Seed catalogs, books and houseplants keep a gardener busy for the winter months. The seed catalogs are beginning to arrive, though not like they used to. More and more companies are doing away with ...

Gering patrons checked out 29,120 books this year, saving our citizens a total of $468,379. This pencils out to about 3.6 ...

Back in 1994, Council Bluffs teenager Cait Irwin was battling depression. “It was extreme,” she told The Nonpareil in a recent interview. So much so that Irwin had to be treated at a behavioral health ...

Collectors with a love of medical history are bidding up the price of arcane texts; ‘I don’t need a car, but I certainly need ...

If you made a New Year’s resolution to exercise and need a little help to get started, then the St. Joseph Public Library has some book suggestions for you. The ...

Has this ever happened to you at the library? You go in to get a book. You checked the card catalog and it says it’s in. You ...

The most popular adult ebook was Gabrielle Zevin’s “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” which was the Everybody Reads pick ...

A new picture book about civil rights icon John Lewis has a local author, a local illustrator and a unique backstory.

The internet hasn’t killed off the mail-order catalog.  Discover a list of popular mail order catalogs from ...

Comic book distributor disruption and delays over Christmas and into 2025... it looks like it might get worse before it gets better.

After publishing a definitive biography of Rodin, she went on to write about the underappreciated women who modeled for the ...

"Vanishing Treasures," by Katherine Rundell, is a passionate plea to save the planet's living cabinet of curiosities.