The science of geology is going through a remarkable period of expansion and advancement. The New Penguin Dictionary of Geology contains over 7,500 fully updated definitions, making it the most extensive dictionary of the Earth sciences ever produced. It includes a full bibliography of up-to-date wo[...]

This new paperback dictionary perfectly embodies Penguin's worldwide reputation for authority and accessibility. Compiled by Britain's foremost lexicographers, it is the ideal companion for every home and office, offering comprehensive coverage of the language and a wealth of useful additional featu[...]

This is the award-winning, bestselling "Penguin Map of the World" by Michael Middleditch. Clear, colourful, and crammed with information reflecting up-to-date worldwide political changes, "The Penguin Map of the World" is a unique concept in maps. For the first time, Michael Middleditch's revised th[...]

A unique anthology celebrating that most vigorous of literary forms--the sonnetThe sonnet is one of the oldest and most enduring literary forms of the post-classical world, a meeting place of image and voice, passion and reason, elegy and ode. It is a form that both challenges and liberates the poet[...]

The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the twentieth century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes twenty-one stories from the original collection, published in 1994, together with fifteen new stories. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D[...]

The second volume of the highly successful "Penguin Atlas of World History" covers events from the French Revolution to the present day. Numerous maps help clarify a detailed chronological summary of the main events of the period throughout the world. This volume has now been updated to include rece[...]

Written by three eminent professors, it has been updated to reflect the shifts of sociological thought in the last five years, making it the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date dictionary available. It is essential reading for all students and teachers of sociology and other related cou[...]

What's in a name? Rather more than you might at first suspect, for names are steeped in history and myth and have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. Now fully updated for its second edition, with 150 new entries, "The Penguin Dictionary of First Names" takes a[...]

A topic with ever-increasing appeal and scope, Media Studies is attracting more and more higher education students as well as the thousands of practitioners within its various fields. Written by two prominent experts, "The Penguin Dictionaries of Media Studies" gives the definitive overview of this [...]

This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the sixteenth. Coverage of major events - the Hundred Years' [...]

The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your mess[...]