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July in the Reader's Den: Watchmen by Alan Moore
Welcome to the Reader’s Den in July! For this month our selection will be the Graphic Novel, Watchmen, written by Alan Moore. This book was written in the late '80s, but its story still resonates today...
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June in the Reader's Den: Time and Again by Jack Finney - Part 2, Discussion...
"It had become habit, leaving the Dakota, to walk out and back into the winter of 1882."Welcome back to the Reader's Den! I hope you enjoyed taking a trip to the New York of 1882 along with Si Morley,...
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Free Job Training in Security and Driving for Women
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.BWI was founded January 1, 2000 and...
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Teen Summer Reading Spotlight: Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
Making the transition from homeschool to high school is tough, and Maggie is going through a lot of culture shock. Being able to see ghosts isn't making things any easier.In Friends With Boys by Faith...
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Booktalking "Frog Song" by Brenda Guiberson
Moisture helps frogs sing, not just the expected ribbit, but also different guttural sounds, such as thrum-rum. Think frogs are boring linguistically? Think again. Frogs and toads say buzz, chirp,...
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Meet the Scholar: Nerina Rustomji
About 6 years ago, I was taking an undergraduate class on the history of the Modern Middle East taught by Professor Nerina Rustomji of St. John's University. The class opened my eyes to the complexity...
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Playing With Matches: Jewish Deli Ephemera
Hot pastrami. Three decker sandwiches with chopped liver, corned beef, tomatoes and bermuda onion. Hungarian beef goulash with noodles. Stuffed derma with kasha. These artery-clogging delicacies are no...
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Three Songs From Barefoot Boy With Cheek
A guest post by Ben West of UnsungMusicalsCo.When I was approached about recording Barefoot Boy With Cheek, I jumped at the opportunity. Based on the best-selling novel by Tony Award nominee Max...
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Time Machine: Beauty and the Interval Between
Motion pictures are really a form of compressing time. A shutter opens and closes capturing still images. We are complicit in this magical deceit extrapolating what happened in the interval between....
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Free Job Training in Hospitality
Looking for a career in hospitality?The Chinese-American Planning Council, Workforce Development Division, provides a free training program in hospitality careers.The curriculum for this program is...
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USSC Processing Project: The United States Sanitary Commission Records Open...
We are delighted to announce that archival processing of the records of this important Civil War humanitarian organization has been completed. The collection will be available for research in the...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - July 7th, 2013
For the week of July 7th, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous books.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it...
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A Public Health Career in Two Years: Community Health
What is Public Health?If you've ever had a vaccination, assumed the water from your tap is safe, taken your baby to a clinic for a checkup, expected the restaurant you eat in to be clean and safe, been...
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June/July 2013 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
Our upcoming DVDs blog took a little break in June, but we're back with tons of great DVD movies coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's Catalog to pre-order upcoming July...
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10 Favorite Albums of the Year (So Far)
Daft Punk Random Access MemoriesRandom Access Memories, the fourth proper studio album from Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo delivers a mix of disco, soft rock, prog-pop, Broadway-style...
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MAPHACK: Hacking NYC's Past with NYPL Labs & Friends
John Stokell used to make clocks by hand, and a few years back he got his big break. Two inventors came to him with a new networking technology and he wanted John to help make it possible. So John...
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Commémorons la prise de la Bastille!
En 1880, la IIIe République choisi le 14 juillet comme fête nationale de la France, sous le symbole de la prise de la Bastille.« La prise de la Bastille est provoquée par la concentration des troupes...
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158 Yo Gabba Gabba: More Help Than Yo' Self Can Handle
I used to be afraid of bugs.I used to have trouble falling asleep.I used to have trouble sharing items with friends.Then I started watching Yo Gabba Gabba and I didn't have any more troubles.You don't...
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Careers in Public Health
The following information is from New York State Department of Health. Why pursue a career in public health?Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from...
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My Book Expo America Experience
On Thursday, May 30, 2013, I was lucky enough to take a trip to the annual Book Expo America. This year, it was held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. It will be in New York City for the next two...
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