Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers at a library in England got a "huge surprise" when a pair of books that were 50 years overdue turned up at a thrift store ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Richland Public Library has checked in a book that was due 63 years, 11 months and 1 day ago. But despite the extreme ...

David Gallagher was looking through boxes in his elderly neighbor's San Francisco basement after her death earlier this year, when he spotted a literary treasure: a worn first edition of Edward Weston ...

Special collections librarian Antony Ramm will oversee the books' return once they have been assessed and condition checked Two books have been returned to a library almost 50 years past their due ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) -- If you want a truly fresh start for the New Year, the San Francisco Library is letting you wipe the slate clean - if you'll bring back those overdue library books.

A library book has been returned nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from the San Antonio Public Library. It came with a letter noting that "Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore.” The book is ...

It's not every day a library comes across an overdue book from 50 years ago, but it just happened to the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library... for the second time in just a few months! It's ...

VAIL, Colorado –For the second year, Vail’s library is not imposing fines on overdue books to celebrate National Library Week, April 11 to 17. The amnesty period will run April 11 to April 30 in an ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland State University librarians in Oregon finally got their hands on two overdue books -- a half century after they were checked out. The Oregonian reports that someone put two ...

University of Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall replied with, “All is forgiven!” Brian Anthony Hernandez joined PEOPLE as a writer-editor in 2023. He was promoted to a staff editor role in January 2025.

March 4 (UPI) --Workers at a library in England got a "huge surprise" when a pair of books that were 50 years overdue turned up at a thrift store about 60 miles away. The Leeds City Council said in a ...

The Richland Public Library has checked in a book that was due 63 years, 11 months and 1 day ago. But despite the extreme tardiness, there will be no fine, the library assured in a Facebook post. That ...