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X FROM: ALAN WALKER TITLE SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER 2008 AUTHOR Riverhead 978- OMNIBUS Copy/quote ADVANCE TITLE INFORMatION FOR TEACHERS, SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, AND EDUCatIONAL DISTRIBUTORS Let a Penguin greet you at the end of the day. “Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.”—Kathleen Norris. ADOPTION TITLES TEN PLAYS—Euripides (Signet Classics September 608 pp. 978-0-451-52700-4 $7.95) THE BOOK OF MORMON (Penguin Classics Translated by Paul Roche. Bracing translations of September 576 pp. 978-0-14-310553-4 $15.00) the Greek tragedian’s enduring plays, with a Introduction by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp. Translated glossary of people, gods, and places. Replaces by Joseph Smith, Jr. These stories of ancient ISBN 978-0-451-52700-4 peoples—original inscribed on golden plates by prophets, then discovered and translated by THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT—John Smith—constitute one of the most influential Steinbeck (Penguin Classics September 304 pp. religious documents in American history. 978-0-14-303948-8 $15.00) Introduction and Notes by Susan Shillinglaw. ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH “Steinbeck returns to the high standards of The —Alexander Solzhenitsyn (Signet Classics Grapes of Wrath and to the social themes that September 176 pp. 978-0-451-53104-9 $5.95) made his early work so impressive.”—Saul Translated by Ralph Parker. Introduction by Bellow. Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018753-3 Yevgeny Yevtushenko. New Afterword by Eric Bogosian. This early masterwork by the recently CUP OF GOLD A Life History of Sir Henry departed Russian prophet exposed the harsh Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional reality of Stalin’s work camps. Replaces ISBN Reference to History—John Steinbeck 978-0-451-52709-7 (Penguin Classics September 240 pp. 978-0-14-303945-7 $14.00) Introduction by Susan F. Beegel. The author’s first novel—and sole work of historical fiction—depicts TEACHER’S GUIDES the legendary pirate as he ravages the coasts of Cuba and America. Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018743-4 The Pearson Reading Challenge Check out our newest teacher’s guides on our website at us.penguingroup.com/tguides Register by Read online, print, or download September for great activities to use in the classroom. 30th! This year’s guides are Incidents in the Life Register your team on of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, A Doll’s House www.pearsonreadingchallenge.com by Henrik Ibsen, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. and receive a copy of Rafe Esquith’s Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014-3657 PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. 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The author’s 1973 account of his spiritual journey through the Himalayas is “a magical book, a kind of lunar paradigm and map of the sacred.”—Jim Harrison. B/w illustrations and maps. Winner of the National Book Award. Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-025508-9 EUGENE ONEGIN A Novel in Verse —Alexander Pushkin (Penguin Classics November 304 pp. 978-0-14-044810-8 $14.00) Newly translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stanley Mitchell. A spirited new translation of the work that still stands as the benchmark of Russian literature, 175 years after its publication. ALL TITLES AVAILABLE NOW • $10.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-044803-0 THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS THE COMPLETE POETRY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE JOHN BUCHAN —Edgar Allan Poe (Signet Classics October 160 pp. 978-0-14-103373-0 144 pp. 978-0-451-53105-6 $4.95) Introduction by Jay Parini. New Afterword by April THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS Bernard. From “Annabel Lee” to “The Raven,” ERSKINE CHILDERS this collection shows a writer as gifted in verse 352 pp. 978-0-14-103376-1 as in prose. Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52640-3 THE MAN WHO WAS THURsday THE BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION Islam and the A Nightmare Crusades—Usama Ibn Munqidh (Penguin Classics G. K. ChestertON October 400 pp. 978-0-14-045513-7 $15.00) 224 pp. 978-0-14-103375-4 Translated and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Paul M. Cobb. This revelatory collection THE LOST WORLD presents the most complete eyewitness Muslim SIR ArthUR CONAN DOYLE account of the Crusades, in addition to daily life, 272 pp. 978-0-14-103377-8 warfare, and the curious European invaders. SHE A CHRISTMAS CAROL And Other Christmas H. RIDER HAGGARD Stories—Charles Dickens (Signet Classics 400 pp. 978-0-14-103378-5 November 224 pp. 978-0-451-53109-4 $3.95) Introduction by Frederick Busch. New Afterword THE PRISONER OF ZENDA by Gerald Charles Dickens. Includes “A Christmas ANTHONY HOPE Tree,” “Christmas Dinner,” and the Christmas 208 pp. 978-0-14-103374-7 chapters from The Pickwick Papers. Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52283-2 THE COMPLETE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER —Oscar Wilde (Signet Classics October 240 pp. —D. H. Lawrence (Penguin Classics 978-0-451-53107-0 $5.95) December 400 pp. 978-0-14-144149-8 $12.00) New Introduction by Gyles Brandreth. Cambridge Lawrence Edition. Introduction by Afterword by Jack Zipes. Enchanting stories Doris Lessing. Edited with Notes by Michael written “partly for children, and partly for those Squires. Trapped in a sexless marriage with her who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder invalid husband, Constance Chatterley experiences and joy,” alongside their original illustrations. a passionate awakening with the gamekeeper Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52435-5 Mellors. Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018786-1 SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER 2008 TITLES PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. 2 OMNIBUS PHONE # 1-800-526-0275 TIE-IN EDITION COLD COMFORT FARM—Stella Gibbons (Penguin Classics December 256 pp. 978-0-14-144159-7 $15.00) THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Introduction by Lynne Truss. This parody of SUE MONK KIDD Lawrence’s and Hardy’s earthy, melodramatic novels Penguin Now Available is “very probably the funniest book ever written.” 978-0-14-311455-0 $14.00 —The Sunday Times (London). Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018869-1 “A wonderful novel about mothers and daughters and THE UNDERDOGS—Mariano Azuela (Signet Classics the transcendent power of November 192 pp. 978-0-451-53108-7 $6.95) love.”—Connie May Fowler. Translated by E. Munguia Jr. Introduction by Ana Castillo. New Afterword by Max Parra. In the landmark novel of the Mexican Revolution, a THE BHAGAVAD GITA (Penguin Classics peace-loving Indian must side with the rebels to November 288 pp. 978-0-14-044790-3 $12.00) save his family. Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52625-0 Newly translated with an Introduction and Notes by Laurie L. Patton. Capturing both the clarity of KISS MY MATH Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Hindu philosophy and the beauty of Sanskrit Boss—Danica McKellar (Hudson Street Press poetry, this new translation illumines the September 320 pp. 978-1-59463-049-1 $24.95) dialogue between the divine Krishna and the The author follows up her bestselling Math warrior Arjuna. Doesn’t Suck with more “just-us-girls” skinny on negative numbers, variables, absolute values, THE RETURN OF THE Native—Thomas Hardy and exponents. (Signet Classics December 432 pp. 978-0-451-53112-4 $6.95) MANSFIELD PARK—Jane Austen (Signet Classics Introduction by Jane Smiley. New Afterword December 432 pp. 978-0-451-53111-7 $4.95) by Jeffrey Meyers. Clym Yeobright returns Introduction by Margaret Drabble. New Afterword from Paris to the village of his birth, inspired by Julia Quinn. Fanny Price is a poor relation to improve the life of its men and women. living with the Bertrams, acutely conscious of her His plans are upset when he falls in love with status and yet daring to love their son Edmund Eustacia Vye, who longs to escape her provincial —from afar. Replaces 978-0-451-52629-8 surroundings. Replaces 978-0-451-52738-7 ROUGHING IT—Mark Twain (Signet Classics THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS—Bram Stoker November 480 pp. 978-0-451-53110-0 $6.95) (Penguin Classics October 320 pp. New Introduction by Elizabeth Frank. The 978-0-14-144221-1 $15.00) legendary account of the author’s exploits in Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate the Wild West during the Civil War. Replaces Hebblethwaite. In this spine-chilling tale from the ISBN 978-0-451-52407-2 master of the macabre, a couple find themselves battling the ancient Egyptian queen Tera. THE SLAVE SHIP A Human History —Marcus Rediker (Penguin October GULLIVEr’S TRavels— Jonathan Swift 448 pp. 978-0-14-311425-3 $16.00) (Signet Classics December 352 pp. Reconstructs in chilling detail the world of the 978-0-451-53113-1 $4.95) “floating dungeons.” “The best of histories, Introduction by Leo Damrosch.

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