Penguin Books

This bestselling book offers a fresh and humorous perspective on George Washington, challenging traditional views of the…

In this sweeping and engaging history, best-selling author Mark Kurlansky tells the story of human civilization through…

For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water,…

In this fascinating book, follow author Maria Konnikova as she dives into the psychology of one of literature's most…

Science is all around us, creating patterns both large and small that have the power to help us understand the universe…

Born in Russia in 1869 and immigrating to America at 16, Emma Goldman played a significant role in the anarchist and…

The modern idea of the journey to find love seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even…

A surgeon, storyteller, and vice president of the famous Explorers Club explains what happens to the human body in the…

The definitive monograph of Glen E. Friedman, a pioneer of skate, punk, and hip-hop photography, including much…

In California in 1872, Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the technology that would come to be instrumental in the advent of…

Weekend trips to the coast or a nearby canyon or mountain are fine, but imagine if you could take a hike on the red…

The internationally bestselling phenomenon with over 7 million copies sold! Paint, poke, create, destroy, and wreck—to…

Action Park was the legendary amusement park so dangerous it was called, variously, "Traction Par," "Accident Park," or…

I'm going to take a wild guess and say your high school didn't teach about the history of women's sexuality. If they…

Yrsa Daley-Ward is an acclaimed poet whose words and insights to the self have resonated with thousands of readers. Now,…

There are a lot of tough conversations we need to have every day. Some of them are always going to be difficult—like a…

In this interdisciplinary volume that combines the work of computer science, cognitive psychology, and neurobiology,…

People in the 21st century have access to more scientific knowledge than any generation ever before, but it doesn't lead…

Hypothetical scene -- you score and drop some acid, you and your philosopher friend. You'll find out by…

Who invented the wheel? Who told the first joke? Who drank the first beer? In this humorous and critical book, uncover…

A kind, quirky, illustrated guide to getting over a broken heart. Reflections, recipes, lyrics, lists, text-message…

Those of us who were around in the 1990s remember when email changed everything about communication. But there was a…

Learn how to plan, create, and maintain a multi-cat environment, without leading to a complete kitty apocalypse. This…

A scientific survey of animal genitalia, this fun yet serious book walks us through the mechanisms, evolutionary…

What may at first glance appear to be a simple choice--that is, what we decide to eat when we're feeling hungry--is a…

The second in author Karl Ove Knausgaard's quartet of autobiographical volumes, Winter continues Knausgaard's series…

Using the cultural phenomena of RuPaul's Drag Race as a springboard, authors Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez talk…

This brilliant book from a young scientist with Asperger's syndrome offers the reader a fascinating perspective on…

The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In…

This super-short book has the very basic and very huge tools that you need to conduct a successful negotiation about…