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Author Interview with Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone is one busy guy. A Detroit native, he is an avid mountain biker and martial artist in addition to being an author of several children's books. I read his latest book last year, the first in...
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Earth Day Volunteering
This coming Monday, April 22nd is Earth Day and so this weekend is a great time to participate in Earth Day volunteer projects.Need some ideas? The New York Public Library has many books on EarthDay...
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A Guide to Women's Equal Pay Rights
The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor recently released two guides on Equal Pay, A Guide to Women’s Equal Pay Rights and An Employer’s Guide to Equal Pay. These guides are also published...
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Reader's Den: A Visit From the Goon Squad - Week 3
Welcome back to the Reader’s Den. In the early chapters of A Visit from the Goon Squad we meet Bennie Salazar. In his middle age Bennie is divorced, has a son and works as a record company executive....
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The Woolworth Building: The Cathedral of Commerce
April 24th sees the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the Woolworth Building, at 233 Broadway. In 1913 the Woolworth Building was the tallest inhabited building in the world, and would remain...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - April 21st, 2013
For the week of April 21, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and hardcover advice &Â misc..If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your...
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Booktalking "Side by Side/Lado a lado" by Monica Brown
Dolores came from a privileged family, and she grew up to be a teacher. Cesar's family were migrant laborers and they worked under harsh conditions. One day, the two met, and they agreed to work...
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What a Woman Can Do With a Camera: The Photography of Alice Austen
I've always been partial to this particular photograph, there's just somethnig about the girl's pose and smile, that draws one in. This image was taken by Staten Island native Alice Austen (March 17,...
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Where the Hell is Hell? A Look at the Underworld
The Ancient Greeks believed it. Christians believe it. So do Muslims, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Shintos, Sikhs, Mayans, Mormons, Witches, and few other spiritual groups.Regardless of their spiritual...
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An Employer's Guide to Equal Pay
In addressing the Equal Pay Gap, the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor recently released two guides on Equal Pay, A guide to Women's Equal Pay Rights and An Employer's Guide to Equal Pay....
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Booktalking "Human Footprint" by Ellen Kirk
People may not be aware of how much they eat, wear, buy and throw out in their lifetimes. This book brings in the numbers.In your lifetime, you will drive 627,000 miles in a car, eat enough bread to...
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The Book Of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon
I recently caught the end of an NPR program that hosted the author Aleksandar Hemon. Upon hearing the gentle sound of his voice on the radio speaking about his newest and first work of non-fiction, The...
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Opera for the Uninitiated
The Gilded Stage: A Social History of the Opera by Daniel Snowman promises to do what few nonfiction books about opera have done thus far: describe the evolution of opera from everyman's entertainment...
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Life is a Cabaret! A Study Guide to a Great American Musical
If you're interested in doing research on a musical, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has an embarrassment of riches. To find all the information we have, you may have to look in...
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Hack the Library with Hackasaurus!
Are we teaching New York's teens tools for a life of crime?! Not exactly. Hackasaurus is a website that makes it easy for people to manipulate our favorite webpages while we learn about the ins and...
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May 2013 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the month of May, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's Catalog.May is a great month for movies based on books with DVD releases like Jack Reacher,...
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Cooking New York Restaurant Favorites at Home
There are lots of reasons to want to recreate favorite restaurant recipes at home. A happy memory of a meal, maybe at a place that no longer exists; the pure challenge of replicating that mystery sauce...
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Booktalking "Horses" by Jill Greenberg
I love horses, and Jill Greenberg makes them look like works of art. The horses in her photographs look so majestic that they do not look real. She has some spectacular photographs of equines, and she...
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Modern-Day Slavery: Stories about Human Sex Trafficking and Comfort Women
During World War II, when the Japanese invaded and occupied Shanghai, Nanjing and other coastal cities of eastern China, they looted, intimidated, and massacred millions of people to prove their...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - April 28th, 2013
For the week of April 28, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and paperback trade fiction.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your...
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