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Halloween Reads III: Trick or Treat
This is the third edition of Halloween reads, a sequel to Halloween Reads and Halloween Reads II: The Re-Ordering. I tried to have a theme to my previous posts and the theme of these can best be...
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Join the Book Discussion Fun at New Dorp 2012-2013
Novelist Tim O'Brien, poet Donald Hall, and short story master Edith Wharton are just some of the writers we will be discussing at the New Dorp Library book discussions. Please join our group, which...
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Criminal Justice Special Libraries and Museums
I have been intrigued by why and how people commit crimes since I was young. This interest led to me devouring true crime stories as a child and true crime TV shows as an adult. I also got a master's...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at October 14th, 2012
For the week of October 14, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's paperback books. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, there is a free app! Use it with your...
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The Country, the Economy, the Election... and Why Haven't I Marched with...
The U.S. economy and the upcoming presidential election are on my mind as well as on the minds of many Americans. I'm not an economist, a political science major or an historian. I'm a librarian at the...
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Discovering Dance Lineages Through Oral Histories
Next week (on October 24, 26 and 27, 2012) I have the honor of performing at the Museum of Modern Art's Marron Atrium in Voluntaries by choreographer Dean Moss and visual artist, Laylah Ali. These...
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How Not to Succeed in Business
The idea of late blooming was essential to Dorothy Loudon's mythology. Although she admitted to being 44 at the time of Annie (a fiction that many internet sites, including the Internet Movie Database,...
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eBook Update: OverDrive for Nook, and New Titles in 3M Cloud Library
Great news! OverDrive Media Console is now available for NOOK HD NOOK HD+ NOOK Tablet™ NOOK Color™ You can get it right from the Barnes & Noble NOOK Apps storefront on your device. This means you...
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Booktalking "Princess Academy" by Shannon Hale
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, 2005 Miri finds herself, a mountain girl, in class with the more elite "lowlanders," learning royal ways. The other girls clash with her when she gets them in trouble...
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The Art of Reading: A Display of Art at the Todt Hill-Westerleigh Library
An active library patron, Edward Patrick Grigg's latest group of artwork is inspired by the library books he has enjoyed reading from the New York Public Library after returning from Eastern Europe...
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Musical of the Month: Dorothy
A guest post by Tracy C. Davis, Barber Professor of Performing Arts — Northwestern University. Extracted from the preface to Dorothy in Tracy C. Davis, ed., The Broadview Anthology of...
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October Reader's Den: "Ready Player One" Week 3
Welcome back to Week 3 of the Reader’s Den for the book Ready Player One. Here are a few questions you may have thought about while reading this book. If you think of something I haven’t, please post a...
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November 2012 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the month of November, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's new Catalog. The month of November is a great month for family-friendly movie releases,...
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NYPLarcade Asks: What Are You Playing?
This week, I'll be delving into FTL: Faster Than Light, which was recently released for the Mac. If you haven't played it, the concept is a roguelike set in space, or "Firefly by way of Spelunky." Each...
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Free Job Training for Emergency Medical Technicians
CUNY CareerPATH is a low to no-cost program supporting adult workers without jobs and adult workers looking to advance their careers by providing opportunities to earn both industry-recognized...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at October 21st, 2012
For the week of October 21, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's picture books. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, there is a free app! Use it with your...
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Theatre Special Libraries and Museums
I took a Theatre, Film and Dance class while I was studying abroad in Australia, and I also took an acting class at my undergraduate college in New York State. I loved attending the student theatre...
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Transmissions from the Timothy Leary Papers: Ron Paul for President
With the current United States presidential election approaching, I thought it appropriate to share a couple items from the Timothy Leary papers relating to Ron Paul. US Congressman Ron Paul lost his...
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Short-Term Research Fellows: A Closer Look at Brooklyn History
As a graduate student whose dissertation examines the development of Brooklyn in the nineteenth century, I have spent more hours than I care to count the past several years poring through documents in...
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Celebrating Art Beyond Sight: The Value of Creating and Appreciating Art for...
In October, museums and other cultural organizations throughout the U.S. and the world celebrate the 10th annual Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month. The goal: "making pictorial literacy and access to the...
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