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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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Lovecraft Tales

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Hardcover

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

Midnight Rogue

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1987

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Napoleon - A Life

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2014

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Of Mice and Men

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1993

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Rebel Planet

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1985

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Recipes for Crime

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1995

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Mystery Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Rings of Kether, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1986

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Rocksburg Railroad Murders, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1972

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Mystery Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Seven Serpents, The (2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1986

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Seven Serpents, The (3rd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1986

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Shamutanti Hills, The (2nd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Shamutanti Hills, The (3rd Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1985

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Sharpe's Gold

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1994

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Space Assassin

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1985

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Starship Traveller

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (Penguin Publishing)

Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1983

Type: Box Set

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Under Fire

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2004

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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