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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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Magician, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2007

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Miracle of Dunkirk, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)


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Night Ocean, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2017

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Normandy Crucible

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2012

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)

On the Road

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1991

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Pillars of the Earth, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2010

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Reality is Broken

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2011

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)

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Red As Blood

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1983

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Reindeer Hunters, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1995

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Sanitorium, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2022

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Horror Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Scotland

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1997

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)

Seven Serpents, The (1st Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

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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!

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Spirits Walking Woman

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1998

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Stalingrad

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1999

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (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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They Fought Alone

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2018

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Historical 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)


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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)

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)

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)