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Book Cover:  Children's Book of Mythical Beasts & Magical Monsters
By Dorling Kindersley

Discover the amazing adventures of heroes and monsters.

The Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters is the latest in the series that includes the successful Children's Book of Art and Children's Book of Music . From early Aboriginal dreamtime to the legends of the Aztecs, this colourful and vibrant introduction to myths will help your child to discover storytelling from different cultures...

Discover the amazing adventures of heroes and monsters.

The Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters is the latest in the series that includes the successful Children's Book of Art and Children's...

Published: 29/08/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405367929
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Mystery of the White Lions: Children of the Sun God
By Linda Tucker

This is Linda Tucker 's firsthand account of her journey into the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the African continent: the legendary White Lion. This book reveals the knowledge and ceremonies of Old Africa and the overwhelming love that has driven her every action to save these magnificent beasts, against formidable odds. . .

This is Linda Tucker 's firsthand account of her journey into the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the African continent: the legendary White Lion. This book reveals the knowledge and ceremonies...

Published: 22/11/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781401927219
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Song of Roland
By Robert Harrison & Guy Gavriel Kay

One of the crowning achievements of medieval artistic genius, The Song of Roland tells of the battle of Roncesvals in 778 . At the center of this heroic epic is Roland, the supreme embodiment of the chivalric ideal who leads his men into combat and fights valiantly to the death. But Roland is just one of the superbly defined figures in this panoramic drama. The poem's vivid portrayals of Ganelon's...

One of the crowning achievements of medieval artistic genius, The Song of Roland tells of the battle of Roncesvals in 778 . At the center of this heroic epic is Roland, the supreme embodiment of the chivalric...

Published: 01/05/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451531933
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
By Howard Pyle

In these wonderfully illustrated tales, renowned storyteller Howard Pyle carries us back to the enchanting world of King Arthur and his Round Table.  The book chronicles the adventures of Arthur as he draws the sword Excalibur from the anvil, proving his right to the throne, and as he courts and wins the heart of Guinevere.

In these wonderfully illustrated tales, renowned storyteller Howard Pyle carries us back to the enchanting world of King Arthur and his Round Table.  The book chronicles the adventures of Arthur as...

Published: 30/11/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451530240
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings
By - Holland Kevin Crossley

'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life begins'

The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories.

A series of intertwined tales which together form a strange and fantastical world teeming with gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters, battles and couplings, the Norse myths are as exciting to read as they are of...

'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life begins'

The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories.

A series of intertwined...

Published: 09/06/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241953211
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Greek Myths: Vol. 1
By Robert Graves

'The Judges of the Dead showed Sisyphus a huge block of stone and ordered him to roll it up the brow of a hill and topple it down the further slope. He has never yet succeeded in doing so . . .'

'The Judges of the Dead showed Sisyphus a huge block of stone and ordered him to roll it up the brow of a hill and topple it down the further slope. He has never yet succeeded in doing so . . .'

Published: 04/07/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241952757
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Greek Myths Volume 2
By Robert Graves

'As soon as the Cyclops had fallen into a drunken sleep, the wine having been untempered with water, Odysseus and his remaining companions heated the stake in the embers of the fire, then drove it into the single eye and twisted it about . . . '

'As soon as the Cyclops had fallen into a drunken sleep, the wine having been untempered with water, Odysseus and his remaining companions heated the stake in the embers of the fire, then drove it into...

Published: 04/07/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241952764
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The White People and Other Weird Stories
By Arthur Machen

Evil is never dormant – it gestates.
- from the Foreword by Guillermo del Toro

Evil is never dormant – it gestates.
- from the Foreword by Guillermo del Toro

Published: 07/12/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143105596
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Book of Maori Mythology
By AW Reed & Ross Calman

The Raupo Book of Maori Mythology is a new, updated and revised version of A.W. Reed's classic Treasury of Maori Folklore (1963). These vivid and entertaining stories have been revised by Ross Calman, and can now be enjoyed by a new generation of readers.

The Raupo Book of Maori Mythology is a new, updated and revised version of A.W. Reed's classic Treasury of Maori Folklore (1963). These vivid and entertaining stories have been revised by Ross Calman...

Published: 02/06/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143010289
RRP: $45.00
Book Cover:  Maori Myth and Legend
By AW Reed

The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend. Some of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic book. The stories range from the creation of the world and the coming of life, death and knowledge, to supernatural tales of love, terror and adventure. Read about the great god Tane, about Maui who tamed the sun, about the woman on the moon, about monsters...

The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend. Some of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic book. The stories range from the creation of the world and...

