Penguin Books

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans…

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

An exploration of the social, cultural, and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting, both in the…

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

During the years that Janette Sadik-Khan was New York City’s transportation commissioner, the city's public spaces…

Whether you need it for school, or you want to school someone on Western philosophy - Plato's The Republic is where it's…

The connection between how our brains work and the political landscape is one that is vital to understand. Now author…

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…

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

As leader of an unprecedented crime-busting squad, twenty-eight-year-old Eliot Ness won fame for enforcing Prohibition…

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

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

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

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

Schoolhouse Rock called this number its hero, and it's been making huge impacts and stirring up controversy since long…

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

Hazel has never been anything but terminal, and she's fully aware of it. But when Augustus Waters enters the story of…

Work smarter, not harder with this productivity guide from the author of Getting Things Done. Don't be fooled by the…

We're big fans of David Allen's classic Getting Things Done method—the GTD tools have saved many of us from…

A classic gem, incredibly helpful for anyone who's overwhelmed with things to get done. Get everything out of your…

This book ties it all together—today's crises of oil and melting ice, seen through the lens of a historical disaster…

The third entry in author Karl Ove Knausgaard's series of seasonal autobiographies, in Spring, Knausgaard continues…

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…