Penguin Books

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

The fourth and final installment in author Karl Ove Knausgaard's seasonally-themed autobiography, Summer splices…

Eugen Herrigel, a German professor of Philosophy who was living in Tokyo, couldn't wrap his head around the tenants 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…

Everything we own is made of something. From the everyday objects in our home to the most extraordinary crafts that…

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

When England was a cultural backwater and European nations competed in barbarity, the center of progress and science was…

What makes the universe the way it is? Why are we here, and to what end? Everyone has thought about these questions at…

It's easy to think of science and supernatural as being on opposite ends of the spectrum. But towards the end of the…

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

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

When a plane crashes, safety investigators are called into action to figure out what happened, why it happened, and how…

The notion of disappearing now, in the age of endless selfies and self-promotion, has never had higher contrast. With…

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

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

As the new millennium dawned, one of the things it brought was a restaurant mania; an age that was as golden as it was…

Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold metalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, was only four years old when she kicked…

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

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

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

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

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

In this volume dedicated to exploring the potential of bioenergetics, a revolutionary therapeutic approach, author and…

Camas Davis was unhappy with her life as an editor at a New York magazine and chose to embrace a simpler life by moving…

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

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

Deep thoughts and witty jokes come together in this cartoon exploration of philosophy. With coverage of everything from…

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

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