Tucked away on East 59th Street, across from Bloomingdale’s, is Argosy Book Store, the oldest independent bookstore in the ...

Eight Chicago-based U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development staffers with more than 180 years of service collectively have retired or are retiring later this year as the agency undergoes ...

NEW YORK – It’s a Monday night in New York City, and young adults are lining up by district to await their fate onstage. No, this isn’t “The Hunger Games,” but the fans at Barnes & Noble ...

VANCOUVER — Former student Robert Murray says he has a good excuse for returning a book to the University of B.C. Library 64 years late — the 83-year-old reckons it might have saved his and ...

The health of Pope Francis has led to renewed interest in a 900-year-old book known as "The Prophecy of the Popes" (“Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus” - or ...

A drive down Ramdulal Sarkar Street in North Calcutta is a journey through the city’s sweet heritage. Lining the road are numerous sweet shops, both large and small, but one, in particular, commands ...

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Ex-Cyclone Alfred has unearthed what is believed to be part of historic ship The Comet on a Ballina Beach. Photo shows Ocsar Pllo, Axel Doherty and Daisy Plooy playing by it. (Natalie Grono) High ...

The book was published in 1906 and borrowed from Naas Library in 1951 The book was taken out on loan from Naas Library 74 years ago. Photo: Kildare Library Services Naas library in Co Kildare has ...

If you’ve ever spent an afternoon wandering around downtown Monterey, you’ve certainly walked by an old adobe building attached to a single-story wood-slatted structure about a block from the ...

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (WPVI) - Talk about late fees! A New Jersey woman found an old library book her grandfather borrowed 99 years ago. She decided to return it. Thankfully, she didn’t have to pay ...