Published: 30/06/2008
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780143010364
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan
By Gordon Jarvie

'Now chap off my head, my hinnie, my heart, Now chap off my head, my ain true love'

'Now chap off my head, my hinnie, my heart, Now chap off my head, my ain true love'

Published: 19/11/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141442266
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Three Tales From the Arabian Nights: Popular Penguins

In these three tales from the first major translation into English of The Arabian Nights in more than 100 years, the endless inventiveness of the vizier's daughter Shahrazad is revealed, as she spins stories of greed, lust, riches and wonder to delay her death at the hands of a brutal king.

In these three tales from the first major translation into English of The Arabian Nights in more than 100 years, the endless inventiveness of the vizier's daughter Shahrazad is revealed, as she spins stories...

Published: 28/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141194684
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Winning Arguments: From Aristotle to Obama - Everything You Need to KnowAbout the Art of Persuasion
By Jay Heinrichs

Everyone is always trying to persuade us of something: politicians, advertising, the media, and most definitely our families. With all the wisdom of the ages, from Aristotle and Stalin to Yoda and Monty Python, Winning Arguments will show you how to win more than your fair share of arguments, as well as:

Everyone is always trying to persuade us of something: politicians, advertising, the media, and most definitely our families. With all the wisdom of the ages, from Aristotle and Stalin to Yoda and Monty...

Published: 28/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141032580
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Penguin Book of Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt
By Joyce Tyldesley

'This readable anthology is a good introduction to a civilization that fascinates like few others . . . in this book there are animals who talk, princesses who are locked up at the top of towers, wicked stepmothers and many other themes . . . An enjoyable book by a skilled author' 
Financial Times

'This readable anthology is a good introduction to a civilization that fascinates like few others . . . in this book there are animals who talk, princesses who are locked up at the top of towers...

Published: 07/10/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141021768
RRP: $22.95
Book Cover: The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
By Jenny March

What were the twelve labours of Herakles?
Why did Zeus turn himself into a shower of gold?
What was the name of the guard-dog of the Underworld?
Which two-faced Roman god gave his name to the month January?
What is the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx?




What were the twelve labours of Herakles?
Why did Zeus turn himself into a shower of gold?
What was the name of the guard-dog of the Underworld?
Which two-faced Roman god gave his name to the month January?...


Published: 24/07/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141020778
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Tain: Translated From the Old Irish Epic Tain Bo Cuailnge
By Ciaran Carson

The kingdoms of Connacht and Ulster are preparing to do battle with each other. Medb, the sly and envious Queen of Connacht, is on a mission to steal the fabled Brown Bull of Cooley from the men of Ulster. The Ulstermen, crippled by an ancient curse, face defeat from her armies, until a hero emerges in the shape of the warrior Cú Chulainn: a man of superhuman strength and supernatural powers...

The kingdoms of Connacht and Ulster are preparing to do battle with each other. Medb, the sly and envious Queen of Connacht, is on a mission to steal the fabled Brown Bull of Cooley from the men of Ulster...

Published: 19/11/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140455304
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Sagas of Warrior-poets
By Leifur Eiricksson
All the Icelandic sagas portray a world well aware of the power of words: to praise, to blame, to curse and to taunt. Yet these five stories are unusual in putting a skald, or poet, centre stage and building the plot around his travels to seek fame, his doomed love for a married woman and his hostilities against her menfolk.
All the Icelandic sagas portray a world well aware of the power of words: to praise, to blame, to curse and to taunt. Yet these five stories are unusual in putting a skald, or poet, centre stage and building...
Published: 16/10/2002
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140447712
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Early Irish Myths & Sagas
By Jeffrey Gantz
These early Irish stories, probably first written down around the eighth century A.D., represent the oral tradition of the Iron Age Celts who flourished in Europe during the seven centuries before Christ. Building the economic, social and artistic foundations of the continent as they did, their myths and tales can be said to be the earliest voices from the dawn of Western civilisation. Later, with...
These early Irish stories, probably first written down around the eighth century A.D., represent the oral tradition of the Iron Age Celts who flourished in Europe during the seven centuries before Christ...
Published: 08/02/2000
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140443974
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Elder Edda: A Book of Viking Lore
By Andy Orchard

'She stood by the standing-beam, summoned her strength:
her eyes blazed fire, she snorted venom, Brynhild, Budli's daughter'

'She stood by the standing-beam, summoned her strength:
her eyes blazed fire, she snorted venom, Brynhild, Budli's daughter'

Published: 13/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140435856
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover: The Golden Bough
By James Frazer
Published: 09/09/1996
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140189315
RRP: $35.00

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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.

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