The book in question was J. R.R. Tolkien's 1937 edition of 'There and Back Again', better recognised as 'The Hobbit'. Based in the magical world of Middle Earth, it chronicles the journey of Bilbo ...

You’re not seeing things... that really is a giant bookshelf on the side of a building. And no, it’s not a bookstore.

A couple times a month our technical services librarian, Tammie Gitchel, gets two or three large boxes containing 60-100 new ...

By Tom Bevan A "Holy Grail" first edition of "The Hobbit" is set to sell for thousands at auction - after being discovered ...

The Amistad Research Center, located on Tulane University’s campus but unaffiliated with the school, was founded in 1966 to ...

I moved Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” in order to schmooze a little with Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” ...

What's new at Jacksonville Public Library: "Bug Hollow" by Michelle Huneven: When Sally Samuelson was 8 years old, her golden ...

The city of Marysville will take back ownership of the historic, original Packard Library building this month, and city leaders are discussing its future — from preserving its historical integrity to ...

Margaret Munson of Children’s Minnesota, who works with families of children in hospice and palliative care, suggested the library. She also found a carpenter who volunteered to build it.

The abbey at Pannonhalma was founded in 996, four years before the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary. Sitting upon a tall hill in northwestern Hungary, the abbey houses the country's oldest ...

Take time for the democratizing joy of the American public library | Column Library spaces at their best should give the impression that things are open and that nothing important is hidden.