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New Plant Patent Color Images at SIBL: Through December 4, 2012
Here are scans of the color plates of U.S. Plant Patents received at SIBL for the weeks of November 20, 27 and December 4, 2012. These follow from the earlier postings of Plant Patent plates, which...
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Novedades de Diciembre 2012: Celebre con Historias, Música, Sabor y un Toque...
La ciudad de Nueva York es ciertamente un gran centro de multiplicidad étnica. Al final de cada año, personas de diversas culturas tienen la oportunidad de celebrar muchas de sus fiestas de invierno,...
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Reader’s Den: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer,...
Now that you have had a chance to meet Oskar, what do you think of him? Many readers have compared him to Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Others think he’s far too precocious...
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"It's Great! But Why is it Here?" Musical Revue Research Guide, Part 2
In the Research Guide, Part I, I advised that the easiest way to find information at LPA is by name or title. I advised that the research can benefit by compiling a list of every person in or involved...
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The Art of the Personal Essay with Charles Salzberg
Charles Salzberg, faculty member, and one of the founders of the New York Writer's Workshop, gave a one-evening seminar at the Mid-Manhattan Library on December 11th. Sign-ups for the evening's seminar...
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The Art and Science of Cooking
I like to cook, but I am not much of a baker. There is one yearly exception... the transition to autumn and then the holiday season usually puts me in a baking mood. For the past few Christmases I've...
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Red Flags for Email Scams
Job search on the Internet is convenient; however, job seekers have to be extra careful with job offerings which arrive in email unsolicited.The New York State Department of Labor has prepared the...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - December 16th, 2012
For the week of December 16, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and young adult books.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your library...
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The Fascinating Phonebook
The phrase "I'd rather be reading the phonebook" as a (mildly) preferable alternative to boring tasks has given telephone directories a bad reputation. One that I admit I never thought to put to...
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"Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo
July dawn. A passerby finds a scavenger lying in the mud by the Mumbai airport road. Crying for help — leg mashed and bloody — probably hit by a car. "Thousands of people passed this way every...
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Booktalking "You've Earned It, Don't Lose It: Mistakes You Can't Afford to...
Suze Orman describes this book perfectly when she says that "It is a lifestyle book that deals with the financial issues of retirement." However, this is definitely not solely a book for senior...
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Silhouettes, Shadows and Shades
As the new movie Hitchcock has recently come into theaters, I am reminded of the silhouette so eloquently drawn at the beginning of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Before photography...
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Works Created with the Help of the Music Division, 2011-2012
I'm happy to present a review of how the Music Division contributed to knowledge for 2011-2012. Although my information is based on the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, December seems like an...
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January 2013 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the month of January, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's new Catalog.Start the year off right with one of our many January thrilling action movie...
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One Week More! The Once and Future Les Miserables
I dreamed a dream in time gone by that someday I would be sitting in a cinema watching the film version of Les Misérables. In 1993 I had recently convinced my mother to take me to a touring production...
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Manhattan Woman and 20,000 Slaves
Genealogical Ties That Bind.We met at the Chambers Street IRT subway station — Lynn Jencks, descendant of an early Dutch family, and me, descendant of Lenape, Dutch and Africans. About 400 years ago,...
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NYPL's Gift to Online Learners... lynda.com for Free!
In this season of gift giving, the New York Public Library has just added a wonderful new resource — lynda.com— for New Yorkers who need the top of the line in online software training. NYPL's business...
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James A. Hamilton: Mousetraps, Memory and a Forgotten Secretary of State
In 1869, James Alexander Hamilton published a memoir. The third son of Alexander Hamilton was a Columbia-educated district attorney, colonel, writer and diplomat who addressed many aspects of his...
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Transmissions from the Timothy Leary Papers: Season’s Greetings from William...
Timothy Leary first made acquaintance with William S. Burroughs in Tangier, Morocco in the summer of 1961.[1] During this heady time, Leary was reaching out to beat poets and artists for participation...
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Kingsbridge Teens Recommend: Favorite Books and DVDs of 2012
The members of our Teen Advisory Group have spent many hours reading, watching, and reviewing so that they can recommend the best of the best to you. Here are some of their favorite things they enjoyed...
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