PENGUIN BOOKS

It is 1949, and Guy Langton's houseŠ—”like his family's fortunesŠ—”has seen better days. The wealth and social standing that his grandparent's gene...

When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his partner - better than the paren...

From one of our favourite children's authors, Alison Lester, here is her latest picture book. She grew up on a farm in regional Australia and you a...

It is the 1960s in Perth, Western Australia.  For Thomas Muir cool and steady life is a thing that goes on outside him.  But for his brother, hot...

Sara Fanellli's book breaks all the rules: with its unique layout and construction, it is designed to be experienced, like a performance or a game...

This is the true story of two twenty-year-old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and M...

A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive religious parents. Hester has never seen the outside world; her companions are Cat, Spoon, Door, ...

The story of the overcoat begins with a chance meeting - between an obsessive bibliophile, Jacques Guerin, the head of a French perfume house, an...

Two funny Geronimo Stilton adventures (book #13 & #14) plus an audio CD for each book. Lovely box set for your lover of this Rattus Emeritus of...

In October 1931, a station agent found two large trunks abandoned in LA's Union Station. What he found inside ignited one of the most scandalous ta...

I was at boarding school in East Anglia, my third. I didn't want to be there. But if there had been no school, there would be no Finn. He lived in ...

Pell Ridley, daughter of a good-for-nothing preacher in rural England, has watched her mother suffer the intolerable burden of too many children, t...

'... a deeply felt, passionately uplifting story...'Liam Davison. The Weekend AustralianRose Boys is the story of two brothers profoundly different...

Who dreams the dreamer? Claire lives in an ordinary world where everything is whole. But inside Claire is broken. The silvery notes of her music bo...

Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. They know it won't be easy. They'll have to beat some reall...

When Kino, a Mexican pearl-diver finds 'the Pearl of the World' he believes that his impoverished life will be magically transformed. He will marry...

Why will there never be another Bradman?How do you win thirty-three games in a row?Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage? Foraying deep ...

Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herse...

One their way home from school one day, the boys saw a wonderful yellow sled in a shop window. The next day, they started doing a lot of extra work...

Jude's family are crazy, quirky, bizarre . . . her mum brings her nothing but trouble and her dad thinks he's Elvis! All she wants is a hassle-free...

It's true, there's something in the world called love. Esma felt it when she moved into the house with the blue stairs. There was Kara beside her, ...

We've all enjoyed the film (the original Gene Wilder one is the best!) but few know what happens next. Charlie Bucket is on his way, with Grandpa, ...

Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she sits in a school where nobody understands her, she dreams of Polish s...

One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future. A future that has been mapped out by his parents, h...

Her muzzle wrinkled, and Andrej saw a glimpse of teeth and pale tongue. 'They smell the same, ' the lioness murmured. 'My cubs smelt as she does. L...

While on a family picnic Mr Mellops notices the mountain water has an 'awful taste, like oil'. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that ta...

 A literary triumph - winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican ...

School is over, not just for the year, but forever. Tiff and Kayla are free, which is what they've always wanted, but now summer is nearly at and e...

Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curio...

Set in the in the atmospheric and squalid streets of Paris, Maigret sets out to prove the innocence of a man condemned to death for a brutal murder...

The bane of a great beast echoes across the moors...Some blame the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville on the legend of a fearsome and ghostly ...

Vera and Mr George have made a new life together but Vera's thoughts return again and again to loves and lovers, meetings and partings - the voices...

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with weal...

There were only eleven of them, like eleven sisters all the same age in a large family. Because it was such a very small class, they had a very sma...

Juicy Writing is a treasure-trove of inspiration and practical advice on creative writing - and on living a confident, creative life - especially f...

With the first cup of tea you are a stranger. With the second . . .  a friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family.In 1993, Greg Mortenson tr...

Film star George Hannaford oozes charm. Although women fall at his feet, his marriage is the most solid in the movie business. But when he sees his...

 Friendship, family, love, work, dreams, clothes, longing, losing and being happy . . . great stories about the lives of teenage girls and women, b...

FAQs on Marketing distills the essence of Philip Kotler's decades of experience into an eminently readable question-and-answer format. The author d...

The hilariously compelling memoir that was hailed as an instant classic.'The first time I see drunks beat up my father I'm six and standing at the ...

In her opulent novel, Eva Luna, Isabel Allende uses exquisite prose to describe the survival of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a stor...

So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend. But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Exp...

Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight is two weeks in the life of Joel Hedges and Cat Davis. Joel would prefer to get through his final year of high ...

The truth is . . .Thomas has an embarrassing secret. Is it a rare and special gift or the worst thing that could happen to a boy? A story about bes...

When Henk's twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brothe...