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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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Blood and Ruins

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2023

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Case Against Satan, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2015

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Conflict of Interest

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2002

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Mystery Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Crown of Kings, The (1st Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1985

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Cybergypsies, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1999

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Game Boys

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2008

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

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Gates of Thorbardin, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1991

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Dragonlance Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Haunted Castles

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2013

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Hero of Ticonderoga, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2002

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Homer - The Iliad

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1991

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)


Khare - Cityport of Traps (1st Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

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Magician, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2007

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Miracle of Dunkirk, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Night Ocean, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2017

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Normandy Crucible

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2012

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)


Pillars of the Earth, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2010

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Reality is Broken

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2011

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

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Red As Blood

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1983

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Reindeer Hunters, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1995

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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