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The promotion of reading as the premier source of entertainment, excitement and empowerment is a responsibility that Penguin continues to feel proud to carry.
Ever since Allen Lane founded the company in the mid-1930s with the express intention of taking quality books to the masses, Penguin has been seen by people worldwide as the natural home of reading. In May 2003, almost half of the nation's favourite 100 books voted for in the BBC Big Read were Penguin titles.
7 July 2003, Penguin launches a campaign to encourage everyone to read more ...
Read on for full details.
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he tracking on the tapes was deteriorating, and their
registration as well. Bands of prickling static appeared at
the top and bottom of the screens; the images were more
indistinct. But it was possible, Dorian supposed, that this very
corruption of the representational medium was helping to make
him more embodied, more at home in the world. He stretched, sighed
again and drew in a great breath. He never caught cold, he never had a headache,
he never experienced the slightest physical discomfort save that caused by obvious abrasions of the physical world. He hummed with vigour as a high-tension cable sings with electricity. He would go out tonight, Dorian decided, and have some serious fun.
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