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Paranoia, the Devil, and Witchcraft: Books on the Salem Witch Trials
Arresting a Witch. Image ID: 834520When I was younger I was fascinated by the Salem Witch Trials, so it was a real treat when I finally went to Salem, Massachusetts, this fall to see the memorial...
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The Creepy, the Quirky, and the Occult: A Reading List from Open Book Night
October’s Open Book Night began with a 19th-century slasher story. We discussed Lizzie Borden and the fascinating tale of how she murdered her mother and father, and got away with it. Our patron gave...
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Daniel Okrent's World Series Booklist
New grounds of the Metropolitan Baseball Club on Staten Island. Image ID: 809601With the end of October comes the most exciting showdown of the baseball sesason: the World Series, which kicks off...
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Business Plan Winner: Chocoholics of the World, Get Ready!
Today is National Chocolate Day and, to our delight, The Harlem Chocolate Factory is here to stay. This high-quality, locally-manufactured and responsibly-sourced “chocolate cultural experience” is...
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Kids Music That Won’t Make Parents Want To Die
Kids have an amazing capacity for repetition. Here are a few collections of kids’ music to listen to around the house or in the car that you will be less likely to throw out the window upon the...
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Houses of Horror
’Tis the season for a scare!We went in search of some books that would be off the beaten path to the haunted house and asked our NYPL book experts to name some unusual, specific, super-cool sub-genres...
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Hot Dogs in Space: Meet the Author Max Brallier
Max Brallier, author of Galactic Hot Dogs, is coming to KidsLIVE! November 13 at the Jerome Park Library. We asked him a few questions about his life as a writer.When did you decide to become a...
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The Moviegoer: Films That Give You the Heebie-Jeebies
When most people think of horror movies, they usually think of lots of blood and a large body count: Friday the 13th,Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Dawn of the Dead are good...
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Kikimora, Domovoi, Baccoo, and Other Strange and Spooky Creatures
This Halloween staff of the Word Languages Collection at Mid-Manhattan Library would like to introduce our readers to some unusual creatures from around the globe.Russia's rich folkloric tradition...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of November 1
SAGEWorks Boot Camp - Enrollment Now open for November 30th. SAGEWorks assists people 40 years and older in learning relevant, cutting-edge job search skills in a LGBT _ friendly environment. This 2...
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民以食為先 - Recent Cookbooks in Chinese
中國飲食文化,博大精深. 中國食譜對營養價值,烹調技法,養生治病都面面兼顧. 感恩節快到,讀者們又有否計劃宴請親戚朋友,歡聚一堂,過一個快樂的節日呢? 紐約公立圖書館收集了許多不同種類的食譜, 一定能夠讓你在這佳節過得滿堂歡慶,溢齿留香. Flyer 返屋企 ·...
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What’s So Scary about 'The Giving Tree'?
This week, we asked our NYPL book experts to name some books that aren’t technically scary—not horror or dystopia or anything else intended to freak you out—but that have some kind of eerie, haunting...
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NaNoWriMo @ Mid-Manhattan: Meet Our Novelists!
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. - Two women posing with giant typewriter. Image ID: 1685585Here at Mid-Manhattan Library, we are just starting to build a community of writers for National Novel Writing...
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Keeping Up With the Jonesaviches: Branches Change with the Neighborhood
Russian Costume [Scrapbook]. Image ID: 1634210Decades before Pelham Parkway-Van Nest got its hard-earned hyphen, another more subtle change was underway.As the Soviet Union crumbled, hundreds of...
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SBA: Veterans Business Resources Day
To serve veterans and their families, and celebrate the Veterans Small Business Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration presents Veterans Business Resources Day on Wednesday, November 4, 2015,...
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End of the World Reading
With Halloween just a day away and the New Year's Eve around the corner, this is the time of year I once again think about “The End of Days.” Remember the nervous anticipation of Y2K? Or the rampaging...
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Introducing NoveList
Sometimes you know what you want to read—everyone is reading it and talking about it, or it’s your book club assignment, or it’s the sequel of the last book you loved. But sometimes you want to look...
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November Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
Three libraries responding to changing language needs in their communities.Come join us for an Author @ the Library talk this November at Mid-Manhattan Library to hear distinguished non-fiction authors...
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October Reader's Den: Just Call Me Superhero, Part 3
Welcome back to the October 2015 edition of the Reader's Den! This is our final week of Just Call Me Superhero by Alina Bronsky. If you missed any of this month's discussions, then you can revisit...
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Ask the Author: David Hare
David Hare comes to Books at Noon this week to discuss his latest work, The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir.When and where do you like to read? On holiday, on trains, or on planes, sustainedly. I hate...
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