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NYPL's Most Popular Check Outs of 2016
Over 25 million items are circulated through our network of libraries each year, and among those items there are both expected front-runners and a few interesting surprises every year. For your...
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Your 2017 Reading Calendar: Round Out Your Reading This Year
New year, new books, new... you?Listen, dear reader: It's time to get around to those books that you’ve always meant to read but never have.With our 2017 reading calendars, you can focus your reading...
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Great Books on 19th Century Baseball
Hey all! While the temperatures are heading below the freezing marker, and folks are still in the holiday spirit, it continues to be my job to get all of you excited for another exciting season of...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of December 25
Spanish Speaking Resume Writing workshop on Thursday, December 29, 2016, 12:30 - 2:30 pm. at Flushing Workforce 1 Career Center, 138-60 Barclay Avenue, 2nd Floor, Flushing, NY 11355. All interested...
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Remembering Carrie Fisher, the Author
First things first: Let’s begin by remembering Carrie Fisher the way she wanted to be remembered.In her 2008 memoir, she wrote about a conversation with director George Lucas on the Star Wars...
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The Cooper Union Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers
The Cooper Union Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers at CAMBA assists highly skilled immigrant professionals who are underemployed or unemployed gain access to higher paying jobs through...
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Miss Havisham, Try Tinder! And Other Literary New Year’s Resolutions
'Tis the season for self-improvement, and we're thinking about the health and well-being of our favorite literary characters. So we asked our book experts at the New York Public Library:What...
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Beginnings in Endings: Books for the New Year
Spoiler Alert: Reading this post and following the embedded links might spoil the endings of these books.Some stories come to definitive ends: a return home after years of voyaging; a long-awaited...
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NYPL #FridayReads: The Almost 2017 Edition December 30, 2016
During the week, it can be tough to stay on top of everything. On Fridays, though, we suggest kicking back to catch up on all the delightful literary reading the internet has to offer. Don’t have the...
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Winter Reads: A Reading List from Open Book Night
Last month we gathered for Open Book Night to discuss good winter reads. With dark, cold days now upon us, we chose titles that would keep us cozy on the couch with a cup of tea and plenty to think...
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NYPL’s Most Recommended Books of 2016
Here in NYPL's Readers Services unit, we recommended hundreds upon hundreds of books this year -- via email, on our podcast, and through Twitter and Facebook Live.We also recommended a lot of...
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Join NYPL for #ReadersUnite
What are you reading?2016 is officially over, and 2017 is here. I'm sure many of you share my wonderment at how momentous the past 12 months have been. Issues relating to global conflicts, the climate...
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Chinese Book Discussion at Mid-Manhattan Library 中文书籍讨论会 12/21/2016
Chinese Book Discussion at Mid-Manhattan Library中文书籍讨论会 12/21/2016 十二月二十一号的读书会共有12 人参加。大家以轻松愉快的步伐一起在书林里漫步了一个多钟头。我们讨论了下列书籍： Huxley, Aldous. 美丽的新世界。...
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Podcast #146: Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Garnette Cadogan, Suketu...
Subscribe on iTunes.Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas collects writings from linguists, music historians, cartographers, artists, and, of course, writers. At the New York Public Library, we...
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January Author Talks at Mid-Manhattan Library
We've got a selection of engaging author talks coming up this month at Mid-Manhattan Library. Come listen to scholars and other experts discuss their recent nonfiction books on a variety of subjects,...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of January 1
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently accepting applications for the Unpaid Externship - Office of the Chief Information Officer, Patent anad Trade Office. This is a 10...
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NYPL's Most Popular Checkouts of 2016
Over 25 million items are circulated through our network of libraries each year, and among those items there are both expected front-runners and a few interesting surprises every year. For your...
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Ep. 58 "Too Good To Be True" | Library Stories
*/When Pelham Bay Library patron Patrick Mulligan came upon some comic books for sale, he bought them for his own children. But his wife pointed out that the books bore the NYPL imprint, so he knew he...
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13 Romance Novels Set in Cornwall
St. Ives, CornwallOut of the many reasons to watch the latest BBC production of Poldark, I am sucker for the pretty, pretty scenery. Sure Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson as Ross and Demelza Poldark...
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Booktalking "Success Is the Only Option" by John Calipari
Coach Calipari started as a head coach at UMass, a place that did not attract elite talent. He was a supreme micromanager and a hothead. Players who were coached by him there remember having a tough...
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