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#1199 Thor Heyerdahl - Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st Penguin edition, 6th reprint.
#ThorHeyerdahl #PenguinBooks #EasterIsland #RapaNui #Megaliths #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay
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#1199 Thor Heyerdahl - Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st Penguin edition, 6th reprint.
#ThorHeyerdahl #PenguinBooks #EasterIsland #RapaNui #Megaliths #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay
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#1199 Thor Heyerdahl - Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st Penguin edition, 6th reprint.
#ThorHeyerdahl #PenguinBooks #EasterIsland #RapaNui #Megaliths #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay
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#1199 Thor Heyerdahl - Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st Penguin edition, 6th reprint.
#ThorHeyerdahl #PenguinBooks #EasterIsland #RapaNui #Megaliths #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay
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#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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I have a front-of-catalog book coming out this spring with #PenguinBooks and MIT.
Famous professors try to sleep with 14 year old girls.
I'm asked to exhume a famous corpse.
A 12-year-old is stolen, the world's oldest man is debunked, and a CIA bloke accuses us of being Kremlin spies in #WaPo.
People die.
It's a non-fiction book.
You might be in it. Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and Cambridge professors are in it. Billionaires you know are in it, too.
Order it now.
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At The Yard, Salisbury — A Morning with Penguins
HOW PENGUIN BOOKS GOT ITS NAME — AND STARTED A PUBLISHING REVOLUTION
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIt was a bright August morning when we wandered into The Yard, a tucked-away coffee shop in Salisbury that felt like a secret shared among friends. The scent of espresso mingled with freshly baked muffins, and the walls featured book covers — rows of orange, blue, and green Penguins, those timeless companions of readers everywhere.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsAs we sipped our coffee (and yes, the hot chocolate was extraordinary), I remembered a story that began nearly a century ago — one that changed how the world reads.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn 1935, Allen Lane, managing editor at The Bodley Head, stood on a train platform in Exeter after visiting Agatha Christie. Searching for a good-quality paperback for his journey back to London, he found only cheap, flimsy magazines. That moment sparked an idea that would transform publishing: books should be both affordable and beautifully made — quality literature priced like a daily newspaper.
Lane envisioned a series of paperbacks that would bring fine writing to everyone, sold not just in bookshops but in railway stations and corner stores. A young secretary, Joan Coles, suggested the name ‘Penguin,’ friendly and memorable. Lane sent 21-year-old artist Edward Young to the London Zoo to sketch the bird that would become one of the most beloved emblems in publishing history.
What many readers don’t realize is that the earliest Penguins were colour-coded — a design both simple and brilliant. Each colour represented a different genre: orange for fiction, dark blue for biography, red for drama, green for crime, black for serious non-fiction, purple for essays, and grey for world affairs. Together they formed a mosaic of modern reading — bright, confident, and accessible. When we looked at the colourful covers on The Yard’s walls, we were really looking at the visual history of how reading became democratic.
The literary establishment was scandalized. Serious literature, sold beside the morning paper? But readers had the final word. Hemingway, Christie, and Maurois found new homes in satchels and coat pockets across Britain. Within a year, millions of Penguins were in circulation — proof that good books belong to everyone.
As I looked at those covers in The Yard, I realized that the Penguin revolution wasn’t just about paperbacks. It was about trust — the belief that ordinary people deserved access to extraordinary ideas.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn a quiet corner of Salisbury, over coffee and conversation, I was reminded that revolutions don’t always begin with noise. Sometimes, they start with a small bird and a bold idea.
Until the next page,
Rebecca
#books #PenguinBooks #RebeccaSReadingRoom #Salisbury #TheBodleyHead
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At The Yard, Salisbury — A Morning with Penguins
HOW PENGUIN BOOKS GOT ITS NAME — AND STARTED A PUBLISHING REVOLUTION
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIt was a bright August morning when we wandered into The Yard, a tucked-away coffee shop in Salisbury that felt like a secret shared among friends. The scent of espresso mingled with freshly baked muffins, and the walls featured book covers — rows of orange, blue, and green Penguins, those timeless companions of readers everywhere.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsAs we sipped our coffee (and yes, the hot chocolate was extraordinary), I remembered a story that began nearly a century ago — one that changed how the world reads.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn 1935, Allen Lane, managing editor at The Bodley Head, stood on a train platform in Exeter after visiting Agatha Christie. Searching for a good-quality paperback for his journey back to London, he found only cheap, flimsy magazines. That moment sparked an idea that would transform publishing: books should be both affordable and beautifully made — quality literature priced like a daily newspaper.
Lane envisioned a series of paperbacks that would bring fine writing to everyone, sold not just in bookshops but in railway stations and corner stores. A young secretary, Joan Coles, suggested the name ‘Penguin,’ friendly and memorable. Lane sent 21-year-old artist Edward Young to the London Zoo to sketch the bird that would become one of the most beloved emblems in publishing history.
What many readers don’t realize is that the earliest Penguins were colour-coded — a design both simple and brilliant. Each colour represented a different genre: orange for fiction, dark blue for biography, red for drama, green for crime, black for serious non-fiction, purple for essays, and grey for world affairs. Together they formed a mosaic of modern reading — bright, confident, and accessible. When we looked at the colourful covers on The Yard’s walls, we were really looking at the visual history of how reading became democratic.
