PANNONHALMA, Hungary — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out ...

HILL. EVER WALK PAST A BUILDING AND WONDER WHAT’S INSIDE? WELL, THE DOOR IS OPEN AT THIS HARRY POTTER ESQUE ADDRESS. TEN AND A HALF BEACON STREET, BOSTON HERE. SILENCE REALLY DOES SPEAK VOLUMES. SHH.

PITTSFIELD — When librarians at Berkshire Community College began to unpack the school’s book collection this fall to prepare for the new academic year, they received a nasty shock: Many of the books ...