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CORRECTION: A photo caption in an earlier version of this article gave incorrect information about Barbara Heritage’s job. She is the director of collections, exhibitions and scholarly initiatives at ...

Every bibliophile knows it, loves it, craves it — the smell of a well-read book. It's so popular that you can even find old book-scented candles, but what creates that signature smell? The answer is a ...

The library announced on Facebook that their long-lost book had been returned to their collection after a Boston resident found it and gave it to the Cambridge Public Library. The book was "The Early ...

Are you in the mood for a little fall cleaning? If you’re looking around the house and wondering where to start, maybe peruse your bookshelf. You may notice a few old titles collecting dust. But ...

Diners will devour this book in one sitting. Acclaimed pastry chef Jordi Roca redefined the term “cookbook” after concocting an over $350 confection that’s infused with the flavor of a dusty old tome.

13th-century Christian songbook made of furry sealskin may be Norway's oldest surviving book Caergwrle Bowl: A 3,300-year-old stone-and-tin bowl with gold oars and 'protective eyes' Corleck Head: A ...

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As a kid, Matt Stevens and his neighbor used to hunker down and get set up for a game of flick football. Stevens was always the Cowboys. His neighbor was always the Steelers. Only problem was, they ...

Mayor Eric Adams says he plans to write a memoir about the corruption scandal currently engulfing his administration. “All this is going in my book,” he told reporters at City Hall a few days ago.

As a graduate student in Laramie, Wyo., in the 1990s, Sarah Mentock spent many weekends hunting for bargains at neighborhood yard sales. On one of those weekends, she spotted “The Lord of the Isles,” ...