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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., we are sharing books about his life and legacy, and books that include his writings and speeches. We remember and value his fight for equality and his impact on the world.

Join Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors and illustrators. In honor of Black History Month this February and beyond, we are highlighting essential fiction and nonfiction to be shared and discussed by students and educators. Start browsing here.

For Korean American Day on January 13th, we are celebrating Korean American and Korean authors and their stories with a collection that includes memoir and fiction.

An award-winning Oxford history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.   Chapter One A Single Sail Byblos, c. 2000 BCE It is just after dawn on a warm morning about 4,000 years ago. We are at

How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which include period histories of Africa, Asia, England, Ireland, and the U.K., Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe, the U.S., and more.   Period History: Africa Period History: Asia Period History: England, Ireland, and the U.K.

On Freedom is a brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny.   Sovereignty Leib The German philosopher Edith Stein put her own body forward during the First World War. A graduate

Here are the Penguin Random House books that have been chosen as winners for the National Book Award, one of the most celebrated prizes since 1950. Read more about the winners from the National Book Foundation here.   Winner, National Book Award for Fiction James by Percival Everett (Doubleday) Winner, National Book Award for Nonfiction Soldiers

1989 It’s the height of the Roaring 20 . . . 10s. Short dresses shimmy and shine under the blindingly bright New York City lights, and our heroine sees through it all. If you follow her down the rabbit hole, you might discover an underground speak- easy where you won’t be found. Or maybe you’ll

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which cover Comics, LGBTQIA+ Literature, Literature by Women, Modern Comparative Literature, and more. Comics LGBTQIA+ Literature Literature by Women Modern Comparative Literature

At a time when the very foundations of American democracy seem under threat, the lessons of the past offer a road map for navigating a moment of political crisis. In Democracy Awakening, acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson delves into the tumultuous journey of American democracy, tracing the roots of Donald Trump’s “authoritarian experiment” to the earliest

From historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States.   Part I The Making of a Continentalist 1 Alexander Hamilton hadn’t intended to father a party and then subvert it; his first goal in politics had been to