Used Text Books

Julie and Wentworth Newman of West Lorne have saved piles of books from the dumpsters. Boxes of books filled their garage last week after local schools dropped off surplus books.

Despite what has been dubbed the "Harry Potter Effect" -- which credits J.K. Rowling's blockbuster book series with turning Game Boy addicts into lifelong readers -- reading is in serious decline among teens nationwide, according to a forthcoming federal...

A velvet chastity belt, Florance Nightingale's slippers and a used guillotine: hardly the normal fare of science text books. But these and 500 other curiosities have just gone on display at the Wellcome Trust.