The literary establishment was scandalized. Serious literature, sold beside the morning paper? But readers had the final word. Hemingway, Christie, and Maurois found new homes in satchels and coat pockets across Britain. Within a year, millions of Penguins were in circulation — proof that good books belong to everyone.
As I looked at those covers in The Yard, I realized that the Penguin revolution wasn’t just about paperbacks. It was about trust — the belief that ordinary people deserved access to extraordinary ideas.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn a quiet corner of Salisbury, over coffee and conversation, I was reminded that revolutions don’t always begin with noise. Sometimes, they start with a small bird and a bold idea.
Until the next page,
Rebecca
#books #PenguinBooks #RebeccaSReadingRoom #Salisbury #TheBodleyHead
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At The Yard, Salisbury — A Morning with Penguins
HOW PENGUIN BOOKS GOT ITS NAME — AND STARTED A PUBLISHING REVOLUTION
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIt was a bright August morning when we wandered into The Yard, a tucked-away coffee shop in Salisbury that felt like a secret shared among friends. The scent of espresso mingled with freshly baked muffins, and the walls featured book covers — rows of orange, blue, and green Penguins, those timeless companions of readers everywhere.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsAs we sipped our coffee (and yes, the hot chocolate was extraordinary), I remembered a story that began nearly a century ago — one that changed how the world reads.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn 1935, Allen Lane, managing editor at The Bodley Head, stood on a train platform in Exeter after visiting Agatha Christie. Searching for a good-quality paperback for his journey back to London, he found only cheap, flimsy magazines. That moment sparked an idea that would transform publishing: books should be both affordable and beautifully made — quality literature priced like a daily newspaper.
Lane envisioned a series of paperbacks that would bring fine writing to everyone, sold not just in bookshops but in railway stations and corner stores. A young secretary, Joan Coles, suggested the name ‘Penguin,’ friendly and memorable. Lane sent 21-year-old artist Edward Young to the London Zoo to sketch the bird that would become one of the most beloved emblems in publishing history.
What many readers don’t realize is that the earliest Penguins were colour-coded — a design both simple and brilliant. Each colour represented a different genre: orange for fiction, dark blue for biography, red for drama, green for crime, black for serious non-fiction, purple for essays, and grey for world affairs. Together they formed a mosaic of modern reading — bright, confident, and accessible. When we looked at the colourful covers on The Yard’s walls, we were really looking at the visual history of how reading became democratic.
The literary establishment was scandalized. Serious literature, sold beside the morning paper? But readers had the final word. Hemingway, Christie, and Maurois found new homes in satchels and coat pockets across Britain. Within a year, millions of Penguins were in circulation — proof that good books belong to everyone.
As I looked at those covers in The Yard, I realized that the Penguin revolution wasn’t just about paperbacks. It was about trust — the belief that ordinary people deserved access to extraordinary ideas.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn a quiet corner of Salisbury, over coffee and conversation, I was reminded that revolutions don’t always begin with noise. Sometimes, they start with a small bird and a bold idea.
Until the next page,
Rebecca
#books #PenguinBooks #RebeccaSReadingRoom #Salisbury #TheBodleyHead
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At The Yard, Salisbury — A Morning with Penguins
HOW PENGUIN BOOKS GOT ITS NAME — AND STARTED A PUBLISHING REVOLUTION
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIt was a bright August morning when we wandered into The Yard, a tucked-away coffee shop in Salisbury that felt like a secret shared among friends. The scent of espresso mingled with freshly baked muffins, and the walls featured book covers — rows of orange, blue, and green Penguins, those timeless companions of readers everywhere.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsAs we sipped our coffee (and yes, the hot chocolate was extraordinary), I remembered a story that began nearly a century ago — one that changed how the world reads.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn 1935, Allen Lane, managing editor at The Bodley Head, stood on a train platform in Exeter after visiting Agatha Christie. Searching for a good-quality paperback for his journey back to London, he found only cheap, flimsy magazines. That moment sparked an idea that would transform publishing: books should be both affordable and beautifully made — quality literature priced like a daily newspaper.
Lane envisioned a series of paperbacks that would bring fine writing to everyone, sold not just in bookshops but in railway stations and corner stores. A young secretary, Joan Coles, suggested the name ‘Penguin,’ friendly and memorable. Lane sent 21-year-old artist Edward Young to the London Zoo to sketch the bird that would become one of the most beloved emblems in publishing history.
What many readers don’t realize is that the earliest Penguins were colour-coded — a design both simple and brilliant. Each colour represented a different genre: orange for fiction, dark blue for biography, red for drama, green for crime, black for serious non-fiction, purple for essays, and grey for world affairs. Together they formed a mosaic of modern reading — bright, confident, and accessible. When we looked at the colourful covers on The Yard’s walls, we were really looking at the visual history of how reading became democratic.
The literary establishment was scandalized. Serious literature, sold beside the morning paper? But readers had the final word. Hemingway, Christie, and Maurois found new homes in satchels and coat pockets across Britain. Within a year, millions of Penguins were in circulation — proof that good books belong to everyone.
