Penguin Portable Library Series / Viking Portable Library Series
The Penguin (Viking) Portable Library Series offers substantial if not complete works by significant authors at bargain prices. They are indispensible volumes for any well-rounded personal library. Buy two to qualify for free shipping.
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- Penguin / Viking Portable Series
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- American History
- American Literature
- American Realism
- Bohemians
- British History
- British Literature
- Classical Studies
- Conservatism
- Philosophy
- Religion
- Shakespeare
- Western Civilization Historical Periods
- More Like This
- Titles Available for Kindle and Kindle DX
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Penguin / Viking Portable Series
The Penguin (Viking) "Portable" Series offers substantial if not complete works by significant authors at bargain prices. They are indispensible volumes for any well-rounded personal library. Buy two to qualify for free shipping.
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As great as these "Portable" books are, they aren't exactly mass market paperbacks. They appeal to a fairly limited scholarly niche market, and as a result, they are frequently out of print for the time being. Despite this, new copies are usually available from overstock.
Most of these books are available "new or used" from third party sellers through Amazon.com. Prices vary, but they are often available for as little as $0.01. Shipping and handling on these orders is typically about $3.50 per item, which is still quite reasonable.
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American History
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
You might also be interested in The Penguin Foundations in Democracy Collection
The Portable North American Indian Reader (Viking portable library)
Amazon Price: $25.08 (as of 01/02/2010) 
The Portable Thomas Jefferson (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Abraham Lincoln (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $17.00 (as of 01/02/2010)
American Literature
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
You might also be interested in The Penguin Foundations in Literature Collection
American Literature Survey: Colonial and Federal to 1800 (The Viking Portable Library)
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American Literature Survey: Nation and Region 1860-1900 (The Viking Portable Library)
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American Literature Survey: The Twentieth Century - (The Viking Portable Library Edition)
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American Realism
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable American Realism Reader (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Stephen Crane (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $20.00 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Henry James (Viking Portable Library)
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The Portable Jack London (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Mark Twain (The Viking Portable Library)
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Bohemians
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable Beat Reader (Viking Portable Library)
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The Portable Jack Kerouac (Portable Library)
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British History
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable Edmund Burke (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
British Literature
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable Chaucer: Revised Edition (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.75 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Thomas Hardy (The Viking Portable Library)
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The Portable Kipling (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Swift (Viking Portable Library)
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The Portable Oscar Wilde (Viking Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
Classical Studies
Ancient Greek & Roman Titles
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
You might also be interested in The Penguin Complete Greeks & Romans Collection.
The Portable Greek Reader (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/01/2010)
The Portable Greek Historians: The Essence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius (Viking Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $14.04 (as of 01/01/2010)
The Portable Plato (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $14.04 (as of 01/01/2010)
The Portable Roman Reader (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $13.50 (as of 01/01/2010)
Conservatism
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable Conservative Reader
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The Portable Edmund Burke (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Machiavelli
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
Philosophy
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable Nietzsche (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Hannah Arendt (Viking Portable Library)
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The Portable Karl Marx (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.53 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Jung (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
Religion
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
Just to be clear for the "America is a Christian nation" crowd -- this is a survey of eight of the world's great religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism , Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism.
The Portable World Bible (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
Shakespeare
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
You might also be interested in The Pelican World of Shakespeare Collection .
The Portable Shakespeare (Viking Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.44 (as of 01/02/2010)
Western Civilization Historical Periods
There are hundreds of Penguin / Viking Portable Library selections, some of which are usually out of print at any given time. These are just a few examples.
The Portable Medieval Reader (Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Renaissance Reader
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Enlightenment Reader (The Viking Portable Library)
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 01/02/2010)
The Portable Victorian Reader (Viking portable library)
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Since the copyrights on most of the classic sources for the library have expired, many of them are freely available in formats compatible with Amazon's Kindle Wireless Reading Device and their latest Kindle DX
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