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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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Alex Rider #1 - Stormbreaker

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2000

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Alex Rider Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Alex Rider #3 - Skeleton Key

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2002

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Alex Rider Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Alex Rider #5 - Scorpia

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2004

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Alex Rider Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Alex Rider #6 - Ark Angel

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2005

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Alex Rider Novels (Penguin Publishing)

Ancient Greeks, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1987

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Blood and Ruins

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2023

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Cataclysm of Kang, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Stock #: RHP566    Year: 2023

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Multiverse Role Playing Game

Cold War, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2005

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)

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Conflict of Interest

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2002

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Mystery Novels (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 (1st Printing)

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1985

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

Culloden

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2002

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)

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Cybergypsies, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1999

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Modern Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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End, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2012

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Game Boys

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2008

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical 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)

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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)

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Island Victory

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 2012

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Penguin Publishing)

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Jewish War, The

By: Penguin Publishing

Year: 1984

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Penguin Publishing)