New Jersey woman returns her grandfather’s library book 99 years overdue
When Mary Cooper downsized her home, she brought boxes of her late mother’s belongings to her new home. Sorting through them ...
A Page from History: Story of OB’s little library is beginning a new chapter
By 1919, the independent Ocean Beach Library became part of the San Diego Public Library, Rankin began her long tenure as the beach town’s librarian, and the people of OB transferred the furniture and ...
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New Jersey woman returns library book after 99 years
A woman from New Jersey returned a 99-year-overdue library book after discovering it in her late mother’s ...
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Black Thought's memoir, 'The Upcycled Self,' is this year's One Book, One Philadelphia pick
The library's One Book ... from Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, who cofounded The Roots with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philly in 1987. MORE: In her new book, former 'Normal Gossip' podcast ...
A new biography of New Yorker editor Katherine White is admiring and thorough
Over nearly 600 pages, Amy Reading argues that White deserves credit for the magazine's high quality, and for making life ...
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New Jersey woman returns her grandfather’s library book 99 years overdue
“I thought, ‘That’s a neat book ... she realized it was checked out in March 1926 from the Ocean County Library system in New Jersey — the year before Tilton died. The book, published ...
Joplin Carnegie Library purchased
There is new hope for Joplin’s 123-year-old Carnegie Library. The historic building at 830 S. Wall Ave. has been purchased by a Northwest Arkansas woman who plans a renovation. New owner Laurie ...
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Little library, big finds
By contrast, taking home a book from one of these libraries was the best part of my walks. I was always curious to see what ...
Pacific Beach Library art exhibit focuses on endangered and extinct birds
The exhibit — available for free viewing in the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library through March 28 — was designed to highlight bird species that have gone extinct or are critically endangered since the ...