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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - July 21st, 2013
For the week of July 21st, 2013 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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Kay Brown Barrett: The First Victim of "Scarlett Fever"
I recently processed the papers of talent scout and agent Kay Brown Barrett, known professionally as Kay Brown, or Katherine Brown. In her capacity as a scout for Selznick International Pictures, she...
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Tween Poets Examine their Lives in Verse at Imagination Academy, Week 3
Following an enthusiastic session spent creating their own graphic novels, our tween writers gathered last week to explore the realm of poetry. Local poets led the nine to twelve year olds in workshops...
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New Plant Patent Color Images at SIBL: Through July 2, 2013
Here are scans of the color plates of U.S. Plant Patents received at SIBL for the weeks of June 18, 25, and July 2, 2013.Plant Patent plates for 2012 and 2013 have been listed, with links, in the table...
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Recommandations de lecture pour l'été 2013
Laissez-vous emporter par votre imagination à l’aide de nos sélections de lecture estivales. Faites le plein de livres auprès de votre bibliothèque de quartier pour un été rempli d'émotions. En...
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Reader's Den in July: Watchmen Part 3
Welcome back to Part 3 of the Reader’s Den for the book Watchmen. Here are a few questions you may have thought about while reading this book. If you think of something I haven’t, please post a...
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Free Job Training in Construction Trades: July and August
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations help jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.Looking for a career in the construction...
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X-Ray Vision: Not Just For Superheroes
It's time to be blinded with SCIENCE...We do some pretty cool things in the Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Laboratory, but one of the coolest happened recently when we used x-rays—or rather X-ray...
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Supporting Researchers at NYPL: Today, Tomorrow & Beyond
IntroductionSince arriving at The New York Public Library on May 14, I have been particularly focused on three initiatives central to our mission: 1) service design for the 42nd Street renovation 2)...
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Booktalking "Alligator Wedding" by Nancy Jewell
I love the rhyming poetry in this book: Where the alligators slither and slide on a warm summer night when the moon was bright an alligator took a bride. The book is full of alligator things. The pair...
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MTA Job and Career Fair: August 8
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in conjunction with HARLEM WEEK 2013 is pleased to presentMTA Job and Career Fair on Thursday, August 8, 2013, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Columbia...
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From Sanitary Fairs to "The Settlement": Early Charity Cookbooks
One hundred and fifty years ago, as the Civil War raged, the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was busy raising money to improve conditions for Union soldiers. Early on in the war, people...
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Shark Week! Fact and Fiction
"...Eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945." (Quint - Jaws, 1975)This eerie and disquieting quote has haunted movie goers for almost 40...
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Free Job Training in Woodworking: Orientations in August
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement.Currently BWI offers free job training...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - July 28th, 2013
For the week of July 28th, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's picture books.If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, download our free app! Use it with your...
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Train Travel Menus
When it comes to romantic ways to travel across the United States, the train gets short shrift. Cars, even Greyhound buses, are the usual setting for burgeoning love affairs, quiet introspection, and...
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August Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
What is it like to be a convicted murderer just released from prison? What company was the Apple of the 1960s and 70s? Can you forage for edible plants in New York City? How much do you know about life...
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Brain Pickings @ the NYPL
I'm sure my boss wouldn't want to know how often I check Brain Pickings's 20+ daily Twitter posts but I never imagined I would actually meet Maria Popova, the "curator of interestingness." Lucky for me...
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Free Programs at New Dorp Library: August 2013
Summer is almost over, come into the library and take advantage of all the great programs and events we will be offering! Check out our special event this month: our Art Gallery / Carnival on August...
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Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Prince Among Dancers
Indian folk dance is a very broad term used to describe South Indian dance styles. There are many websites that give information about Indian folk dances and their interpretations.Bhaskar Roy...
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