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The 9 Lives of Catwoman
Judging from the teasers, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises promises to be another must-see summer movie, not least for the anticipation of Anne Hathaway's being cast as Catwoman. Anne has some impressive...
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Happy Paul Bunyan Day!
Since we can't visit all the great statues across the country, In observance of Paul Bunyan Day we're reading about the larger than life lumberjack and his best blue buddy, Babe (and, of course,...
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I Remember It Had a Blue Cover and... Finding Books by Their Plot Lines
Fictional works are usually cataloged by author and title, not by subject or plot line, which makes identifying books by their plot or story line difficult. Before you start your search it would help...
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New Plant Patent Color Images at SIBL: Through June 19, 2012
Here are scans of the color plates of U.S. Plant Patents received at SIBL for the weeks of June 12 and 19, 2012. These follow from the earlier Plant Patent plates posted for the weeks of April 17 and...
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Booktalking "Alice-Miranda on Vacation" by Jacqueline Harvey
Alice-Miranda on Vacation by Jacqueline Harvey, 2010 Seven-and-a-half year old Alice-Miranda is home from boarding school, and she is making a splash. She brings her friend Jacinta with her to a...
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How to Find Your Next Favorite Book: Readers' Advisory Resources
You may not be aware, in this age of social media and auto-generated recommendations, but librarians are usually pretty good at suggesting books that match your reading tastes and habits. The technical...
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Musical of the Month: A Trip To Chinatown
A quiz for musical theater fans: Name a musical, set at the close of the 19th century, in which two young men deceive a crotchety old man in order to escape his oversight and seek love and adventure in...
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Movies, Movies, Movies! Movie Time @ George Bruce Library
In February of each year, we all wait with bated breath to discover the winners of the Academy Awards. But February isn’t the only time to turn our thoughts to all things movies. Movies take us away...
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Close Call at Monmouth, 1778
This was probably one of the largest engagements fought in the American Revolution. No larger battles occured in the United States until the Civil War. Yet, there is a surprising paucity of books...
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Booktalking "Duchess" by Ellen Miles
Booktalking Duchess by Ellen Miles, 2011 In the wonderful Kitty Corner series by Ellen Miles, Mia and Michael and their family foster cats and kittens who need a temporary home, much like people foster...
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Free Job Training for Community Health Workers
Are you 24 or over and looking for a career in the healthcare field? LaGuardia Community College’s CareerPATH program is offering a free program starting in September 2012 for qualified students...
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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - July 1st, 2012
For the week of July 1, 2012 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and children's picture books. If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, there is a free app! Use it with your library...
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Reader's Den: The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton - Week 1
Welcome to the New York Public Library's Reader's Den, a monthly online book discussion. For July, we will be reading G.K. Chesterton's 1908 novel The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare as part of...
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Booktalking "To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion" by Diane Lee Wilson
To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion by Diane Lee Wilson, 2000 In 640 BC, in an ancient Assyrian kingdom, 13-year-old Soulai created horses and other animals out of clay and decorative harnesses. Soulai's...
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Floriant et Florete: Treason in Translation
The most important factor in Floriant's obscurity is its complete lack of originality. As an imitative rather than an original work, Floriant holds little appeal for either the academic or the amateur....
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Audience Participation on the Ziegfeld Roof
At the turn of the last century, as part of their effort to establish Times Square as the new entertainment center, Oscar and William Hammerstein installed a roof garden cabaret on top of their 42nd...
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Workforce 1 Veterans Career Center: Getting Veterans Back to Work
Starting on July 9th 2012, New York City Workforce 1 opens the doors to a dedicated Workforce 1 Veterans Career Center in Manhattan. This Career Center is for vets and run by vets and is the first of...
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Beyond 311: How to Direct Complaints to NYC, State or Federal Agencies
Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Heat and Hot Water, Eviction, Foreclosure Complaints with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTA) Consumer Fraud and "Rip Offs" Discrimination based on Race, Gender,...
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Booktalking "The Black Stallion and the Lost City" by Steven Farley
Booktalking The Black Stallion and the Lost City by Steven Farley, 2011 The waiting... waiting... and more waiting. That's the central theme of this Black Stallion novel set in the middle of a movie...
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Lower East Side Heritage Film Series: the Eighties, Part 3 - The Way it Is or...
Pretend you’re just outside Tompkins Square Park. Enter the park on Avenue A, at 8th Street. Take the windy path through the park towards Avenue B. Okay, now sniff. What do you smell? You smell dogs....
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