Book of the Week — Prothalamion & Epithalamion: The Wedding Songs of Edmund Spenser
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11 September, 2023
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Book of the Week — Mushrooms, Russia and History
"This book is addressed to those who love mushrooms, who love the whole rich world of wild mushrooms in the same way that many love the flowers of the field and the birds in the air." Mushrooms, Russia and History Valentina Pavlovna Wasson New York : Pantheon Books,...
03 October, 2022
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Now On Display! Roar of Distant Breakers — A Rare Books Exhibition
The Rare Books Department welcomes you all back to the J. Willard Marriott Library, and invites you to visit our latest exhibition, Roar of Distant Breakers, now on display in the Special Collections Gallery on level four. This exhibition was curated by Luise Poulton, the former Managing...
05 July, 2021
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Rare Books Digital Exhibition — The Roar of Distant Breakers
from California: The Land of the Sun, 1914, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) We had not gone far from this village when the fog cleared off, and we enjoyed the delightful prospect of the ocean, the object of all our labours, the reward of all our anxieties....
14 May, 2021
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Book of the Week — Researches: Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and…
“The Mexican paintings, a very small number of which has reached our times, excite a double interest, both from the light they throw on the mythology and history of the first inhabitants of America, and the apparent connexion with the hieroglyphical writing of certain nations...
26 January, 2017
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We recommend — Weller Book Works Presents FEATHERS, PAWS, FINS and CLAWS
“It was all as grand as grand could be.” Feathers, Paws, Fins and Claws Presentation and Reception Christine A. Jones and Jennifer Schacker Weller Book Works Trolley Square Thursday, May 26, 6:30PM This event is free and open to the public A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through...
23 May, 2016
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