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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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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)



Seven Serpents, The (1st Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Shamutanti Hills, The (1st Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Sink the Shigure

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2007

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)


Sorcery Spell Book, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Spirits Walking Woman

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1998

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)




Sundial, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2014

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)


Tales Vol. 3 - Love and War

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1988

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Dragonlance Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2008

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)



Tribune, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2003

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)




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War of the Worlds

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2005

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Way of the Knife, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2013

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)



Amy Girl

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1988

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Armada

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2016

Type: Novel - Softcover

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

Barracuda - Final Bearing

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1997

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Casket of Souls

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1987

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Cataclysm of Kang, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Stock #: RHP566    Year: 2023

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Multiverse Role Playing Game

Children of the Ice

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1993

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Creature of Havoc

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1986

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Critical Role - Vox Machina, Kith & Kin

By: Penguin Publishing

Stock #: RAN96626    Year: 2021

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Crown of Kings, The (2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1985

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Death of King Arthur, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1995

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Dune (Dune Chronicles - Book #1)

By: Penguin Publishing

Stock #: RHP593    Year: 2005

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Penguin Publishing)

East of Eden

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1986

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Hawksmoor

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2010

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Homer - The Odyssey

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1991

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Infinite Worlds

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1997

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Infinite Worlds

Khare - Cityport of Traps (2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

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