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A little boy’s library book was due in 1989. Thirty-six years later, he realized his parents had never returned it
Thirty-six years after it was checked out, a copy of Gene Zion’s Harry the Dirty Dog made its way back to the Chantilly ...
It's unclear who returned the long-overdue books, but the patron left an apologetic note.
For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...
Before we got the iconic art deco building, L.A.’s main library collection practically couch-surfed for decades.
Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old former bus conductor, has been honored with a Padma Award for establishing Pustaka Mane, a library ...
You may have been later returning a library book, but how about 50 years late?
Novelist Megha Majumdar has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for her book “A Guardian and a Thief.”.
Padma Awards 2026: Meet 75-yr old Anke Gowda, a bus conductor who built a library of 2 million books
For over fifty years, Gowda channelled his passion into Pustak Mane, a vast, free-access library built on the foundation of ...
Downtown L.A.’s central library on Fifth Street first opened its doors in 1926, making it 100 this year. But it took decades ...
The library at Siddharth College in South Mumbai, a few metres away from the Bombay High Court, has a black‑covered book ...
Explore Arkansas' best used bookstores, where book lovers can discover unique treasures, hidden gems, and rare finds waiting ...
Mother tongue reading clubs continue to draw committed readers, but attracting youth can be an uphill task. Read more at ...
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