Riches of the Rylands

Riches of the RylandsRiches of the Rylands explores and celebrates the outstanding Special Collections of The University of Manchester Library. These collections of rare books, manuscripts, archives, maps and visual materials are extraordinarily rich and diverse. They span 5,000 years and six continents, and include almost every format ever used for written communication. Many derive from the superlative collections purchased by Enriqueta Rylands for the magnificent

Free sample: Introduction - The Changed and Changing Field of ‘Islamic Architecture’

• ontology and epistemology in KO

Written in an accessible style

Earl of Leicester

Whitaker to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and Father Denis Fahey

edited by Nicky Hamlyn

crossed and transformed through their daily spatial practices

Offers an accessible account of everyday humanitarianism in Cambodia

but should be understood in terms of the kinds of realities it has the ability to create

Shell and Statoil

Situating Brazilian cinema within the country's changing position in the global capitalist system

deepening inequalities and reinvigorated racism