The first printed editions of Shakespeare, Chaucer and Milton as well as lesser-known titles from as early as the year 1473 can now be freely read by anyone with an Internet connection.

Now, a new transcription of the earliest-known English book on cheese is available to read online for the first time–nauseating details and all. The book titled A pamflyt compiled of Cheese, ...

This Obscure Fishing Book is One of the Most Reprinted English Books Ever ‘The Compleat Angler’ is much more than an instruction manual on fishing.

Some in the book world worry as they see sales in English accelerate, especially among the young. “We neglect our language,” said Peter Hoomans, a bookseller at Scheltema, in Amsterdam.