Literature: history and criticism

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From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism.

The highly anticipated sequel to the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE 'Bloody brilliant'V.

The classic of eternal youth.

Writers shortlisted for the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize read their shortlisted storiesCollected here are the six best stories chosen by the judging panel of the Guardian 4th Estate BAME short story prize 2018.

Hardy's classic 'pastoral tale' of wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, the faithful shepherd, the lonely widower and the dashing but faithless soldier.

'It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.

You've heard all about the 'brilliant men' of ancient myth, but what about the scheming and scandalous women who were so often lost in their shadow?

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of This Is Shakespeare, written and read by Emma Smith.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Body Lies by Jo Baker, read by Imogen Church, Deborah McBride, Sam Woolf, Simon Ludders and Julie Maisey.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of fatherhood.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Anna Karenina Fix written and read by Viv Groskop.

Andrew Dickson's startlingly original and joyously entertaining Worlds Elsewhere traverses centuries and continents to reveal Shakespeare and his works in a fantastic array of new guises.

Need to swot up on your Shakespeare?

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Working, written and read by Robert A.

My Last Duchess, How they Brought The Good News from Ghent to Aix 'Childe Rolande to the Dark Tower Came, Prospice, Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister, Home - Thoughts from Abroad, The Lost Leader, Porphyria's Lover, Memorabilia, Rabbi Ben Ezra, 'The Year at the spring', The Bishop Orders His Tomb, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Lippo LippiREAD BY JAMES MASON.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

160 minutes of extract scenes from Shakespeare's finest plays and read by a staggering cast.

Philosophy for busy people.

Penguin presents A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin, read by Dame Penelope Wilton.

The poetic output of Samuel Taylor Coleridge was modest and fragmentary, but included some of the greatest poems of the Romantic period.

Home is where you start from, but where is a swallow's real home?

Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 performed by Sir John Gielgud and cast.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Fear by Roald Dahl, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Kevin Eldon, Tom Felton and Rory Kinnear.

A wonderfully charming recording available for the first time as a digital download.

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Ode Less Travelled, written and read by Stephen Fry.

Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

Another in the great Caedmon Shakespeare series from the 1960s.

Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalin, read by Jill Balcon and David Shaw-Parker.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world's most renowned voices.

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of David Shields highly persuasive Reality Hunger: A Manifesto.

Immerse yourself in a world where the wonderful Stephen Fry reads some of the more memorable short stories of our time.

Haworth, West Yorkshire, 1848.

The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597.

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Deep in limestone country, at the corner of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, lies the village of Coleshill.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know written and read by Colm Toibin.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold by William Shakespeare and James Anthony, with a foreword by Stephen Fry.

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