Penguin Classics

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical...

Twilight of the Idols', an attack on all the prevalent ideas of his time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. It also prepares the way for 'The Anti-Christ', a final assault on...

Freud was fascinated by the mysteries of creativity and the imagination. The groundbreaking works that comprise The Uncanny present some of his most influential explorations of the mind. In these...

The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu...

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this catalyzing work applied the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. William James believed that individual religious...

The Vinland Sagas (Penguin Classics)Author: Gisli SigurossonPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: Jul 29, 2008Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The first modern tale of alien invasion, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever published. The night after a shooting star is seen...

Livy's history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he fought with the Romans over the following sixteen years...

Smith's THE WEALTH OF NATIONS was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 co-incided with...

Celebrating the centennial of his birth, the first-ever U.S. publication of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin?s seminal works, with a foreword by PEN/Open Book Award?winner Gina Apostol A New York Times...

Great American humorist James Thurber?s beloved, madcap, and eerily timely fairy tale about an island society robbed of the wonders of the letter O?in a stunning Deluxe Edition featuring flaps,...

A firsthand account of Scott's disastrous Antarctic expedition The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott?s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard?the youngest...

Originally published: Herland, The yellow wall-paper, and selected writings. 1999.Author: Charlotte Perkins GilmanPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: September 29, 2009Number of Pages: 400...

Brings together sermons, commentary responses to criticism, and substantial extracts from the "Summa Theologiae," arranged chronologically.Author: Thomas AquinasPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication...

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient...

In "Timaeus," Plato describes the creation of the universe and of man, and in "Critias," he presents an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis.Author: PlatoPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication...

To Jerusalem And Back: A Personal Account (Classic, 20Th-Century, Penguin)Author: Saul BellowPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: May 01, 1998Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage:...

A must-have new edition of Virginia Woolf?s masterpiece, featuring a cover illustrated by Alison Bechdel, the New York Times bestselling author of Fun Home, and a new foreword by Patricia Lockwood A...

This tale of the hero Tristan and the beautiful Queen Isolde, united by a magic potion in a passion that defies all legal and moral sanctions, has stood the test of time as one of the greatest love...

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival?featuring an introduction by David Mamet A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and...

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (Spanish and English Edition)Author: Pablo NerudaPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: December 26, 2006Number of Pages: 60 pagesLanguage:...

Verne?s timeless underwater adventure story, now available in a new translation as a Penguin Classics black spine. In this thrilling adventure tale by the father of science fiction, three men embark...

Two Lives of Charlemagne (Penguin Classics)Author: EinhardPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: September 30, 2008Number of Pages: 160 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A Brilliant Introduction To The Essence Of Living Hinduism The Thirteen Principal Upanisads, Sanskrit Texts In The Religious Traditions Of The Vedas, Lie At The Heart Of Hinduism. Devoted To...

Veinte Poemas De Amor Y Una Canci?ú??N Desesperada: (Edici?ú??N Deluxe De Penguin Classics En Dos Idiomas) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Author: Pablo NerudaPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication...

Walden And Civil Disobedience (Penguin American Library)Author: Henry David ThoreauPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: Aug 25, 1983Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Author: Shirley JacksonPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublication Date: October 31, 2006Number of Pages: 146 pagesLanguage:...

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner...

The Nobel Prize?nominated Kenyan writer?s powerful first novel Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will...

During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What...