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A Guide for Those Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
In sickness and in health, library resources are there for you. We all use the library for different reasons, some of which may include information, inspiration, education, entertainment, job seeking...
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New York Times Read Alikes: November 22, 2015
Los Angeles crime dominates the top five this week, follwed by some small town crime and survival on Mars. #1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham, some enduring legal...
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Scribe: Toward a General Framework for Community Transcription
A couple of weeks ago, NYPL Labs was very excited to release Emigrant City, the Library's latest effort to unlock the data found within our collections.But Emigrant City is a bit different from the...
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Podcast #88: Mary-Louise Parker on Relationships, Motherhood, and Religion
Subscribe on iTunes.Mary-Louise Parker is an actress best known for her role on the television show Weeds, for which she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress is 2006. With her new memoir Dr. Mr. You,...
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NACC: Free Job Training for Paralegals
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the number of paralegals and legal assistants will grow 17% from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average (11%) for all occupations. The median annual...
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The Electric Pressure Cooker Saves the Holidays!
Super Cocotte decor SEB-MGR Lyon-IMG 9918 via Wikimedia CommonsRemember when your mom used a pressure cooker on the stove, and you heard it hissing and screeching like a banshee, and thought, is this...
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Dysfunctional Family Functions
Ah, Thanksgiving. Turkey dinners, football games, and lots and lots of family time.So, our expert library staff recommended scenes from books and plays that feature a family coming together for a group...
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Book Notes From The Underground: November 2015
Here are some recently published titles that may appeal to you if you are a fan of reading short stories:The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories by Joy Williams Joy Williams is often...
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Write On! Great YA Books To Inspire Teens To Write
Credit: Flickr, urbanworkbench You're a teen writer, yet you are having trouble letting those words flow beautifully from either your pen or your fingertips on a keyboard. Whatever mode of writing you...
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The Ultimate E-Alike Gift Guide
During the holiday shopping season, the weather outside may be frightful — not to mention the crowds and the credit card statements — but your NYPL library card is so delightful! In addition to...
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Exhibit Checklist - Celebrating The Little Magazine in Contemporary America
1) Asian American Literary Review Volume 1, Issue 1: Spring 2010 College Park, Maryland. ______________________________________2) Callaloo Vol.1: December 1976 Baton Rouge,...
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Write On! Great YA Books To Inspire Teens To Write
Credit: Flickr, urbanworkbenchYou're a teen writer, yet you are having trouble letting those words flow beautifully from either your pen or your fingertips on a keyboard. Whatever mode of writing you...
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NYPL.org Exhibitions: Connect With The Box
Here’s how it’s been for a very long time: you see a great exhibition, you tell a friend, and she asks, “Where was it?” Since at least the 1500s, as Oliver Impey and Arthur MacGregor’s The Origins of...
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Five Authors. Six Books.
Five authors, six books:Merce Rodoreda is a name that eluded me until now, yet with this discovery comes three translations published by Open Letters, The Selected Stories, War, So Much War, and Death...
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December Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
Please join us for illustrated lectures and lively discussions at Author @ the Library programs in December at the Mid-Manhattan Library. Come hear authors discuss their recent nonfiction books on a...
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Back in the U.S.S.R.: The Color Red in Early Advertising
Art in Advertising, 1895Green, as you know, is the color of money. Red is for everything else, or at least it may seem so from the way it was used in early advertisements. Red, indeed, has been...
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Booktalking "Creating Magic" by Lee Cockerell
Lee Cockerell has some interesting anecdotes and bits of advice for business leaders.He once circulated a 60-page document detailing his adventures in leadership, including mistakes, to the entire...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of November 29
SAGEWorks Boot Camp Enrollment Monday, November 30. SAGEWorks assists people 40 years and older in learning relevant, cutting-edge job search skills in a LGBT- friendly environment. This 2 week...
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Rock 'n' Read: Cloud Nothings
If you're looking for alternative rock that channels the angst of your favorite '90s bands without being unabashedly derivative, Cloud Nothings fits the bill. Now several LPs in, each release shows an...
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Top 9 Documents from the Boston Committee of Correspondence Records
Two-hundred and forty-three years ago today, November 30, 1772, the Boston Committee of Correspondence (BCC) undertook a major step (#2 on this list) in organizing resistance to British policies. The...
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