This is a guide to relationships and a healthy sexuality built around consent. An experienced sex educator explores how…

Brought to you by supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," Hip Hop America provides…

Jumpstart your creativity with this unusual scavenger hunt in book form. As you go about your days, keep your eyes…

From Penguin's series of "Great Ideas," author George Orwell - best known for his work of 1984 - comes to shed light on…

This book exands on the emerging field of neuroplasticity, the ways the brain can grow, heal, and change. It describes…

Morrissey details his life before fame and after. From the creation of the Smiths to his solo career and beyond,…

This updated study of the economics, politics, and ecology of water explores more than a century of both public and…

Trees! You're here 'cause you love them or are curious about them. Even a little. David Haskell's The Songs of Trees…

This practical volume, brought to us by the Zero Waste Collective, will guide readers in drastically reducing their…

It's easy to give someone some golden advice or a piece of your mind, but much harder to hear it. This book is…

A graphic novel of the life of Che Guevara, the famous revolutionary whose image is plastered on t-shirts and bumper…

This oral history of Bay Area punk brings the influential, outrageous scene to life. Includes stellar anecdotes…

"A heckuva deal, you bet!" Writer/performer Howard Mohr puts his humorous take on Minnesota culture into this definitive…

For billions all around the world, coffee is an indispensable staple. Few people, however, know coffee's story. In this…

If feminism has a future, it must be intersectional. How can we build a feminist movement that relies on community, not…

Anarchism refuses to do what has normally been done, so the description for this book ends here. Actually, it doesn't, I…

From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of…

When author Christine Montross started her tenure as a medical student, she felt nervous about cutting into a human body…

While it seems like you have plenty of choice when it comes to whiskey, in actually 95% of whiskey in America is owned…

This unexpectedly readable story begins when thousands and thousands of rubber ducks go missing at sea. But the story…

One of Lovecraft's most celebrated works, At the Mountains of Madness follows a group of explorers on an antarctic…

This fascinating book explores the ecosystem that is the human bodies. Each of us is a walking, talking microbial…

Imagine knowing what the brain craves and what keeps readers transfixed. The vast majority of writing advice focuses on…

From the person who helped brought you the Americans with Disabilities Act, this memoir recounts the life of Judith…