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Booktalking "Dogtag Summer" by Elizabeth Partridge
Her Vietnamese name sounds like the call of shorebirds, but they call her Tracy in America.Vietnam was where she knew her mother's protection, and her father was an American soldier. One of her best...
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New York Welcomes Pope Francis
The Pope has begun his tour to the Americas with plans to visit New York City from September 24-25, 2015, then continuing on to Philadelphia. Read about it in Spanish. Pope Francis was born on December...
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Women, Activism, and Inspiration
Aug. 26 is Equality Day—the 95th anniversary of women’s suffrage (and, 50 years later, Betty Friedan’s Women’s Strike for Equality).So, we asked our expert NYPL staff members to recommend some books...
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Booktalking "The Lost Girls" by John Glatt
Ariel Castro was involved with two women and he had several children, but that was not what he wanted. He wanted female captives. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus were young women when...
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Book Recommendations on Node.js and React
Looking for a new book to read this month? Check out this monthly list of 100 books chosen by NYPL staff members on Staff Picks. Choose an age category, choose one or more themes that interest you to...
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Girl Waits With Gun: A Novel by Amy Stewart
Bestselling author Amy Stewart is known for her nonfiction books, The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants. In her latest book and first novel,Girl Waits With Gun, she fictionalizes a fascinating true...
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Booktalking "Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness" by Michelle Knight
Michelle Knight was abducted in 2002 by Ariel Castro, the father of a friend, when she was 21 years old. 16-year-old Amanda Berry joined her in 2003, and 14-year-old Gina DeJesus joined them in 2004....
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: Hiring Our Heroes September 10
A free hiring fair for veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses on Thursday, September 10, 2015, 8:30 am to 1 pm at 69th Regiment Lexington Avenue Armory, 68 Lexington Avenue,...
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宗教在人间
天主教宗方濟一世將莅临紐約. 這是本地教徒的大事. 不同宗教的本質都是導人向善, 如百川歸海. 下列的書目嘗試提供關於種種不同教義的理論與實踐. 你又會否從中得到特別啟發呢?人的宗教 : 插图版休斯顿...
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Never Bored: Great Books for Tweens
"I'm bored!" is a dreaded phrase for most parents. I prefer to view such a situation as an opportunity. Precocious tween readers often have difficulty finding books that are challenging and appealing...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of August 30
Elite Educational Staffing will present a recruitment on Wednesday, September 2, 2105, 10 am - 2 pm for Substitute Teachers (10 F/T & P/T openings), at the Bronx Workforce 1 Career Center, 400 E....
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Booktalking "The Killer's Cousin" by Nancy Werlin
David is being charged with his girlfriend, Emily's, murder. His parents send him to live with his cousin, Lily, in an attempt to escape the contempt that the community casts down upon him. Lily is...
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Reader's Den: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, Part 2
Hi Reader’s Den! It’s taking me longer to read Bill Bryson’sA Walk in the Woods than to hike the AT. That’s the Appalachian Trail to the uninitiated... something I learned while reading this month’s...
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A Hidden Gem in Midtown Manhattan
Neatly, elegantly tucked away behind New York construction, with mesh signs containing decorative quotes ranging from Ayn Rand to Truman Capote to Jay Z that praise a glorious vision of New York, 58th...
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In Memoriam: Oliver Sacks on Hallucinations
Subscribe on iTunes.We are deeply saddened by the loss of Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and one of the great public intellectuals of our time. A man of immense narrative skill, Sacks displayed a unique...
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Small But Mighty: Woodlawn Heights Celebrates 60
Students at the nearby school St. Mark's thank the branch staff for reading to them.If New York City were a stadium, Woodlawn Heights would be way up in the nosebleed section. The Bronx neighborhood is...
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17 Things We Wish Had Happened in Harry Potter
No literary character in recent memory has captured readers’ imaginations quite like Harry Potter.via GIPHYAnd, in the age of the Internet, that means that everyone’s favorite boy wizard sparked...
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Blurred Lines: Animated Movies For Adults
It's an exciting time to be making, and watching, animated films. With studios like Dreamworks, Pixar and Studio Ghibli steadfastly pumping out one masterpiece after another, breaking new ground and...
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10 Awesome Quotes from The Wrath And The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
I love The Wrath And The Dawn, which is an innovative retelling of A Thousand and One Nights.The Wrath and The Dawn is Renée Ahdieh's debut novel. Here are some of my favorite quotes from the epic...
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September Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
If you'd like to understand why more wild animals are venturing into urban environments; to discover how the great impressionist Monet ate; to examine the Polaroid-Kodak patent war; to celebrate the...
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