YEAR OF WONDERS.
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. 308pp. + ads. Choosen by the listeners of Austrialia's ABC Radio Network 'Top 100 Best Books OF The 21st Century' this being number 15. More
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THE MASTER AND MARGARITA; 50th Anniversary.
New York: Penguin Books, 2016. later printing. 367pp., including notes, commentary, and an afterword. The preferred translation by Diana Burgin and Katherine O'Connor. More
FIREWORKS: Nine Profane Pieces.
New York: Penguin Books. Later printing. 8vo., 133pp. An anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1974 by Quartet Books Ltd. and contains a collection of stories, several of which are based on Carter's own experiences of living in Japan from..... More
THE INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINES OF DOCTOR HOFFMAN. A King Penguin.
London: Penguin Books, 1982. 221pp. "The story of a war fought against the diabolical Doctor Hoffmanm who wanted to demolish the structures of reason and liberate man from the chains of the reality principle for ever." Told with Carter's distinct, vaguely gothic blend of relish and spite. More
THE SONGLINES.
New York: Penguin Books, 1988. 294pp. "Why is man the most restless, dissatisfied of animals? Why do wandering people conceive the workd as perfect whereas sedentary ones always try to change it?." More
REMARKABLE CREATURES. Plume.
New York: Penguin Books, 2010. 312pp.A stunning historical novel that follows the story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, two extraordinary 19th century fossil hunters who changed the scientific world forever.On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary learns that she has a unique gift..... More
A HISTORY OF MODERN FRANCE. In Three Volumes. A Pelican Original.
London: Penguin Books, 1971. reprint. 292; 246; 272pp. Covers the history of France from 1715 to 1962. More
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY LIFE AS A WOMAN: The New York Years.
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. Later Printing. 424pp. A fascinating narrative about the courage and triumph of the imagination, and how one woman discovered her role in the world. More
A MIND OF ITS OWN; A Cultural History of the Penis.
New York: Penguin Books, 2001. 358pp., illustrations, notes, index. Whether viewed as life source, a symbol of God, and emblem of shame, or an instrument of domination, the penis has always been at the core of Western man (and woman's) cultural evolution. From the Devil and da Vinci to Freud..... More
COMMITTED; A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage.
New York: Penguin Books, 2010. 288 pp. More
STERN MEN.
New York: Penguin Books, 2000. 292 pp. More
DOCTOR IN CLOVER.
Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1968. 159pp. A film tie-in, with cover photo from the 1966 film, and features Leslie Phillips (Dr Gaston Grimsdyke) and Elizabeth Ercy (Jeanine the Physiopherapist). More
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY.
New York: Penguin Books, 2020. Later Edition. 292pp. Chosen by the listeners of Austrialia's ABC Radio Network 'Top 100 Best Books OF The 21st Century' this being number 69. More
THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Sexuality and Sexual Practice Around The World.
New York: Penguin Books, 2000. 128pp., introduction, glossary, commentary on the maps, refs., selected bib., index. Full-color maps and graphics illustrate in clear and accessible format the differences, as well as some surprising similarities, from country to country and between cultures thus, providing a unique global profile of sexuality and..... More
NOTHING TO DECLARE: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone.
New York: Penguin Books, 1989. Reprint Edition. 8vo. 250pp., illustrated throughout with many b/w reproductions. Chronicling her travels throughout Central America, the author offers an unvarnished view of the precarious realitie's of everyday life in a harsh and ruthless land. More
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB.
New York: Penguin Books, 2021. Later Edition. 378pp. Chosen by the listeners of Austrialia's ABC Radio Network 'Top 100 Best Books OF The 21st Century' this being number 36. More
THE BOOK OF DISQUIET.
New York: Penguin Books, 2003. later printing. 508 pp. Intro, notes, appendices, table of heteronyms. Edited and translated by Richard Zenith. "I am, in large measure, the selfsame prose I write.." More
TALES OF A SHAMAN'S APPRENTICE: An Ethnobotanist Searches For New Medicines In The Amazon Rain Forest.
New York: Penguin Books, 1993. 1st Edition. 8vo. 328pp., including Glossary and Index; illustrated with a section of b/w plates. More
DAYS OF READING. Great Ideas.
London: Penguin Books, 2008. 119 pp. Translated, and with a preface by John Sturrock. Features: John Ruskin. Days of Reading I. Days of Reading II. The Method of Sainte-Beuve (extracts). Swann Explained by Proust. More
PLAYS UNPLEASANT; Widowers' Houses - The Philanderer - Mrs Warren's Profession.
New York: Penguin Books, 1957. 386 pp. More
CEREMONY.
New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Later Printing. 261 pp. A poetic, dreamlike tale of Tayo, a mixed-blood Laguna Pueblo and veteran of World War II. Tormented by shell shock and haunted by memories of his cousin who died in the war, Tayo struggles on his impoverished reservation. After turning to..... More
BEN SHAHN.
West Drayton: Penguin Books, 1947. Oblong 8vo.19 pp. + 32 plates (16 in color). More
