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"e;If you want to know why international crooks and their eminently respectable financial advisors walk tall and only the little people pay taxes, this is the ideal book for you.

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The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.

"e;This is a listen for anyone interested in small-town America, how it's changed, and why it matters.

Barbara Jefford, Robert Stephens and Alec McCowen lead a distinguished company in this haunting performance of Webster's powerful tragedy of murder, revenge and thwarted love.

Looking with vicious wit at dazzling high-society and criminal low-life, privilege and ambition, this is a classic yet anything but stuffy.

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In Profit and Punishment, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist exposes the tragedy of modern-day debtors prisons, and how they destroy the lives of poor Americans swept up in a system designed to penalize the most impoverished.

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'An urgent manifesto for collective healing.

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'A formidable, brave and important book' Robert Macfarlane'Absolutely brilliant.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2024'Eye-opening and persuasive' SUNDAY TIMES'Brilliant .

Tess, the young and lovely heroine of Hardy's classic tale, knows instinctively that the path she is choosing is the wrong one.

The murder of George Floyd sparked a fiery summer of activism and unrest all over the world in 2020.

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.

This program is read by the author.

Prize-winning author Adam Nicolson tells the story he was born to write - the real story of England.

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The classic Victorian tale of the little orphan who dared to ask for 'more' retains its heartwarming charm and relevance in our era.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Inner Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, read by Finlay Robertson.

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Road to Somewhere by David Goodhart, read by Simon Bubb.

As the BBC's North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Stopping Places, written and read by Damian Le Bas.

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'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary.