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The coming-of-age tale about racial injustice in the South was a phenomenal success from the start, and has only become more popular with time.

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Whether you're settling in for a few days of snowed-in coziness at home or a few days of airport purgatory, you can probably use something to read. Here are some beautiful descriptions of snow from literature.

Arika Okrent


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There’s more to libraries than just plain old books. Many, if not most, also have movies, music, and audio and ebooks to lend out. But what about a parking pass for a Civil War fort? Or a circular saw? Well, depending on where you live, you can borrow tho

Matt Soniak




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Learn more about author Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic, including a canceled film project that could have been scored by Pink Floyd.

Mark Mancini


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People Google a lot of strange things. But while the anonymity of the internet certainly helps them feel comfortable indulging certain inquiries, our curiosity as humans didn't start with the invention of the search engine.

Hannah Keyser