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New York StartUp! 2015 Enters Its Final Stage
New York StartUP! Business Plan Competition  is offered annually by the Science, Industry and Business Library of The New York Public Library in conjunction with its sponsor, Citi Foundation. This is...
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Get Away from It All: Seven Escapist YA Books
The steamy city, the packed streets, the specter of back-to-school that hovers ominously over the middle of August… leave it all behind with some escapist YA picks that transport readers to faraway...
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The Longest Afternoon: Looking Back on Waterloo
Waterloo 200 has inspired some interesting books recently to help mark the signature passing of this noteworthy event in European history. Among the many aspects of this complex event. a few stand out....
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Booktalking "Seven Days of Rage" by Paul LaRosa and Maria Cramer
Philip Markoff used Craigslist to find women by looking for enticing ads in the erotic or adult sections of the web site. Then, he would meet them at swanky hotels. One of them was shot to death in the...
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Online Research: Where to Start
The New York Public Library has a huge selection of online content to help with your research, whether it's finding a single article, tracing a family tree, writing a dissertation, or anything in...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of August 23
FDNY Outreach will present an information session for career opportunities as : EMT, Paramedic and Firefighter on Monday, August 24, 2015, 10 am - 2 pm, at Queens Career Center, 168-25 Jamaica Avenue,...
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A Little Light Bibliotherapy
It’s hot. Really hot. And it’s easy to start to lose it in the city at this time of year.So this week, we called upon our expert NYPL staff members to engage in a littlelightbibliotherapy. We asked...
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Booktalking "The Summer I Found You" by Jolene Perry
Kate has been newly diagnosed with diabetes, and she is struggling to live with all of the new food restrictions, counting carbs, blood sugar checks and insulin injections. She is not as diligent as...
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Kate Claxton Head Shots: This Week Only
The Library for the Performing Arts is having a photogenic summer. Between Sinatra in the Oenslager Gallery and Geoffrey Holder in the Corridor Gallery, we have many examples of compelling images of...
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What Would Amanda Palmer Read?
​Amanda Palmer—author, performance artist, and fabulous supporter of the New York Public Library—devoted some serious time and patience to help promote children's literacy on August 20.Brandishing a...
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Travel: A Reading List from Open Book Night
On Friday, August 14, 2015, Mid-Manhattan Library hosted an intimate Open Book Night chat on the theme of travel. Books and destinations from around the world were discussed without the fuss of...
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Superhero Songs From Presley and Melody
Presley and Melody have been performing at the library for years, and they always come up with new exciting shows and songs. This year, they made a show to coincide with the superhero summer reading...
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Building Young Brains
Yet more scientific evidence has emerged that—shocker!—reading books is good for young children. So, the question isn’t WHETHER to read to kids, it’s WHAT to read.Here are seven newly released picture...
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Podcast #75: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith on Race, Writing, and...
Subscribe on iTunes.There are few authors as smart, powerful, and visionary as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. Adichie's Americanah won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award with its...
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Dando la Bienvenida al Papa Francisco
El Papa ya empezó su recorrido por Latinoamérica y tiene planes de visitar la Ciudad de Nueva York del 24 al 25 de Septiembre, 2015, movilizado en caravana abierta, y luego continuará por Filadelfia....
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Yoga Books and DVDs
Here are some recommendations of yoga material from our collections for the days you can't make it to the yoga studio:BooksYoga Made Easy (Zest Magazine) by Samantha MageeYoga Journal's Yoga Basics:...
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Jewish Genealogy: A Quick Online Guide
Find out how to get information about your Jewish roots. Links to vital records, Holocaust resources, name origins, and Jewish genealogy collections.Vital recordsBirth, death, immigration, census,...
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New York Times Read Alikes: August 30, 2015
Go Set a Watchman returns to the No. 1 spot this week, but two newcomers appear lower on the list. Read on!#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, more Southern...
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National Bestsellers at the Schomburg Gift Shop
The Schomburg Gift Shop has reinvigorated one of its most popular displays, just in time for the new school year: Gift Shop Top Picks. Highlighting national bestsellers from notable publications such...
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Fifty Shades of Hemingway
Few figures in twentieth century American letters loom as large as Ernest Hemingway. Even though it has been a few years since any comprehensive biography has been published, incarnations of Hemingway...
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