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Penguin Classics 70th Anniversary - Essential Classics — Editor — 61 copies
Penguin Reader Level 2: The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai (ELT Graded Reader): Level 2 (Penguin Readers) (2020) 12 copies
10 Penguin Classics on 45 CDs (The Mayor of Casterbridge, Pride & Prejudice, Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Crime & Punishment, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey,… (2007) — Editor — 9 copies, 1 review
The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories: Riveting Tales of Business Leaders and Their Times (2015) 7 copies
100 Penguin Covers Colouring Book 7 copies
I Can Color: Things that Move 5 copies
I Can Color: Fruits and Vegetables 5 copies
I Can Color: Animals and Birds 5 copies
Fun with Activities: Coloring 5 copies
The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection: More than 1000 of the Greatest Classics (2005) 5 copies
Fun with Writing (4 Books Pack) 4 copies
Fun with Activities: Brain Boosters 4 copies
Pat and the Rats 3 copies
What The World Is Reading; Excerpts From A Selection Of Bestselling Paperback Titles From Penguin Group (Usa) (2011) 3 copies
Fun with Writing: Numbers 1-10 3 copies
Fun with Writing: Capital Letters 3 copies
Like Glass 3 copies
Fun with Activities: Mazes 3 copies
Twelve Stories from Twelve Authors: Penguin Underground Lines: The full set of twelve Penguin Lines (2013) — Publisher — 2 copies
Penguin Guides 2 copies
Penguin Dictionary of Economics 2 copies
Penguin Readers Level 2: Collected Classics: Vol 6 (Penguin Longman Penguin Readers) (2001) 2 copies
Observations 2 copies
My First Big Book of Alphabet: Illustrated Board Book of ABC for PreSchool Kids, Toddlers | Book for 1+ [Penguin Early Learning Series] (2025) 2 copies
Fidget Spinners - Truques e Desafios 2 copies
My First Big Book of Birds: Illustrated Board Book of Birds for PreSchool Kids, Toddlers | Book for 1+ [Penguin Early Learning Series] (2025) 2 copies
The Economist: Financial Innovation (Penguin Specials): Playing with Fire (Penguin Shorts/Specials) (2012) 1 copy
The Lymond Poetry 1 copy
Jokes from Cyber Space 1 copy
A Much Better Place 1 copy
Machiavelli - The Prince 1 copy
The Laws of Manu 1 copy
Herodotus - The Histories 1 copy
The Penguin Book of Dragons 1 copy
Pocket Facts 1 copy
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (2010) 1 copy
Thesaurus, The penguin 1 copy
The Pillars of Earth CD 1 copy
Penguin Pencils (box of 6) 1 copy
German reader 1 copy
A-Z thesaurus 1 copy
Hey Duggee Dinosars 1 copy
Science News 15 1 copy
Oscar Wilde 1 copy
New English Dramatists 4 1 copy
PELÉ 1 copy
The Chamber 1 copy
Penguin catalogue No. 1, 2 — Author — 1 copy
Dictionary, The penguin 1 copy
Penguin Plays 1 copy
Penguins progress, 1935-1960 : published on the occasion of the silver jubilee of Penguin Books 1 copy
Picturs from Italy 1 copy
Penguin Classics 1 copy
Modern poets 1 copy
Enchanting Nature: Adult Coloring Book | Fun and Relaxing Doodle Designs for all Age Groups (2025) 1 copy
100 Numbers to Count: Board Book of Numbers 1 to 100 for PreSchool Kids, Toddlers [Penguin Early Learning Series] (2025) 1 copy
100 Food We Eat: Board Book of First 100 Important Food Items for PreSchool Kids, Toddlers [Penguin Early Learning Series] (2025) 1 copy
100 Words We Read: Board Book of First 100 Most Important Words for PreSchool Kids, Toddlers [Penguin Early Learning Series] (2025) 1 copy
The Happy Reader - Issue 6 1 copy
Nagy-Britannia (Útitárs) 1 copy
The Happy Reader - Issue 7 1 copy
The Happy Reader - Issue 12 1 copy
Spllash 1 copy
pg. Wodehouse 1 copy
Robin Hood 1 copy
Peppa Meets Father Christmas 1 copy
THE METAPHYSICAL POETS 1 copy
FRENCH VERSE 20TH CENTURY 1 copy
Classic Crime Gift Set--Police At the Funeral, the Moving Toyshop, Death At the President's Lodging (1988) — Editor — 1 copy
Three Negro Plays 1 copy
How to recognize baroque art 1 copy
Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941: [Penguin Twentieth Century Classics] — Editor — 1 copy
Арабо-израильские войны: Арабский взгляд (The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Through Arab Eyes) (2008) 1 copy
Physical Fitness 1 copy
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Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of Life, Death and the NHS (2021) — Publisher, some editions — 51 copies, 1 review
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- Author Penguin has accumulated a miscellany of works, many, perhaps most, of which might be happier elsewhere. Editing your book to reflect the actual author would assist with assigning books to the correct work page. A vain attempt to separate Penguin Books as 'author' of the works published by Penguin about publishing matters, catalogues, history of the company, etc. has been frustrated, partly by over-enthusiastic combination but mostly by the addition of many other books inappropriately allocated to one of the Penguin Books (Ltd) author pages.
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Being a fan of sf cover art, I was anxious to see the postcards included in this collection. I must say I'm rather disappointed. The vast array of artwork available to Penguin/Ace/et al is voluminous, and yet, most of the works in this box are dull and uninteresting. Granted, there are some gems, i.e., "Make Room! Make Room!" but then you've got covers which consist of blocks of a single color, monotonous text and the Penguin logo, i.e., "Last and First Men". (I get that these are Penguin show more books, but yeesh! Could you TRY to get some creatively graphic and in some cases that I've seen on some sf of the past, psychedelic covers? I KNOW you've got them!). And could it have killed you to reproduce the back cover blurbs somewhere on the back?
