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Podcast #46: Joan Didion on Writing and Revising
Joan Didion's stately prose, with its dry humor and turns toward observation, has enamored readers for the last five decades. A writer of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays, she has taught us how to...
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Booktalking "My Thirteenth Winter" by Samantha Abeel
Dyscalculia is a math-related learning disability. Samantha Abeel was caught in the crossfire between her complete inability to perform simple mathematical calculations or read music (which is related...
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Apprenticeship Opportunities: Stationary Engineer Apprentices
The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for Operating Engineers, Local Union #30, will conduct a recruitment from February 2 through February 13, 2015 for 25 stationary engineer apprentices,...
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Short-Term Research Fellowship: Evert A. Duyckinck's Social Network
During the middle of the nineteenth century, changes in transportation and communication systems extended New York City’s geographic reach giving its cultural productions a truly national audience....
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Book Notes From The Underground: January 2015, Part 2
Earlier this month, I focused on new literature in translation. This time around I'll note a few short story collections that may interest you.Refund: Storiesby Karen E. Bender A story collection that...
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Ten YA Retellings of Beauty and the Beast
The original "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale was written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont. Beauty and the Beast tells the romantic tale of one fair maiden and a prince who has been cursed to...
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Job Opportunities: FC Modular is Hiring
FC Modular is working with Brooklyn Workforce Innovations and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Employment Center to hire trade associates with experience in construction.FC Modular is currently building the...
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14 Literary Conversation Hearts That Should Exist
Conversation hearts are at the top of the Valentine's Day candy food chain. Part love letter, part confection, the colorful bite-sized hearts recall elementary school crushes, making paper doily cards,...
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Listen Up! Podcasts from the Schomburg Center
New ideas, enlightening conversations, cutting-edge research, tomorrow's trends: it's all here in the podcast series from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Listen to our visiting...
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巨流河 || Ju liu he
Qi, Bangyuan. Ju liu he. Taibei: Tian Xia Yuan Jian, 2009. ISBN: 978-216-371-9. (Chi 951.0509 Qi Bangyuan)齐邦媛。 巨流河。 台北：天下远见， 2009。ISBN 978-216-371-9. (Chi 951.0509 Qi Bangyuan) 作者毕生从事英美文学教学工作，...
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Got a Friend in Me: Libraries and Communities Working Together
Janice Katz had difficulty finding a day habilitation program for her son Alex Katz, who is 24 years old and has autism. Alex is mentally challenged on a 2-year-old level and has a rare autoimmune...
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February Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
It's that time of the month again! Come join us for an Author @ the Library talk this February at Mid-Manhattan Library to hear distinguished non-fiction authors discuss their work and answer your...
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Booktalking "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
'A while girl and a black girl can't be friends.''Why not?''That's just the way it is.'It is 1958 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the debate about racial integration in schools is raging. Marlee is a...
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Youth Game Design Workshop at the Bronx Library Center
On February 12, 2015, the Bronx Library Center will be hosting the Youth Game Design Workshop from 5-8 pm.The program will give teens the opportunity to learn about the five elements involved in game...
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Musical of the Month: The Rothschilds
Hal Linden and Leila Martin in a scene from The Rothschilds, Classmark *T-PHO BA guest post by Sherman Yellen, bookwriter of The Rothschilds.It was sometime in the early 1960s that producer "Hilly"...
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Calling All Artists: Design Schomburg's Future!
Enter the 2015 Schomburg Center's T-Shirt Design Contest!Make your mark at the Schomburg! On February 9, 2015, the Schomburg Center will launch its search for the perfect t-shirt design that captures...
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Our Suggestions for Facebook's "A Year of Books"
Mark Zuckerberg has committed to reading two books a month in 2015. “My challenge for 2015 is to read a new book every other week—with an emphasis on learning about different cultures, beliefs,...
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Booktalking "Justice While Black" by Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles
A criminal defense attorney with a quarter-century experience gives advice to young men of color in order to avoid and minimize harm done if they get arrested. However, it is useful for all citizens to...
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Presenting Open Book Night: Let's Talk About Love!
We're having a book social! This month's theme is LOVE! Image ID: ps_prn_cd36_526We’re having our first Open Book Night or book social at Mid-Manhattan and you’re invited! This month’s theme is love....
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Recent Acquisitions in the Jewish Division: February 2015
The following titles on our Recent Acquisitions Display are just a few of our new books, which are available at the reference desk in the Dorot Jewish Division. Catalog entries for the books can be...
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