Editor's note: New information has been added to this story. Rutherford County Library System Director Luanne James lost her job March 30 for refusing her board's directive to move over 100 children's ...

A new book, 'Marilyn and Her Books' by Gail Crowther, explores the starlet's personal library of 400 volumes and the misogyny that doubted her intelligence.

In his determination to own and control every document in his future library, the president is working to shield his administration’s inner workings from public view.

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas." ...

There are a dozen official collections of short fiction written by Stephen King, including Different Seasons and Skeleton Crew, but which is the best?

Dr. Norma Thomas doesn’t amass possessions — she’s more of a “get it and give it away” person, she said. The exception is history, where she and the local center she founded have become a magnet for ...

And Jericho Saria and his family recently borrowed one from their local public library – for free. Saria was surprised to find professional-grade music equipment available at his local library in San ...

Madeline Cash’s delightful debut about family dysfunction, Lost Lambs (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), calls to mind early Maria Semple with the density of its wit and the intricacies of its plot. The ...

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