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There is something exciting about reading a book that has a movie related to the same person and topic. If this is something that excites you, consider diving right into these stories that involve inspiring persons with challenging circumstances.

October, baptize me with leaves! swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!” Rainbow Rowell, attachments

Looking for fresh ideas on how to prepare all the delicious fall food? Look no further, here are some of our newest choices!

Whether you are into solving crimes, looking for thrills or chills, or just enjoy some good non-fiction, we have a book for you.

By now everyone's gone back to school for fall. Which is sad. But at least you're not at one of these schools. So that's something.

Two scrapbooks in the Local History and Genealogy Department tell the story of Toledo’s Black community.

Hilary Mantel, who won prizes and acclaim with her trilogy of historical novels about Thomas Cromwell, died recently at the age of 70.

Football is back and your favorite team is hitting the gridiron. But maybe it's time to stop watching football?

Check out some of our book group picks!

A Florida school district decided their high schoolers weren't mature enough to see a Pulitzer-winning play. Was it a pedagogically appropriate decision, or an overcautious curtailing of the students' intellectual development?

5 nonfiction titles that are often challenged or banned.

Celebrate Banned Books Week by checking out these 5 controversial (but fantastic) comics and graphic novels.

Biographies of stars from 1930’s through the 1960’s, often considered the Golden Age of Hollywood.

It's Banned Books Week! Let's learn why Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe is the most challenged book.

Thanks to a generous donation from retired Bowling Green professor and photographer Ronald J. Jacomini, our Toledo Troopers Collection is growing again!