Penguin Books Australia

The Corpse Walker is a collection of twenty-seven extraordinary interviews that opens a window, unlike any other, onto the lives of ordinary, often outcast, Chinese men and women. 

On moving to Paris, I met many Parisians who welcomed me into their world for a morning, and afternoon, a night - I felt like Alice in Wonderland. I found a visual feast in a land devoted to beauty, where people worship the finer things in life.

Italy was her first port of call and became her true destination.

Australia's centre and north are a world apart from its big coastal cities.  Here one finds unique natural wonders, visionary art, original thinkers and, sometimes, distilled despair and death.

In Journeys to the Interior , Nicholas Rothwell travels deep into the northern realm, combining the storytelling flair and persistence of a journalist with the imagination of an artist.

In Two Peoples, One Land marries an impressive breadth of research into a fascinating story that provides new assessments of events that still resonate in our lives.  This is an important book that deserves to be read, and one that grips you from the first pages.
- Christopher Pugsley, Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Myth and legend swirl about the New Zealand Wars...

What is it that makes New Zealand so irresistible to travellers – the grandeur and pristine glory of the South Island's mountains, the sun-drenched beauty of the North's golden beaches, the unspoilt natural wonder of its national parks and world-famous walks?   Or is it the friendliness and warmth of the people, the haunting legends and proud culture of the Maori, the eagerness with which...

The companion of Phaidon's popular The Endless City , Living in the Endless City will add the cities of Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Istanbul to the six cities of the first volume with the same mix of compelling photographs, in-depth and beautifully presented data, and smart writing by global thinkers. Each city is explored in a series of essays that address vital themes, from security to climate change...

The modern city of Shanghai rose up from truly 'muddy' origins, both in the soft subsoil its foundations were build upon and its early economy based on a trade in opium, or 'foreign mud'.  Forced open to the British by the unequal Treaty of Nanking in 1842, Shanghai did what it does best: it beat the odds to become a 'bawdy and gaudy' metropolis that, 168 years later, commands a place in the contemporary...

For many people, fly-fishing is a passion. Some see it as a sport, some as a personal challenge, and others as an escape from daily life and a chance to travel to new places and relax in extraordinary settings.

Australia and New Zealand offer some of the best fishing and most beautiful scenery in the world. Fifty Places to Fish Before You Die is your guide to the most picturesque and rewarding locations...

In September 2010 and in February 2011, Christchurch was struck by earthquakes of such force that the landmarks and landscape of the city and its surrounds were forever altered.

The essence of Christchurch, its elegance and charm, are captured evermore by artist Gwenda Turner in this truly memorable book. Using a blend of old photographs, mementos and original paintings, this book is both a tribute...

For the many thousands who have walked or ridden the Otago Central Rail Trail it holds particular, cherished memories. Some impressions will stick for a lifetime: bouncing over bone-rattling bridges, or sailing through sheer-sided canyons of schist. Or simply barrelling along, mile after mile, with the gravel crunching beneath your tyres under endless wide blue skies. 

From the endless golden sands of the Northern beaches, through the lush green fields and forests fo the rugged peaks of the Southern Alps, New Zealand is a land of colour, contrast and stunning beauty.

Promised Land is an illustrated history of Central Otago's settlement by one of the region's most vocal advocates, artist Grahame Sydney.

Southwest China is one of the most exotic places on earth. Encompassing the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Sichuan, the region is vast. Nearly half of China's entire ethnic population lives there too. These people call themselves Miao, Dong, Zhuang, Yi, among many other names. Their heartlands are remote and hard to reach. Very few outsiders have seen their customs and ways. For us, their...

Mention Cambodia and to many people it is forever associated with poverty, war, and the genocidal reign of the brutal Khmer Rouge. These are not the images that everyone holds of this Southeast Asian nation. The poverty still exists but war has been replaced by a new word – hope. As peace is embraced after decades of conflict, Cambodia's shattered economy is stirring itself into life, encouraged...