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. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?’Shakespeare’s heartbreak...

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. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.’The second play in Shakespeare's series of histories, musing on the realities of wielding power.

This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science: a philosophically textured appreciation of the presence and role of values in people's reasoning and motivation, set within an empirically rigorous social-scientific account. This endeavour requires input from both criminologists and philosophers, and careful dialogue between them. Criminology as a Moral Science provides such a dialogue, not least about the so-called 'fact-value distinct...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong.Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to...

Introduction by Kwame Anthony AppiahCommentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret FullerThis Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives—crucial works that each illuminate and inform the other.Frederick Douglass’s Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life;...

Nameless Country gathers poems by the Scottish-Jewish poet Arthur 'A.C.' Jacobs, whose work, somewhat critically neglected in the past, has gained new resonance for twenty-first-century readers. Writing in the shadow of the Holocaust, Jacobs in his poems confronts his complex cultural identity as a Jew in Scotland, as a Scot in England, and as a diaspora Jew in Israel, Italy, Spain and the UK.A self-made migrant, Jacobs was a wanderer through other lands and lived in searc...

A superb anthology of 40 great classic humorous stories.'A Skinful of Trouble' by Arthur Morrison'Bats in the Belfry' by Harry Graham'Mr. Pappas' by A. J. Alan'The Brazen Serpent' by R. Austin Freeman'The Man who fell in Love with the Cooperative Stores' by Stella Benson'The Rival Beauties' by W. W. Jacobs'The Overcrowded Iceberg' by Morley Roberts'A Keen Sense of Rumour' by Cosmo Hamilton'More Fr...

"A Novella in the Rylee Adamson Series….""My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker.""When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.When the dust settles, my heart feels as though it will never be pieced back together. But there are too many lives riding on my ability to function at my best.So I push through. And I find that I still have some fight lef...

"The Pacific End is a beautiful first novel of unbearable longing, desire, and regret. Jacob Anthony Moniz is a natural stylist and singular talent; one feels this is only the beginning."- Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Dog of the NorthWhen Caleb Simão returns to his rural California hometown to prepare his childhood home for sale, he expects a brief visit.Instead, memories of Brandon Murphy resurface.Te...

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. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘Life is as tedious as a twice-told taleVexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.’Shakespeare's King John is a rarely performed history which tells the story of John's turb...

Jesus was a Jew and not a Christian. That affirmation may seem obvious, but here an international cast of Jewish and Christian scholars spell out its weighty and often complex consequences for contemporary Jewish-Christian dialogue. Soundings in the Religion of Jesus contextualizes Jesus and the writings about him that set the stage for Jewish-Christian relations for the next 2000 years. Of equal importance, this book considers the reception, celebration, and (too often) the neglect of Jes...

Step into a realm of enchantment with "More English Fairy Tales," a captivating collection by Joseph Jacobs. Immerse yourself in a world where talking animals, cunning fairies, and brave heroes embark on extraordinary adventures. From the beloved "Cinderella" to the lesser-known "The Old Woman and Her Pig," these timeless tales will transport you to a realm of wonder and imagination. With its rich language and enchanting characters, "More English Fairy Tales" promises an unforgettable jour...