Penguin Press Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from Penguin Press at a glance.

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A World in Disarray

American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
Richard Haass
Penguin Press, 2017
7 Book

Advice Not Given

A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Mark Epstein
Penguin Press, 2018
9 Book

After the Music Stopped

The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead
Alan S. Blinder
Penguin Press, 2013
8 Book

Behave

The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
Penguin Press, 2017
8 Book

Big Game

The NFL in Dangerous Times
Mark Leibovich
Penguin Press, 2018
9 Book

Burn the Ice

The American Culinary Revolution and Its End
Kevin Alexander
Penguin Press, 2019
7 Book
Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
Penguin Press, 2018
9 Book

Churchill and Orwell

The Fight for Freedom
Thomas E. Ricks
Penguin Press, 2017
9 Book

Citizenville

How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
Gavin Newsom and Lisa Dickey
Penguin Press, 2013
9 Book

Civilization

The West and the Rest
Niall Ferguson
Penguin Press, 2011
9 Book

Cribsheet

A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
Emily Oster
Penguin Press, 2019
9 Book

Devil’s Bargain

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Joshua Green
Penguin Press, 2017
7 Book

Drunk Tank Pink

And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave
Adam Alter
Penguin Press, 2013
8 Book

Fashionopolis

The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
Dana Thomas
Penguin Press, 2019
9 Book

Frenemies

The Epic Disruption of the Ad Business (and Everything Else)
Ken Auletta
Penguin Press, 2018
8 Book

Hit Makers

The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
Derek Thompson
Penguin Press, 2017
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Hollywood Ending

Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
Ken Auletta
Penguin Press, 2022
8 Book

Ill Winds

Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
Larry Diamond
Penguin Press, 2019
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Leadership

Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger
Penguin Press, 2022
9 Book

Let My People Go Surfing

The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard
Penguin Press, 2016
9 Book

Meltdown

What Plane Crashes, Oil Spills, and Dumb Business Decisions Can Teach Us About How to Succeed at Work and at Home
Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik
Penguin Press, 2018
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No Rules Rules

Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
Penguin Press, 2020
9 Book
John Lewis Gaddis
Penguin Press, 2018
9 Book

Pappyland

A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
Wright Thompson
Penguin Press, 2020
7 Book

Plutocrats

The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
Chrystia Freeland
Penguin Press, 2012
8 Book

Private Empire

ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll
Penguin Press, 2012
9 Book

Reclaiming Conversation

The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle
Penguin Press, 2015
8 Book

Sea Power

The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans
James Stavidris
Penguin Press, 2017
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She Said

Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
Penguin Press, 2019
8 Book

Shop Class as Soulcraft

An Inquiry into the Value of Work
Matthew B. Crawford
Penguin Press, 2010
8 Book

Soonish

Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything
Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith
Penguin Press, 2017
8 Book

The Age of Turbulence

Adventures in a New World
Alan Greenspan
Penguin Press, 2008
7 Book

The Assault on Intelligence

American National Security in an Age of Lies
Michael V. Hayden
Penguin Press, 2018
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The Biggest Bluff

How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova
Penguin Press, 2020
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Greta Thunberg
Penguin Press, 2023
8 Book

The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Penguin Press, 2018