Although best known for preserving England's historic sites and artefacts, English Heritage is also custodian of an archive of more than one million documents and images that includes photographs of architecture and social history. 100 Postcards of Our Past from English Heritage gathers together the[...]

The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritager Dictionary of the English Language is the premier resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. Exhaustively researched and thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, ov[...]

The magnificent parks and gardens owned by English Heritage are far less well-known than its evocative medieval abbeys or Victorian mansions. Yet these remarkable places offer a wide-ranging variety of gardening pleasures. Some have stunning designs, while others are important for their history or t[...]

The Art of Fine Gifts: England is home to many lush green gardens and charming properties steeped in historic interest. With twelve stunning images of English Heritage historic gardens and properties from Osborne on the Isle of Wight to the remarkable Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. This calendar[...]

It was more than just a wall: it was a whole military zone designed to control movement across the northern frontier of the Roman province of Britannia. Great earthwork barriers survive, along with the remains of forts and temporary camps; watch-towers and fortified gates; civilian settlements, temp[...]

Packed with eye-catching illustrations and informative text, this book of castles is an exciting resource for children. It tells the story of life in a medieval castle, who lived in them, why they were built and where, and how they were attacked and defended. Each spread asks a question - how did at[...]

More than forty thousand words, including newer scientific and technological terms, frequently misspelled words, and the latest cultural slang, are compiled in a spelling guide, along with guidelines for using compound words, the rules for forming plurals, and the seven basic rules of spelling. Orig[...]

It is the intention of these seventeen essays to introduce English-speaking readers to the life and thought of a great nineteenth-century Danish churchman who is still a living influence in the day-to-day life of the country to which he belonged.[...]