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Robert Jonas and the American Penguins

Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books, hated illustrated book covers and fought against them in his company. He feared that…

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David Pearson’s Great Loves

“Penguin brings you the most seductive, inspiring and surprising writing on love in all its infinite variety”. So runs the…

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The Balkan Trilogy

British author Olivia Manning published the three novels in 1956-64 that comprise the Balkan trilogy. They cover the wartime experiences…

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