Auction house Bonhams’ book specialist Catherine Williamson walks PEOPLE through the diverse and fascinating collection that belonged to the late Supreme Court justice You can tell a lot about a ...

Your town or city probably has a library and your ebook reader gives you instant access to millions of books. Why would anyone want a personal library in this day and age? Book lovers will scoff at ...

My father loved books more than anything else in the world. He owned about 11,000 of them at the time of his death, in March of 2021, at 83 years old. There were books in his living room and bedroom, ...

The author of “Goodbye, Columbus” and “The Human Stain” left several thousand books, many of them with notes or letters, to the Newark Public Library. The collection will soon open to the public. By ...

You can check out the first known photographs of bacteria, an article on a ‘hateful Colorado grasshopper,’ and more from the naturalist's vast collection. By Laura Baisas Published Feb 12, 2024 1:00 ...

I've been helping readers find the best deals for over five years. Reading is one of the best ways to expand your knowledge, whether you’re a total science nerd or you love reading advice on personal ...

Near a street corner in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood, street librarian Diana Rempe has set up a cargo bike with a shelf display and a massive wooden box emblazoned with STREET BOOKS. It’s packed ...

In the Trustees’ Room of the Boston Athenaeum, around 230 books once belonging to President George Washington rest in a glass and wooden bookcase. Among the volumes: Masonic sermons, agricultural ...

If your personal library has long since outgrown the bookshelves in your house, it’s probably time to pare things down. Donating old books to your local library, secondhand store, or Little Free ...

For Miami Art Week, Devlin has created an open-air installation for Faena Art that invites the public to turn her personal library into a communal one. Es Devlin’s “Library of Us,” on the beach in ...

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