Rauner Special Collections Library

In 1671, publisher and writer John Ogilby created a compendium of all relevant information about the New World. In true 17th-century form, t...

If you didn't make it to the beach this summer, we have the book for you. Maggie Puckett's Salty reeks of the ocean even though it w...

Known best for his involvement in the occult and reputation as the "wickedest man in the world," Aleister Crowley also appears to ...

John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim's Progress first appeared in 1678 but remained enormously popular for hundreds of years. In the 19th century ...

H. L. Mencken rarely spared anyone's feelings in his writing during his life, so it was with great anticipation that his autobiographica...

Actually, there wasn't a 13th Olympiad since the year was 1944 and World War II was still in progress. Instead of holding the Games in L...

We recently acquired a small, but rich collection of letters by H.L Mencken. While Ambrose Bierce is the 19th-century's greatest curmud...