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Goodbye To All That: Popular Penguins by Robert Graves
$7.00 NZD
Category: Literary biography | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
'There has been a lot of fighting hereabouts. The trenches have made themselves rather than been made, and run inconsequently in and out of the big thirty-foot high stacks of bricks; it is most confusing. The parapet of a trench which we don't occupy is built up with ammunition boxes and corpses . . .'I ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels: Popular Penguins by Jonathan Swift
$7.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only six inches high; in Brobdingnag he himself seems tiny compared to the giant inhabitants; and in the country of the Houyhnhnms horse ...Show more
Gun Before Butter by Nicolas Freeling
$6.00 NZD
Category: Vintage Crime | Series: Green Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
Hamlet: Popular Penguins by William Shakespeare
$6.00 NZD
Category: Shakespeare | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: near fine
Arguably William Shakespeare's most influential play, Hamlet portrays a young Prince's dilemma in choosing between moral integrity and the need for revenge following the murder of his father. Dealing with themes of love, death and revenge, Hamlet is a rich and complex tragedy that continues to entertain ...Show more
Heart of Darkness: Popular Penguins by Joseph Conrad
$6.00 NZD
Category: Classic fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
Heart of Darknessby Joseph ConradIn Conrad's haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz. Travelling to the heart of the African continent, he discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over the lo ...Show more
Hedda Gabler and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen
$7.00 NZD
Category: Drama | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very goodgood
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Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky
$6.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good
Noam Chomsky's Hegemony and Survival is a compelling analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow. From US funding of repressive regimes to the current 'war on terror', Chomsky exposes the real motives behind America's quest for power. Insig ...Show more
Hell's Angels: Popular Penguins by Hunter S. Thompson
$7.00 NZD
Category: America | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics.'A phalanx of motorcycl ...Show more
Herself Surprised by Joyce Cary
$5.00 NZD
Category: Vintage Fiction | Series: Popular penguins | Reading Level: good
High Fidelity: Popular Penguins by Nick Hornby
$6.00 NZD
Category: Vintage Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserabl ...Show more
How Language Works: Popular Penguins by David Crystal
$7.00 NZD
Category: Linguistics | Series: Popular Penguins500 | Reading Level: very good
David Crystal's How Language Worksis a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges over everything from how children learn to read to what makes words rude or polite, from eyebrow flashes to whistling languages. Unlocking the secrets of communicati ...Show more
Howl, Kaddish & Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
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Category: Poetry | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: very good
'The poem that defined a generation'Guardianon 'Howl' 'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked' Beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotechnic verse. This volume brings together the poems that made his n ...Show more