Stolen Books

Lucia Graves

1,600 Copies Of 'The Cornbread Mafia' Stolen From A Truck Lot In Illinois

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.10.2012

A semi-trailer containing the entire second printing of James Higdon's "The Cornbread Mafia" was stolen from a truck lot in Elgin, Ill., roughly 40 mi...

Man Accused Of Stealing From Library, Selling Books Online

Posted 10.30.2011

Police have warned libraries in Chicago's western suburbs to take a careful inventory of their books and multimedia after arresting a Glen Ellyn man w...

Returned: Books Stolen By Nazis

AP | Posted 10.22.2011

BERLIN -- Berlin's Central and Regional Library says it will return books the Nazis stole from the Social Democratic Party, including an English-langu...

The 5 Most Frequently Stolen Books From Bookstores

blogs.publishersweekly.com | Posted 09.14.2011

Yesterday, historian and author Barry H. Landau was arrested on charges of stealing historical documents, including ones signed by Abraham Lincoln, fr...

Jewish Community Given Back Books Stolen By Nazis

AP | By JENNY SOFFEL | Posted 06.13.2011

BERLIN -- Recently rediscovered books plundered by the Nazis more than six decades ago were returned to Berlin's Jewish community on Wednesday in a ce...

Mysterious Alcoholic Author Prompts National Speculation After Stealing Books

Posted 05.25.2011

A manager at the Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado says that an author shoplifted several copies of his own book from the store, but he won't sa...