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Featuring profiles for more than 180 pharaohs, gods, mummies, and ancient objects, Pocket Genius: Ancient Egypt looks at life along the Nile when Ancient Egyptians dominated northeast Africa for over 3,000 years. Highlighting King Tut, camels, hieroglyphs, and more, Pocket Genius: Ancient Egypt helps young readers discover the ancient and intriguing land of Egypt —…

Packed with amazing stats, engaging photographs, and fun facts, Pocket Genius: Ancient Rome explores the empire that dominated Europe and the Middle East for more than 500 years. Find out what Romans ate at their banquets and what bloody spectacles they watched at the arena with content suitable for young readers. Read about cruel emperors…

In an alternate America, princesses Beatrice and Samantha Washington and the two girls wooing their brother, Prince Jefferson, become embroiled in high drama in the most glorious court in the world.

Different kinds of dogs drive cars, wear hats, run around in mazes, and even have wild parties in treetops.

“Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage–and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child–but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn’t understand, a blue light that…

For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley–one half of one of the most famous bands in the world–tells the inside story of Wham!, his lifelong friendship with George Michael, and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties. In 1975 Andrew took a shy new boy at…

Journeying from the Bible to twentieth-century writings, the author explores how literature can shape one’s life, discussing such topics as the Book of Job and Ecclesiastes, Plato and Homer, St. Augustine, and Freud and Proust.

Told with wit, spontaneity, and candour, Susanna Moodie’s account of life on a backwoods farm captures an important part of Canadian history, now available as a Penguin Modern Classic. Roughing It in the Bushchronicles Susanna Moodie’s harsh and often humorous experiences homesteading in the woods of Upper Canada. She describes a life of backbreaking labour,…

A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice–the real-life story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago. At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled…

2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist “Science book of the year”–The Guardian One of New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2018 One of Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Books of 2018 One of Kirkus’s Best Books of 2018 One of Mental Floss’s Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday’s Best Science Books…