Penguin Is Opening Up a Women Author-Only Pop-Up Shop
Penguin is opening up a perfect new book store: one that’s entirely stocked with titles written by women.
These Penguins Got as Close to Flying as They Ever Will
There are many ways to celebrate the holidays. Ice skating, egg nog, burning a giant log, or heck—why not throw a couple penguins into the room?
I'm Inspired By This Penguin That Swims 5,000 Miles to Its Savior
In 2011, I visited Disney World for the first time with my family and stayed in a timeshare with a pool. While swimming in that pool, I found myself doggy paddling from end to end because I didn’t have the necessary skills to swim in a normal way. After about two minutes, I started flailing. Arms got tired. Why?…
Looking Back at the Many Ways Publishers Have Packaged The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique hit shelves February 19, 1963. It became a sensational bestseller, helped bring simmering discontent among American women to a furious boil, and—rightly or wrongly—quickly became the media’s byword for a large and complicated movement.
A Rediscovered Beatrix Potter Short Story Is Already Burning Up the Charts
A previously unpublished Beatrix Potter tale—The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots—is set to hit bookstores in September, and it’s already climbing to the top of the Amazon charts in the U.K. People just can’t get enough whimsically sentient animals from the English countryside!
Turns Out YouTube Star Zoella Had Help Writing Her Very Popular Book
The British YouTube star known as Zoella has amassed 6.6 million subscribers and 2.6 million Twitter followers with her fashion and beauty videos. Capitalizing on her runaway popularity, she just released a YA novel, which promptly rocketed up the bestseller lists. But now she's caught in a ghostwriting controversy.
Covet These Ridiculously Beautiful Book Covers by the Woman Who Designed the Moonrise Kingdom Titles
We all know that at this point, the only reason we own books is to make sure guests know we own books. Or, in some cases, that we can read. If you're one of those pretentious d-bags who judges a date by the content of their bookshelves, come sit next to me and let's read in silence because we're kindred spirits.
Dog and Penguin Are the Tony and Maria of the Animal Kingdom
Don't you see?! The glass is just a social construct!
This Penguin Is Such an Asshole
This penguin is such a jerk. An adorable jerk, but still a jerk.
Surely You Can Find an Excuse for a Therapy Penguin
Residents of the Hannah Duston Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home in Massachusetts, are soon going to be getting a visit from a very special tuxedoed gentleman, Roast Beef the African penguin. He lives at the New England Aquarium, but he is specially trained to visit schools and community events. The five-pound…
A Beagle Attends A Penguin's Party
Josh Siegel brings you animal art every Monday. Add your own requests in the comments, and maybe Josh will draw an animal for you.
Lost Penguin Returns Home
Remember Happy Feet, the Emperor penguin who was found sick and lost after eating sand on a New Zealand beach? Good news: after surgery and rehabilitation, he's been released back into the wild and is headed home to Antarctica. Scientists don't know much about releasing Emperor penguins into the wild, but they do …
Lost Penguin Gets Help From Zoo Workers
A ten-month-old emperor penguin got lost and ended up on a New Zealand beach, far from her home in New Zealand. She (or he — experts aren't sure yet) began eating sand — perhaps mistaking it for snow — and pieces of wood, and got increasingly sick and unhappy. Luckily, rescue workers took the penguin, nicknamed…
Paquin & Paramour Pamper & Pet
[San Diego, July 27. Image via Getty.]
Sexually-Inexperienced Seal Tries To Bone Penguin • UK Reports 50% More Female Drunks
A "frustrated, sexually inexperienced" young male seal tries to have sex with a penguin.• Older Japanese singles are trying out that whole online dating thing. • A 51-year-old man admits to using voodoo to seduce teen girls. • Two women make history, win second-"highest" medical prize. • PETA asks Hollywood insiders…