As I looked at those covers in The Yard, I realized that the Penguin revolution wasn’t just about paperbacks. It was about trust — the belief that ordinary people deserved access to extraordinary ideas.
At the Yard, Salisbury, A Morning with PenguinsIn a quiet corner of Salisbury, over coffee and conversation, I was reminded that revolutions don’t always begin with noise. Sometimes, they start with a small bird and a bold idea.
Until the next page,
Rebecca
#books #PenguinBooks #RebeccaSReadingRoom #Salisbury #TheBodleyHead
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My copy of the 1938 Penguin Books edition of 'The Centaur' by Algernon Blackwood. I'm rather pleased to own a 1930s Penguin, especially one by a favourite author. #BookChatWeekly #PenguinBooks #AlgernonBlackwood #paperbacks #fantasyfiction
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My copy of the 1938 Penguin Books edition of 'The Centaur' by Algernon Blackwood. I'm rather pleased to own a 1930s Penguin, especially one by a favourite author. #BookChatWeekly #PenguinBooks #AlgernonBlackwood #paperbacks #fantasyfiction
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My copy of the 1938 Penguin Books edition of 'The Centaur' by Algernon Blackwood. I'm rather pleased to own a 1930s Penguin, especially one by a favourite author. #BookChatWeekly #PenguinBooks #AlgernonBlackwood #paperbacks #fantasyfiction
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My copy of the 1938 Penguin Books edition of 'The Centaur' by Algernon Blackwood. I'm rather pleased to own a 1930s Penguin, especially one by a favourite author. #BookChatWeekly #PenguinBooks #AlgernonBlackwood #paperbacks #fantasyfiction
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#1073 Jean-Paul Sartre - Nausea. Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, 1970, 1st Penguin edition, 4th reprint.
#JeanPaulSartre #PenguinBooks #Philosophy #Existentialism #BookOfTheDay
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#NowReading2025 LIMITARIANISM: THE CASE AGAINST EXTREME WEALTH by Ingrid Robeyns via
@penguinbooks imbibed at Nito Coffee #Sendagi #千駄木 #Books #Coffee #Kissa #Kissaten #Tokyo #BookStodon #BookMastodon #CoffeeStodon #CoffeeMastodon #TokyoStodon #TokyoMastodon
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Bello Bear Ep. 6: Penguinophobia - The one where Bello fears tuxedo judgment. #webcomic #funnyanimals #comicstrip #penguins #indiecomics #bears #articpanic #bello #comicseries
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#923 Philip Ziegler - The Black Death. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984, 1st edition, reprint of reissue. #PhilipZiegler #PenguinBooks #Plague #Epidemics #Medieval #BookOfTheDay
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#923 Philip Ziegler - The Black Death. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984, 1st edition, reprint of reissue. #PhilipZiegler #PenguinBooks #Plague #Epidemics #Medieval #BookOfTheDay
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#923 Philip Ziegler - The Black Death. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984, 1st edition, reprint of reissue. #PhilipZiegler #PenguinBooks #Plague #Epidemics #Medieval #BookOfTheDay
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#923 Philip Ziegler - The Black Death. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1984, 1st edition, reprint of reissue. #PhilipZiegler #PenguinBooks #Plague #Epidemics #Medieval #BookOfTheDay
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#NowReading2024 THE FORTUNE MAN by Nadifa Mohamed via @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social thanks to Arakawa #PublicLibrary imbibed at Flying Scotsman Cafe #Ueno #上野
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#392 Erving Goffman - Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates. Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, A Pelican Book, 1970, 1st Pelican edition, 1st reprint. #ErvingGoffman #PenguinBooks #PelicanBooks #Asylums #Psychiatry #Psychology #BookOfTheDay
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RECOLLECTIONS OF MY NONEXISTENCE by Rebecca Solnit via @penguinbooks imbibed at Campanule #Machiya #町家 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon -
Canelita estos bocetos de Jan Tschichold para el diseño del logotipo de Penguin books. El requerimiento era que fuera un pingüino digno pero ágil.
Más imágenes en http://dustyburrito.blogspot.com/2009/12/penguin-group-logos.html?m=1
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Kennen wir uns schon?
EIN SOLO FÜR DIE PERLE!
JOHN BURNSIDE
So etwas wie Glück
Übers. Bernhard RobbenGefeiert und bekannt für seine Romane ebenso wie für seine Lyrik, läuft der schottische Schriftsteller John Burnside hier, in seinen Erzählungen, zu Hochform auf.
Dort gehts zum Buch:
https://kurzelinks.de/xufl#buch #penguinbooks #literatur #autor #fiktion #johnburnside #bernhardrobben #soetwaswieglück #perlendesmonats #karoviertel #sternschanze #stpauli #hamburg #codobuch #indiebuchhandel
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#737 Alexander Solzhenitsyn - August 1914. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1974, reprint of first Penguin edition. #AlexanderSolzhenitsyn #PenguinBooks #SovietUnion #Russia #Communism #WW1 #History #BookOfTheDay