Penguin Books Australia

Give your child a head-start in life!

Feted and fetishised, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece.
But in the modern world, the breast is changing.
Breasts are getting bigger, developing earlier and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle against breast cancer—
even among men.
So what makes breasts so mercurial—and so vulnerable?

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store.  Your preschooler refuses to get dressed.  Your 11-year-old sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field.  Do children conspire to make their parents' lives endlessly challenging?  No — it's just their developing brain calling the shots!

' Good Health in the 21st Century shows how you and your family can stay healthy with good dietary practice, exercise, and sensible supplementation.'
WELLNESS

Western nations are worried about the problems of an ageing population. But if we take into account the health trends in younger generations we arrive at a frightening prediction: for the first time in history, we have produced a generation which...

'The best book on marriage and sex yet published.'
Psychotherapy in Australia

The greatest sexual pleasure and emotional fulfilment in a person's lifetime is possible in the middle and later years when he or she has developed a mature sense of self and found genuine intimacy with another person.  That's the exciting message of this daring and pioneering work that challenges couples to work together...

We have been told that the key to longevity involves obsessing over what we eat, how much we stress, and how fast we run. Based on the most extensive study of longevity ever conducted, The Longevity Project exposes what really has an impact on our lifespan — including friends, family, personality, and work.

Wonder why you're still single? Had you imagined you'd be settled down with the perfect man and family by now? Afraid time is running out?  You might want to listen to what Lori Gottlieb has to say.  
When Lori found herself forty and still single, she came to an uncomfortable realisation. If so many of her friends were very happily married to 'good enough' guys, the type of men who might...

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a Neohelix albolabris —a common woodland snail.

While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. As a result, she discovers the solace and sense of wonder that...

When she was a child Krissy Kneen fell deeply, helplessly in love with her own sexuality. As a young woman she pursued her desires down whatever risk-strewn paths they led. Now, middle-aged and happily married, she remains driven by the need for orgasm, racked by obsessive lust, constantly in thrall to the temptation of pornography.
Could this be a problem?

We all know parenthood brings massive changes.  But not every couple is prepared for the impact pregnancy and childbirth can have on their intimate relationship.

Sure, we expect to put sex on hold for a while just before and after the birth, but most of us naively assume that things will eventually return more or less to normal.  Unfortunately for many couples it doesn't work out like that. ...

Original Skin is the grand and sweeping story of our largest organ — the exquisitely sensitive, constantly reactive, and staunchly protective human skin. Our skin is where we end and the rest of the cosmos begins, and our first port of call in understanding the way in which we each connect with the world.

All of us have cancer cells in our bodies. But not all of us will develop cancer. This international bestseller, now revised with the latest research, examines what we can do every day to lower our chances of ever developing the illness, and also explains what to do to increase the chances of recovery from it.

A groundbreaking new book from the author of the New York Times Bestseller Brain Rules

What's the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy?  What does watching TV do to a child's brain?  What's the best way to handle temper tantrums/  Scientists know.

From a pioneer in the field of mental health comes a groundbreaking book on the healing power of 'mindsight', the capacity for insight and empathy that allows you to make positive changes in your brain — and in your life.
 

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Schnarch, one of the foremost experts on sexuality and relationships, explains why normal healthy couples in long-term relationships have sexual desire problems, regardless of how much they love each other or how well they communicate. In-depth examples of couples he has counselled reveal his unique understanding of common-but-difficult sexual desire problems...

Vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in the world.  Recent research indicates that 23 per cent of Australians have some degree of vitamin D deficiency, including up to 43 per cent of young women.  As a result, they may suffer from chronic health conditions, ranging from daily annoyances such as fatigue and pain to life-threatening illnesses.  But few people know...

When Vivienne Ulman's youngest child left home, she and her husband were poised to enjoy their freedom. Then her mother's Alzheimer's intervened.

In Alzheimer's: a love story, Vivienne records with tender lyricism and searing honesty the progress of her mother's Alzheimer's, her own grief over the gradual loss of her beloved mother, and the way in which her parents' enduring love for each other sustains...

On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong – with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes...

The author of the phenomenal bestseller The Game returns with a new Game project.

An indispensable volume, featuring Strauss's first ever how-to guide for pick-up artists, The Stylelife Challenge, and a new collection of Game true stories, The Style Diaries. 

Learn the Game, the worldwide phenomenon, in 30 days!

Game plan: get a date in 30 days!