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Valentine's Day Books For Children
Valentine's Day is a day when love and friendship are celebrated. Valentine's Day by Reagan Miller teaches young readers about the history of Valentine's Day. They will learn about Saint Valentine and...
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Dedicated Oral History Volunteers Restore Her Faith in New Yorkers
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 describes her experience...
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The Archive in the White Suit: The Tom Wolfe Papers Now Open
The papers of writer Tom Wolfe are now available for research in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library. A description of the Tom Wolfe papers, along with an index to...
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Job Fair at St. Nicholas of Tolentine in Jamaica February 19
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, Council Member Rory Lancman, and the Bangladeshi American Advocacy Group are sponsoring a Job Fair on Thursday, February 19, 2015, 11 am - 3 pm.Meet employers and discover...
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11 Ways to Find Romance
Image ID: 1600898Roses are Red Violets are Blue We've got 11 Romances for you. Why eleven? One plus one equals two!For Valentines Day, The New York Public Library's Romance Book Club gives you our...
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What NYPL Has Learned About Love
At LIVE from the NYPL, we've had the chance to speak with some of the most brilliant visionaries of our time. And amongst these guests, from poets to pianists, boxers to columnists, we've noticed a...
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TV on DVD: 12 Complete Series Available at the Library
Breaking Bad is a series about a chemistry teacher named Walter White. Walter White turns to a life of crime after learning that he has cancer to provide for his family before he dies. Breaking...
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Jüdischer Frontsoldaten: German-Jewish Soldiers in WWI
As the World War I exhibit "Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind" in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is just steps away from the Dorot Jewish Division, I wondered what in our...
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節慶 || Jie qing
Chi 394.2695 Gai, Guoliang 節慶 || Jie qing 蓋國樑著|| Gai, GuoliangXianggang : Wan li ji gou, Wan li shu dian, 2004 ISSN: 9621427665中國人的農曆新年，是幾千年來最重視的大節日之一。春節的習俗豐富多樣，不同地方有不同的習俗, 但除了細節有異外，...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of February 15
Enrollment Now Open - SAGE Boot Camp. This two-week long, intensive training course will provide participants with essential skills to lead them toward job placement. The first session starts on...
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Podcast #48: Tom Wolfe on Handwriting and Humility
Tom Wolfe introduced the term "Masters of the Universe" to the American lexicon with his debut novel The Bonfire of the Vanities. From February 13-27, the New York Public Library will display the...
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Love Letters 101: Epistolary Lessons from Rare Books
At its heart—pun intended—Valentine’s Day is about letting loved ones know you care about them. The words of famous besotted correspondents fill our shelves—the Rare Book Division alone holds printed...
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Reader's Den: Elizabeth Is Missing, Part 2
Welcome back, readers! Well into Emma Healy's debut novel, Elizabeth is Missing, we realize Maud flits between 1946 and the present. We are gradually introduced to two sets of characters: Sukey, Frank,...
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Recommendations Inspired by NY Times Best Sellers: February 15, 2015
Here is the New York TimesBest Sellers List from February 15, 2015 and recommended readalikes for each title.#1 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins: crime fiction set in LondonBlue Mondayby Nicci...
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Kwame Alexander Visits the Hamilton Grange Library
Tuesday, February 10th, was a special day at the Hamilton Grange Library—Newbery award-winning author Kwame Alexander visited the branch and met with students from KIPP STAR and New Heights Academy in...
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All Veterans Career Fair February 26
DAV and Recruit Military will present All Veterans Career Fair on Thursday, February 26 , 2015, 11 am–3 pm at New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eight Avenue, New York, NY 10001.Featured Exhibitors include:DAV -...
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What to Read After Fifty Shades of Grey... The Movie
By the time you have read this blog post, the Fifty Shades of Grey movie will have been released in theaters. Like many other viewers, I enjoyed the film and it surpassed my expectations. That being...
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Booktalking "Breaking the Ice" by Gail Nall
Kaitlin's luck seems to be failing her. Telling the judges at a competition exactly what she thinks of her low scores for artistic expression leads to her demise at the Ridgeline Skating Club. That...
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Champagne Supernovas and Other Fun Fashion Reads
In the beginning... there was fashion! While waiting between shows at Fashion Week, you might be in need of a good book. Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen and the ‘90s...
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200 Adult Literacy Students See 'Selma'
February is Black History Month, and what better way to celebrate it this year than to bring history to life (well, almost), through a screening of the movie Selma!Because of the generosity of an...
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