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The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill"—a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid."

Sarah Vowell discusses her latest book.

Special Interests: Romance

Beside a Burning Sea

Read a Q&A with John Shors and an excerpt from his latest novel, Beside a Burning Sea.

Book Clubs

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz

The most talked about—and praised—first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Video

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Young Readers

Knucklehead

Jon Scieszka

"Entertaining and fast-moving, silly and sweet, this homage to family life is not to be missed"
—School Library Journal, starred review

Chalice

Robin McKinley

Fans and new readers alike will greedily devour McKinley's latest ... A lavish and lasting treat.
—Publishers Weekly

Favorite Characters

  • angelina
  • caterpillar
  • pooh
  • froggy

Penguin Classics

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Today @ Penguin

Two Penguin Group (USA) Authors Are Among the Fifteen Most Prominent Hispanic-Americans in the Arts in America: Junot Díaz and Julia Alvarez

Jim Trelease, Author of Penguin's The Read-Aloud Handbook, Receives The 2008 Carle Honor

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Tried by War
$35.00 | buy now

Tried by War

James M. McPherson

Bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with—and often against—his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it.

How to Have Style
$30.00 | buy now

How to Have Style

Isaac Mizrahi

King of chic—and host of his own series on the Oxygen and Style Networks—shares his style rules with inimitable flair in a colorful guidebook designed to unleash every woman's inner fashionista. Watch a trailer.