Above and beyond publishing journal articles, credentialing young people and producing spectacles on the court, the field and the gridiron, the job of a university is to keep the books. Less visible ...

There's a nonsensical incantation in Vance Randolph's 1947 book "Ozark Magic and Folklore." An old woman near Conway told Randolph the "charm" was guaranteed to drive off witches. She learned it from ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came ...

The book, bound in human flesh and housed in Houghton Library for almost a century, was so popular that it had inspired hazing rituals at Harvard University. College students employed by the library ...

"A richly illustrated source book detailing materials and methods of manufacture, Framing the Nineteenth Century is a select catalogue of frame makers and frames from the early 19th century to the ...

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the ...