Now fully revised and updated-the must-have guide to acing the interview and landing the dream jobFor the past decade, 60 Seconds & You're Hired! has helped thousands of job seekers get the perfect job by excelling at the crucial job interview. Now, in this new edition, America's top career coach Ro..
A collection of over 250 classic songs by the main lyricist for the Grateful Dead--with a new introduction and over 20 additional songs, including from the Dead's next album. Hunter also explains the sources of certain songs and describes the evolution of others over years of performance. Complete d..
A City in Terror: The 1919 Boston Police Strike Author: Russell, Francis Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140044140 ISBN-13: 9780140044140..
In a striking coming-of-age novel, a young Dutch woman living in suburban Amsterdam re-examines her past to understand why the heartbreak of her twelfth birthday still haunts her. Reprint. Author: Hester Velmans Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 014200023X ISBN-1..
A History of New Zealand (Pelican Books) Author: Sinclair, Keith Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140203443 ISBN-13: 9780140203448..
The definitive history of the Middle East that provides the historical context to today's headlines"The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries and economics of the contemporary Arab World." -The Washington PostOne of the most crucial, volatile, and complex regions of the modern worl..
Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales. Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh min..
A columnist and cultural critic explores the meaning of fame and celebrity in modern-day society, in a provocative, witty colleciton of essays that takes on such icons as Barbra Streisand the role of the diva, Michael Jackson, Bruce Willis, the Academy Awards, athletic spectaculars, and Las Vegas, "..
This is the extraordinary and moving account of Ken Saro-Wiwa's period of detention in 1993, and is also a personal history of the man who gave voice to the campaign for basic human and political rights for the Ogoni people. It was fear of his success that made Saro-Wiwa the target of the despotic N..
Clive Ponting s original and provocative history of human civilization now in a thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated editionYears ahead of its time, Clive Ponting captivated readers with A Green History of the World, his study of great civilizations and the causes of their fall. Using the Roman..
Michael Leunig's words and pictures were first published in Australia in 1965. He was born in Melbourne and now lives on a farm in north-east Victoria. A New Penguin Leunig comprises pieces that have previously appeared in the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. Author: Leunig, Michael Publ..
A revised version of the Seder is accompanied by English translations and the words and music to traditional Passover songs. Author: Central Conf American Rabbis Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140048715 ISBN-13: 9780140048711..
A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court featuring a forward by Howard ZinnRecent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs, making this compreh..
Tracing an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome, the bestselling and "virtuosic" (The Wall Street Journal) writer explores the past and future of ChristianityMoved by his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in..
The collected transcripts of many lectures and meetings held by Ouspensky during the 1930s and 1940s deal with issues ranging from evolution, the will, the self, and religion to culture, thought, and intelligence. Author: Ouspensky, P. D. Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English..
The extraordinary story of one man's gift to orphaned children in need of hopeCan one person really make a difference in the world Twesigye Jackson Kaguri overcame tremendous odds as he followed his dream to build a school for AIDS orphans in his village in Uganda. This is his unforgettable story.G..
One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. Author: Rimbaud, Arthur Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0146001656 ISBN-13: 9780146001659..
Eric Newby describes his travels in the mountains of Afghanistan. He has also written "The Last Grain Race", "Slowly Down the Ganges", "Love and War in the Apennines" and "On the Shores of the Mediterranean". Author: Newby, Eric Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: ..
Tells the story of the nation from the remote days of the Celt and the Iberian, through the raids of the Vikings, the Norman conquest, the first Elizabethan age and foundation of the Indian Empire to World War I and the setting up of the League of Nations. Author: Trevelyan, George Macaulay Publishe..
After more than two years on the bestseller lists and over four million copies in print, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel of enormous contemporary relevance.A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last th..
After years of obscurity in a Bayswater flat, Oxford graduate Hilary Burde has the opportunity to atone for a grievous offense which he committed twenty years earlier Author: Murdoch, Iris Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140081534 ISBN-13: 9780140081534..
This literary tour of Ireland encompasses anonymous sagas of Celtic origin, the modern work of Joyce, Yeats, Synge, and O'Connor and much in between Author: Trevor, William Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0140077049 ISBN-13: 9780140077049..
About the AuthorWilliam Stobb's debut collection, Nervous Systems, was a 2006 National Poetry Series winner. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, and MiPOesias. He lives in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.Product DescriptionNew from the author of Nervous Systems, winner of the Na..
In two Platonic diaglogues, "Art and Eros" and "Above the Gods," "Acastos, Plato's friend and a sturdy, able thinker, explains the meaning of goodness and the role of faith as they pertain to the modern world Author: Murdoch, Iris Publisher: Penguin Books Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10..