What if the pages of an old book could tell us who touched them, what medicines they made, and even how their bodies ...

History buffs, art enthusiasts, and avid readers are setting down their Kindles and exploring what’s one of the most ambitious collections of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts ever assembled.

If you're walking through the main concourse at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and catch a whiff of bibliosmia — the smell of old books — chances are you've found Renaissance Books.

T. Kimball Brooker has amassed more than 1,000 books over the past 60 years, but now he is ready to hand them on to someone new. The scholar is auctioning off his comprehensive collection of ...

THE MAN or THE RENAISSANCE—Ralph Roeder—Viking ($3.50). History, defined politely as “the formal record of the past,” is really organized gossip; but among the historians who retail it there are ...

The former Renaissance Book Shop on downtown Milwaukee's riverfront will be razed, according to the operator of a firm hired to deconstruct the building. Kenosha-based Recyclean Inc. will dismantle ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- For some people reading is a hobby but for C Kay Hinchliffe it’s a lifestyle. She's been working at Renaissance Book Store for more than 40 years. "I started working for ...

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The familiar notion of libraries retains a powerful hold on the public imagination: dimly lit rooms with floor-to-ceiling stacks, protected by solicitous librarians. "Books can sit on shelves and ...