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Updated September 5, 2024

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Found: A Message in a Bottle That Went Clear Around the World and Back

But without a return address.
by Matthew Taub
Auckland Central Library has a vast collection of books, as well as computers with free internet access.

Why a New Zealand Library's Books Kept Vanishing, Then Reappearing

Homeless readers had been tucking volumes away so they could return to them the next day.
by Natasha Frost

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