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Book Cover:  Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization
By Richard Miles

' Ancient Worlds really does put flesh on the bones of history and Richard Miles brings long lost cities to life'  Observer

Ancient Worlds tells the epic story of civilization, and the cities that made us who we are.

' Ancient Worlds really does put flesh on the bones of history and Richard Miles brings long lost cities to life'  Observer

Ancient Worlds tells the epic story of civilization, and the cities that...

Published: 07/11/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241951361
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover: The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples
By David Gilmour

David Gilmour's captivating history tells the story of Italy from Virgil to Verdi and on to today. Filled with colourful figures, vivid detail and personal observations based on a lifelong love of Italy, it also debunks many of the myths surrounding the country. Gilmour shows that Italy's glory comes not from a unified national identity, but from its regions, with their distinctive art, cuisine, civic...

David Gilmour's captivating history tells the story of Italy from Virgil to Verdi and on to today. Filled with colourful figures, vivid detail and personal observations based on a lifelong love of Italy...

Published: 02/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141043418
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover:  Pakistan: A Hard Country
By Anatol Lieven

'By far the most insightful survey of Pakistan I have read in recent years . . . a vital book'  Mohsin Hamid, New York Review of Books

'By far the most insightful survey of Pakistan I have read in recent years . . . a vital book'  Mohsin Hamid, New York Review of Books

Published: 04/05/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141038247
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Iran: Empire of the Mind: A History from Zoroaster to the Present Day
By Michael Axworthy

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and creativity rather than by the sword.

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance...

Published: 28/11/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141036298
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire
By Hugh Thomas

'Affirms Hugh Thomas's record as one of the most productive and wide-ranging historians of modern times'  The New York Times

'Affirms Hugh Thomas's record as one of the most productive and wide-ranging historians of modern times'  The New York Times

Published: 10/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141034485
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Cuba: A History
By Hugh Thomas

'An astonishing feat . . . the author does more to explain the phenomenon of Fidel's rise to power than anybody else has done so far'
SPECTATOR

'An astonishing feat . . . the author does more to explain the phenomenon of Fidel's rise to power than anybody else has done so far'
SPECTATOR

Published: 10/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141034508
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover: The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V
By Hugh Thomas

'A Riveting story of adventure and cruelty . . . a considerable literary and scholarly accomplishment' Ben Wilson, Daily Telegraph

When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America in the sixteenth century, they swept across the continent in a blaze if imperial expansion and brutal savagery. While adventurers and explorers like Cortes and Pizarro built entire cities and amassed vast wealth from...

'A Riveting story of adventure and cruelty . . . a considerable literary and scholarly accomplishment' Ben Wilson, Daily Telegraph

When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America in the sixteenth...

Published: 11/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141034492
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
By David Abulafia

'Teeming with colourful characters . . . Abulafia wears his scholarship lightly, even dashingly . . . at its heart, this is a history of mankind - gripping, worldly, bloody, playful'  Simon Sebag Montefiore, Financial Times

'Teeming with colourful characters . . . Abulafia wears his scholarship lightly, even dashingly . . . at its heart, this is a history of mankind - gripping, worldly, bloody, playful'  Simon Sebag...

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141027555
RRP: $27.99
Book Cover: The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power 1850 - 2009
By Jonathan Fenby

A FINANCIAL TOMES AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A wonderful history of modern China and a cracking good read'
CHRIS PATTEN

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth.



A FINANCIAL TOMES AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A wonderful history of modern China and a cracking good read'
CHRIS PATTEN

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most...



Published: 23/04/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141020099
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Gun: The Story of the AK-47
By C.J Chivers

'The final word on one of the most iconic weapons of our times' 
Independent on Sunday

The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most popular weapon on earth. It never jams. It is so light and efficient a child can fire it. It is the everyman's gun, used by guerrillas, terrorists and dictators everywhere.

Featuring villains and idealists, profiteers and killers, superpowers and revolutionaries, The...

'The final word on one of the most iconic weapons of our times' 
Independent on Sunday

The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most popular weapon on earth. It never jams. It is so light and efficient...

Published: 20/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141020631
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover: The Mystery of Olga Chekhova: The True Story of a Family Torn Apart by Revolution and War
Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her.
Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in...
Published: 05/06/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141017648
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Children of the Revolution: The French 1799-1914
By Robert Gildea

'An excellent book … his real achievement lies in digging below the surface to present a tapestry of French life … the overall sweep and depth of the book is masterly'  Jonathan Fenby, The Times

NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE was one of the world's great cultural beacons, renowned for its dazzling literature, philosophy, art, poetry and technology. Yet this was also a tumultuous century...

'An excellent book … his real achievement lies in digging below the surface to present a tapestry of French life … the overall sweep and depth of the book is masterly'  Jonathan Fenby...

Published: 14/07/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141016535
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Wages of Destruction: The Making & Breaking of the Nazi Economy
By Adam Tooze

This chilling, fascinating new book is the first fully to get to grips with how Hitler's Nazi empire really functioned. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics – it was Hitler's obsession and the reason the Nazis came to power in the first place. The Second World War was fought, in Hitler's view, to create a European Empire strong enough to take on the United States – a...

This chilling, fascinating new book is the first fully to get to grips with how Hitler's Nazi empire really functioned. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics – it was Hitler's...

Published: 10/10/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141003481
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Headhunters of Borneo
By Carl Bock

 This book depict native artefacts, accommodation and clothing and has probably also contributed and fueled the popular image of Borneo as a place inhabited by wild headhunters and bare-breasted women.

 This book depict native artefacts, accommodation and clothing and has probably also contributed and fueled the popular image of Borneo as a place inhabited by wild headhunters and bare-breasted women...

Published: 18/05/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789812617729
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover: The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
By David Abulafia

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilization. From the time of Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity on and around the Sea has decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of what has happened on and immediately around the Mediterranean, from...

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilization. From the time of Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity on and around...

Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780713999341
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover: The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914
By Robert Bickers

'Powerful, astute and readable . . . meticulously researched, and written with flair and feeling'  John Keay, Literary Review

From opium wars, conquest and rebellion to the end of the Qing imperial dynasty, the history of the European colonial 'scramble' for China is one of brutality and idealism, oppression and adventure - a story that is still central to the country's image of itself today...

'Powerful, astute and readable . . . meticulously researched, and written with flair and feeling'  John Keay, Literary Review

From opium wars, conquest and rebellion to the end of the Qing imperial...

Published: 16/04/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141015859
RRP: $24.95

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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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