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To the Barricades! Bastille Day Books
In honor of Bastille Day, we’re thinking about the idea of revolution and all the ways that authors have defined it throughout history.We asked our expert NYPL staff to name their favorite books about...
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Unit Testing AngularJS Modules
Staff ProfilesThe front-end team in the Digital Experience department encourages testing the code we write so we can deploy quality applications. We just published our third AngularJS app and plan to...
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New York Times Read Alikes: July 19, 2015
Here are the bestselling fiction titles from the New York Times for the week of July 19, 2015. If you are among the thousands who read and enjoyed these books, and you want to repeat that feeling of...
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Essential J.D. Salinger Reads
On July 16, 1951, The Catcher in the Rye was published for the first time. Since then, the book has sold over 65 million copies and become one of the most cherished books in American letters for its...
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Imagination Academy Returns to 67th Street Library
We are thrilled to bring Imagination Academy back to the 67th Street Library! This year, our two wonderful high school interns/aspiring authors, Emily Imbarrato and Rosie Shewnarain, will be...
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An Ode to New Children's Poetry
Roses are red Violets are blue Here’s some new poetry for kids That adults might like too.Salsaby Jorge Argueta Half poem and half recipe, this picture book in English and Spanish takes kids through...
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Lincoln Center Local comes to Morningside Heights
On Monday, July 27 at 5 pm, Morningside Heights will host the first of our Lincoln Center Local screenings. This program brings the best of Lincoln Center's recorded programs to our library. We will...
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Gamer Books to Read While You Wait for Armada
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One was so clever, quick, and packed full of ’80s references that—dare we say it—some people like it even better than The Hunger Games. The dystopian tale of Wade, a gamer...
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Baudelaire, a Skeptic, Shares His Photo
Nele Mayer, a student at NYU, was recently awarded the H.W. Janson scholarship for excellence in the field of art history. This blog post is derived from her work in Shelley Rice’s class "Aesthetic...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of July 19
MPower Energy will present a recruitment on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 10 am - 2 pm, for Deregulation Energy Consultant (10 openings) at the New York State Department of Labor, 9 Bond Street, Brooklyn,...
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Essential Hunter S. Thompson Reads
On July 18, 1937, Hunter S. Thompson shot out into the world. Were he alive today, no doubt he'd celebrate with roguish delinquency somewhere between fun and terrifying. We'll indulge in the closest...
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Running Away With the Circus
Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus. Image ID: psnypl_the_4277In the 2013Best American Essays edited by Cheryl Strayed, one of the essays ("Sometimes a Romantic Notion" from Gettysburg Review by Richard...
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Gazpacho: A Soup For All Seasons
During the blustery winter months we crave hot chocolate or a bowl of hot soup. During the sizzling summer months, it's ice tea, lemonade or thirst-quenching, hunger-quenching, nourishing gazpacho soup...
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Booktalking "Rethinking Normal" by Katie Rain Hill
Katie Rain Hill was born as Luke. However, she never felt like a boy. She wanted female genitalia, and she wanted to be a woman. Her body was biologically male, but she produced much more estrogen than...
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My Favorite Dr. Seuss Quotes
I love all books by Dr. Seuss. Here are a few of my favorite quotes: “A book is just like life and anything can change” From One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish “So, open your mouth, lad! For...
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Letterbooks, Indexes, and Learning about Early American Business
Like many other libraries and historical societies, The New York Public Library is in the process of digitizing sizable portions of its manuscript collections. In addition to making it easier for...
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New York Times Read Alikes: July 26, 2015
If you are among the many who read and enjoyed one of these titles and are looking to repeat that headlong rush to the end or feeling of falling in love with a character, here are a few read alikes to...
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The Digital Villager: Bargain Hunting at Hearn's
Picture it: The year is 1933, and you need a new coat! Chances are, you'd be headed to Hearn's. This department store, located on 14th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues from 1879 until 1955, was a New...
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Middle School, Multiple Perspectives
I have always been a fan of linked stories and non-linear plot lines that converge in that most satisfying way. In this same non-traditional narrative vein, I also enjoy a book composed of multiple...
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Podcast #70: Alan Rusbridger on Whistleblowers and Wikileaks
Subscribe on iTunes.As then-editor-in-chief of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger published NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden and made reporting on Wikileaks a cornerstone of the newspaper's coverage....
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