Ultimately, sf art boils down to one emotion for me: if it doesn't make me go "Oo! Neat!" it's not worth it. No "Oo!"s. No "Neat!"s. No fun. show less
Ultimately, sf art boils down to one emotion for me: if it doesn't make me go "Oo! Neat!" it's not worth it. No "Oo!"s. No "Neat!"s. No fun. show less
The first volume of the "illustrated quarterly" The Yellow Book went to print in 1894. The declared aim of its "Publishers and Editors" was to create a publication which would be not just a "magazine" but a collectable book - "a book with style, a book with finish". Aubrey Beardsley's appointment as arts editor also gave this publication the frisson of controversy. Beardsley's sojourn in France had brought him close to the "aesthetic movement" and his blank ink drawings, emphasizing the show more sexual and the grotesque, seemed to ooze a sense of fin-de-siecle decadence. Indeed, the choice of a "yellow cover" was itself a knowing reference to French racy magazines, whose yellow cover warned prospective buyers of their erotic content. The quarterly achieved its peak of notoriety in April 1895, when Oscar Wilde was arrested whilst allegedly carrying a copy. Beardsley, a collaborator of the author, was promptly sacked, but the magazine managed to continue until 1897.
In actual fact, the stories and poems featured in the periodical were rarely as shocking as the cover promised they would be. What was undisputed was their quality and variety - amongst the contributors were leading authors such as John Buchan, H.G. Wells and W.B. Yeats, writing in a variety of styles. Ample space was given to female writers, including Ella D'Arcy and Ethel Mayne (who also served as sub-editors).
A good indication of the "Yellow Book"'s range is given by this selection issued as part of the second wave of Penguin "Little Black Books" - it consists of four stories and four poems accompanied by a smattering of Beardsley drawings. Mrs Ernest Leverson's "Suggestion" is the closest we get to the world of Wilde - its barbed wit and cynical view of marriage and relationships is calculated to shock us with its amorality. It is immediately followed by Arthur Symons's poem "Stella Maris" - an explicit description of a night of love which must have raised several Victorian eyebrows and likely singed them in the process. None of the other pieces are as controversial. John Buchan's supernatural tale "A Journey of Little Profit" is a delightful piece of diablerie, Ella D'Arcy's "The Pleasure-Pilgrim" is a tragicomedy with a bittersweet taste to it, Arnold Bennett's "A Letter Home" is a Maupassant-like slice of realism with a crushingly cruel ending. The collection also includes poems by Katharine de Mattos, Edmund Gosse and a typically dense and metaphor-laden work by W.B.Yeats.
This is an enjoyable compilation which gives a tantalising taste of the cultural phenomenon that was "The Yellow Book". If I give it only three stars, it is because it is difficult to replicate, in a different format, a periodical which gave such great attention to its design and presentation. show less
In actual fact, the stories and poems featured in the periodical were rarely as shocking as the cover promised they would be. What was undisputed was their quality and variety - amongst the contributors were leading authors such as John Buchan, H.G. Wells and W.B. Yeats, writing in a variety of styles. Ample space was given to female writers, including Ella D'Arcy and Ethel Mayne (who also served as sub-editors).
A good indication of the "Yellow Book"'s range is given by this selection issued as part of the second wave of Penguin "Little Black Books" - it consists of four stories and four poems accompanied by a smattering of Beardsley drawings. Mrs Ernest Leverson's "Suggestion" is the closest we get to the world of Wilde - its barbed wit and cynical view of marriage and relationships is calculated to shock us with its amorality. It is immediately followed by Arthur Symons's poem "Stella Maris" - an explicit description of a night of love which must have raised several Victorian eyebrows and likely singed them in the process. None of the other pieces are as controversial. John Buchan's supernatural tale "A Journey of Little Profit" is a delightful piece of diablerie, Ella D'Arcy's "The Pleasure-Pilgrim" is a tragicomedy with a bittersweet taste to it, Arnold Bennett's "A Letter Home" is a Maupassant-like slice of realism with a crushingly cruel ending. The collection also includes poems by Katharine de Mattos, Edmund Gosse and a typically dense and metaphor-laden work by W.B.Yeats.
This is an enjoyable compilation which gives a tantalising taste of the cultural phenomenon that was "The Yellow Book". If I give it only three stars, it is because it is difficult to replicate, in a different format, a periodical which gave such great attention to its design and presentation. show less
This is a short book, which contains extracts from writings by or about the Cynic philosophers. It consists of three main sections: a dialogue in which a Cynic philosopher attempts to justify his way of life, and in particular his shunning of material goods, to another speaker; a collection of quotes and anecdotes from various writers about the philosopher Diogenes; and an extract about the life of Bion.
Although short, this was an interesting read about a topic I knew little about. I would show more have liked a little more background information and explanation, but it was still interesting to read. show less
Although short, this was an interesting read about a topic I knew little about. I would show more have liked a little more background information and explanation, but it was still interesting to read. show less
Penguin always find a way of making their catalogues interesting and readable. I think it is because they are presented like a magazine, crammed with interesting articles on great writers and abstract editorials on War, Psychology or even Fighting Fantasy, to give a few examples.
Full colour, and with hundreds of photos of the actual book covers to drool over. My wife jokingly called it a porn mag for bibliophiles the other day! I can't argue with that. ;)
Full colour, and with hundreds of photos of the actual book covers to drool over. My wife jokingly called it a porn mag for bibliophiles the other day! I can't argue with that. ;)
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