An Edgewood, B.C., man is being commended for his thoughtful maintenance of a library book that he returned to the University of B.C. this January — nearly 65 years after he took it out.

1:51 Overdue library book returned to UBC after 64 years Almost everyone has hung onto a library book a little bit too long, but how many of us can measure that infraction in decades? Robert ...

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Saul Steinberg, the Romanian American artist and longtime New Yorker contributor, is as celebrated for his elegant line as he is for his razor-sharp wit. His 1945 début American collection ...

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At first, I found it funny and laughed out loud, but then it struck me — what if I didn’t have teeth? How would I look while laughing? And I remembered my grandmother immediately, who was left ...

The health of Pope Francis has led to renewed interest in a 900-year-old book known as "The Prophecy of the Popes" (“Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus” - or ...

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Diners will devour this book in one sitting. Acclaimed pastry chef Jordi Roca redefined the term “cookbook” after concocting an over $350 confection that’s infused with the flavor of a dusty ...

The scandal that is MetroLink illustrates everything that is intellectually rotten in modern Ireland. Across 30 or 40 years, hundreds of millions have been wasted on a project or, more correctly ...

As far as we know, Jesus never said anything about gay sex. He did, however, take a stand on family life: he was opposed. Those who are worthy of Heaven, he says, in Luke 20:35, need not bother ...