History of the Americas

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Book Cover:  Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination
By Lamar Waldron & Thom Hartmann

A compelling narrative that unveils behind-the-scenes account of America's biggest political scandals of the 20th century.

A compelling narrative that unveils behind-the-scenes account of America's biggest political scandals of the 20th century.

Published: 27/02/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921372704
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  What is America? A Short History of the New World Order
By Ronald Wright
From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of A Short History of Progress comes another fascinating, eccentric and essential book.

The USA is now the world's lone superpower, whose deeds could make or break this century. For better and worse, America has Americanised the world. How did a marginal frontier society, in a mere two centuries, become the de facto ruler of the world? Why...

From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of A Short History of Progress comes another fascinating, eccentric and essential book.

The USA is now the world's lone superpower, whose deeds...

Published: 01/09/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921351501
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover: The Civil War: The First Year of the Conflict Told by Those Who Lived It
By Brooks Simpson & Stephen Sears

After 150 years the Civil War is still our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic-our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suffering and despair, death and resurrection in a 'new birth of freedom.' Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, The Civil War: The First Year gathers over 120 pieces by...

After 150 years the Civil War is still our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic-our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suffering and despair, death and resurrection...

Published: 28/03/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781598530889
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover: The Civil War: The Second Year Told By Those Who Lived It
By Brooks Simpson & Stephen Sears

The second volume of the ground-breaking eyewitness narrative that has been called a 'masterpiece' (Malcolm Jones, Newsweek )

The second volume of the ground-breaking eyewitness narrative that has been called a 'masterpiece' (Malcolm Jones, Newsweek )

Published: 01/05/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781598531442
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Hellhound on his Trail
By Hampton Sides

'Viscerally dramatic . . . spellbinding . . . Both Martin Luther King and James Earl Ray come to life in these remarkable pages'
THE NEW YORK TIMES

'The narrative races along, a deadly road trip heading to a disastrous conclusion . . . has the pace and excitement of a classic thriller'
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'Viscerally dramatic . . . spellbinding . . . Both Martin Luther King and James Earl Ray come to life in these remarkable pages'
THE NEW YORK TIMES

'The narrative races along, a deadly road trip heading...


Published: 12/09/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780718192068
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections from The Federalist Papers
By Richard Beeman

THE LAW OF THE LAND IN A HANDY REFERENCE YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE

THE LAW OF THE LAND IN A HANDY REFERENCE YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE

Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143118107
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
By H W Brands

THE STORY OF OUR NATION FROM THE A – BOMB TO THE iPHONE

THE STORY OF OUR NATION FROM THE A – BOMB TO THE iPHONE

Published: 23/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143119555
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Lincoln on the Civil War: Selected Speeches
Published: 06/05/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780143119708
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover:  Washington: A Life
By Ron Chernow

'TRULY MAGNIGICIENT . . . [A] WELL-RESEARCHED, WELL-WRITTEN, AND ABSOLUTELY DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY.'
- ANDREW ROBERTS, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


'TRULY MAGNIGICIENT . . . [A] WELL-RESEARCHED, WELL-WRITTEN, AND ABSOLUTELY DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY.'
- ANDREW ROBERTS, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL


Published: 06/12/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143119968
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
By Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Delbanco

Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that has all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric.  Celebrate the bicentennial of his birth with this expanded new edition of his greatest speeches and writings.

Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that has all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric.  Celebrate the bicentennial of his birth with this expanded new...

Published: 18/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143105640
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  North American Indians
By George Catlin & Peter Matthiessen

George Catlin's masterwork—a rich and unique tribute to a lost way of life

George Catlin's masterwork—a rich and unique tribute to a lost way of life

Published: 27/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780142437506
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Portable John Adams
By John Adams & Jack Diggins

A new selection of the most significant writings by America's second president

A new selection of the most significant writings by America's second president

Published: 18/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780142437780
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided
By Amanda Foreman

'Riveting . . . the reader is swept along . . . one can hardly overestimate the brilliance of Foreman's conception . . . a shimmering tapestry'  JAY PARINI, GUARDIAN

'Riveting . . . the reader is swept along . . . one can hardly overestimate the brilliance of Foreman's conception . . . a shimmering tapestry'  JAY PARINI, GUARDIAN

Published: 06/07/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141040585
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover: The Great Crash 1929
By John Kenneth Galbraith

No account of the financial insanity of 1929 has been issued in a form at once so readable, so humorous, and so carefully authenticated as this classic book. J.K. Galbraith examines the 'gold rush fantasy' in American psychology and describes its dire consequences. The Florida land boom, the operations of Insull, Kreuger and Hatry, and the fabulous Shenandoah Corporation all come together in this penetrating...

No account of the financial insanity of 1929 has been issued in a form at once so readable, so humorous, and so carefully authenticated as this classic book. J.K. Galbraith examines the 'gold rush fantasy'...

Published: 04/01/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141038254
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Penguin History of Latin America
By Edwin Williamson

'IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE . . . EVERYTHING OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE . . . READ THIS BOOK'  Evening Standard
 

'IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE . . . EVERYTHING OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE . . . READ THIS BOOK'  Evening Standard
 

Published: 08/01/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141034751
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  America: Empire of Liberty
By David Reynolds

'An enthralling tale'  Alan Marshall, Daily Telegraph

Acclaimed as one of the best recent histories of the United States, America, Empire of Liberty tells the epic story of the nation that has shaped the world we live in today.

'An enthralling tale'  Alan Marshall, Daily Telegraph

Acclaimed as one of the best recent histories of the United States, America, Empire of Liberty tells the epic story of the nation that has shaped...

Published: 10/03/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141033679
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
By Niall Ferguson

'A fascinating portrait . . . Beautifully paced, dramatically subtle and psychologically shrewd . . . Warburg is an emblem of money as it ought to be, and now isn't' 
Bryan Appleyard, New Statesman

'A fascinating portrait . . . Beautifully paced, dramatically subtle and psychologically shrewd . . . Warburg is an emblem of money as it ought to be, and now isn't' 
Bryan Appleyard, New...

Published: 24/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141022017
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
By Robert Dallek

They were perhaps the most powerful, ruthless, flawed and fascinating duo in modern times: President Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger. Both had risen from nothing to conquer the world stage, both were ambitious, manipulative, relentlessly driven and plagued by inner demons. And both mistrusted everyone around them - including each other.

They were perhaps the most powerful, ruthless, flawed and fascinating duo in modern times: President Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger. Both had risen from nothing to conquer the world...

Published: 13/06/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141018140
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Life on the Mississippi
By Mark Twain

In 1882 Mark Twain returned to the river of his childhood, determined to write the definitive travel book on the Mississippi.

In 1882 Mark Twain returned to the river of his childhood, determined to write the definitive travel book on the Mississippi.

Published: 01/07/1985
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140390506
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Portable Abraham Lincoln: Penguin Portable Library
By Andrew Delbanco

As president. Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. Lincoln's writings are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the writer's art.

As president. Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. Lincoln's writings are testaments of our history, windows...

Published: 15/02/1993
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140170313
RRP: $26.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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