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Explore early women writers in the Library's rare books collections up to the year 1700

Jon Shirley has spent a lifetime amassing Alexander Calder works—a collection he has just bequeathed to the Seattle Art Museum.

The OED is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English.

The death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey has baffled scholars and armchair detectives for centuries; this book offers compelling new evidence and, at last, a so...

ON a rocky knoll around five miles west of Llandeilo sits the remains of the medieval Dryslwyn Castle.

AESOP IN THE RARE BOOKS COLLECTION Anne-Marie McHarg, Rare Books and Special Collections Information Assistant, has been looking at the books held in our rare books collection as she works her way through cataloguing them. First up, a closer look at Aesop and his fables, and a connection to one of our buildings which you may not know about! Published: 29 April 2021 Plate showing Aesop from Fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists / with morals and reflections by Sir Roger LEstrange, Kt A...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. The Stoicism of George Washington How the first U.S. President was influenced by the Stoics.   George Washington, known for his exemplary self-discipline and mental composure, is a figure in whom many see the influence of Stoicism. Unlike some of the other Founding Fathers, he lacked a c...