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Anticipation: Upcoming Titles
We are excited about the New Year and some promising new titles coming out early this year. Here are a few we look forward to getting our hands on here in Readers Services. Note: Titles on order show...
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What’s Your Story? Conducting Interviews for Genealogical Research
Radio News Reel Interview, Image ID 1677379Family history research often begins with an interview. Speaking with your family to discover names, dates, locations, and important life events is one of the...
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Shakespeare 101: How to Use the Library to Learn about the Bard
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. (Title page) Image ID: 2012878William Shakespeare, writer of some of the most beloved and admired works in Western literature, holds an...
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Graphic Memoirs
Our reader asked: I'm looking for my next great read. I'm a fan of graphic novels that function as memoirs, or even semi-autobiographical fiction that's realistic. I've really enjoyed Persepolis,...
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The Cooper Union's Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers
In 1987, Bnai Zion initiated a program under its Scientists Division to help scientists and engineers who immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union to find jobs. At first, classes...
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Ottendorfer Over the Years
I feel privileged to be the Library Manager at the oldest public library in New York City. Many who come through our doors are intrigued by the architectural details of the neo-Italian Renaissance...
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Selma Reading List
A reading list for all ages to accompany the movie Selma.Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton. (4-8 yrs.) The author shares her childhood memories of the civil rights movement and...
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Podcast #43: Marlon James and Salman Rushdie on Storytelling
What's better than one fantastic author? Well, two of course! Salman Rushdie talked with Marlon James about Jamaican archetypes, language, and Gay Talese for this week's literary double whammy of a...
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5 Baseball Records That Will Never, Ever Be Broken
Baseball as it was -- second championship game between the Atlantics of Brooklyn and Athletics of Philadelphia in 1866. Image ID: 56441Hi! Us folks at the Grand Central branch are big on baseball. In...
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USPTO: Unpaid Externship - Information Technology
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) , an agency of the Department of Commerce, has some unpaid positions offered in its Summer Externship 2015 program.This program is intended to...
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Novedades de Enero 2015: Comenzando el Año Nuevo con Nuevas Metas
Muchas han sido las resoluciones que se proponen para el año nuevo. Pero antes de finalizar el primer mes, muchas de esas promesas van por el mismo camino de las promesas del año anterior y pocas...
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The Changing Face of Times Square
Undated aerial image of Times Square shows the impact of lights in the "crossroads of the world." Image ID: 1558469Before there was a Times Square, the uptown intersection of Broadway and Seventh...
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Core Strength: American National Biography
In 1919, at the age of twenty-seven, Artoria Gibbons made her debut in circus society. Her coming out party was as the “tattooed girl” at the Pete Kortes sideshow in Washington State. Tattoos, while...
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Avez-vous fait des résolutions pour la nouvelle année?
Pour vous y inspirer, on vous propose ci-dessous quelques titres disponibles à la bibliothèque de New York (NYPL) sur des sujets tels que: activité physique, nutrition et épanouissement personnel....
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Visible Lives Oral History Experience: Playing the Hand She Was Dealt
This is a guest post by Joanne Dillon, interviewer for Visible Lives: Oral Histories of the Disability Experience at Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. Joanne conducted her first...
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Get Ready for Halftime! Find Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz at the Library
On Sunday, February 1, 2015Katy Perry will perform at the Super Bowl Halftime show. Here are her previous albums, a documentary film and biography. Her hits include "I Kissed A Girl," "Hot and Cold,"...
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lynda.com: Online Video Tutorials and Training
Do you want to keep up to date on the software you use?lynda.com presents quality video courses taught by industry experts.lynda is an online educational site that includes over 3,000 courses (and over...
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Affordable Housing and Home Buying Assistance in NYC
Finding affordable housing in New York City can be a tedious and sometimes frustrating process. In large part it is difficult because many people don't know what organizations to reach out to or what...
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Then & Now: Dinanda Nooney in 1970s Brooklyn
Johnny Redd's shop, V.I.P. 416 Waverly Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. April 6, 1978.In 1976, 416 Waverly Avenue in Brooklyn was the address of two incongruous but similarly named businesses: VIP Sewer...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of January 18
New Partners will present a recruitment for Bilingual English /Spanish or any other language Home Health Aides (F/T), 10 openings, on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 10 am - 12 pm at the Bronx Workforce...
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