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In 1935, if you wanted to read a good book, you needed either a lot of money or a library card. Cheap paperbacks were available, but their poor production generally tended to mirror the quality between the covers. Penguin paperbacks were the brainchild of Allen Lane, then a director of The Bodley Head. After a weekend visiting Agatha Christie in Devon, he found himself on a platform at Exeter station searching its bookstall for something to read on his journey back to London, but discovered only popular magazines and reprints of Victorian novels. Appalled by the selection on offer, Lane decided that good quality contemporary fiction should be made available at an attractive price and sold not just in traditional bookshops, but also in railway stations, tobacconists and chain stores. He also wanted a 'dignified but flippant' symbol for his new business. His secretary suggested a Penguin and another employee was sent to London Zoo to make some sketches. Seventy years later Penguin is still one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

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Riddles of the Sphinx, The - And the Puzzles, Word Games, Brainteasers, Conundrums, Quizzes, Mysteries, Code and Ciphers That Have Baffled, Entertained and Confused the World Over the Last 100 Years

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Mystery Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $14.00

Rising '44 - The Battle for Warsaw

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Secret Explorers and the Ice Age Adventures, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Children's Books & Products (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $18.99

Seven Serpents, The (1st Printing)

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Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Shamutanti Hills, The (1st Printing)

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Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Sink the Shigure

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Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $7.99

Sorcery Spell Book, The

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Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Spirits Walking Woman

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $5.99

Stalingrad - The Fateful Siege - 1942-1943

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Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $16.95

Sundial, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $17.00

Tales Vol. 3 - Love and War

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Dragonlance Novels (Penguin Publishing)

The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

The Vikings - A History

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $9.99

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Tribune, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $7.99

Tried by War - Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

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Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $35.00

Under Cover - An Illustrated History of American Mass Market Paperbacks

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Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $12.95

War of the World, The - Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West

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Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Way of the Knife, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $29.95

White People and Other Weird Stories, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

MSRP $18.00

99 Ways To Tell A Story - Exercises In Style

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Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Amy Girl

Arabian Nights, The - Tales of the 1001 Nights Vol. 1

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Armada

Barracuda - Final Bearing

Barracuda - Final Bearing

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Bigfoot - The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality

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Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories, The

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Product Line: Call of Cthulhu/Lovecraft (Penguin Publishing)

Casket of Souls

Casket of Souls

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Cataclysm of Kang, The

Cataclysm of Kang, The

By: Penguin Publishing

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Product Line: Multiverse Role Playing Game

Children of the Ice

Children of the Ice

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Chretien de Troyes - Arthurian Romances

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, The #1 - Eighth Grade Bites

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, The #2 - Ninth Grade Slays

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Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Creature of Havoc

Critical Role - Vox Machina, Kith & Kin

By: Penguin Publishing

Stock #: RAN96626

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Crown of Kings, The (2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Death of King Arthur, The

Death of King Arthur, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Doctor Who - Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Dragons Love Tacos 5" Plush - Red

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Product Line: Children's Books & Products (Penguin Publishing)

Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Call of Cthulhu/Lovecraft (Penguin Publishing)

Dune (Dune Chronicles - Book #1)

By: Penguin Publishing

Stock #: RHP593

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

East of Eden

Fantastic Voyage - Microcosm

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Fighting Fantasy Monsters - Out of the Pit (1st Edition)

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Fighting Fantasy Monsters - Out of the Pit (1st Edition, 2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Hawksmoor

Highwaymen - Robbers & Rogues

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Homer - The Iliad, A New Prose Translation

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Homer - The Odyssey

Homer - The Odyssey

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Infinite Worlds

Infinite Worlds

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Infinite Worlds

Khare - Cityport of Traps (2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Khare - Cityport of Traps (3rd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

King Harald's Saga

King Harald's Saga

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Last Unicorn, The

Last Unicorn, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Laundry Files #1 - The Atrocity Archives

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Laundry Files #2 - The Jennifer Morgue

By: Penguin Publishing

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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