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Digital Railroad Materials, Part 1
The New York Public Library offers a tremendous amount of material in e-format. We have been purchasing e-books for years including e-text, e-audio, e-music, and e-video. E-books include both fiction...
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为什么我们这样生活，那样工作？|| Wei shen me wo men zhe yang sheng huo, na yang gong zuo?
Chi 152.33 Duhigg Charles Wei shen me wo men zhe yang sheng huo, na yang gong zuo? == 为什么我们这样生活，那样工作？ 台北市：大块文化 2012. ISBN/ISSN 9789862133736这是一本翻译的书。原著书名是：The power of habit: why we do...
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Booktalking "The Horses in My Life" by Monty Roberts
Monty Roberts was riding horses at a walk, trot, and canter as a 3-year-old boy. He vaguely remembers people saying, "He's only three, and look at him ride!" He won a trophy as a 4-year-old on a...
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Booktalking "A Year at the Races" by Jane Smiley
Interestingly enough, some of horses' behavior can be traced to their relationships with their dams (mothers). Some horses' temperaments seem to be similar to those of their parents. When animals are...
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Free Programs at New Dorp Library May 2014
So everyone knows the famous saying about how April showers will bring May flowers... But did you know about all the many different things going on all over the world this month?Did you know that...
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Disability Employment: It Starts With You
A recent Special Olympics survey, National Snapshot of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in the Labor Force, reveals that only 44% of adults with intellectual disabilities are in the labor force....
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Novedades de Mayo 2014: Temas Impactantes y de Interés Personal para...
Esta lista de libros recientes ofrece biografías de personalidades impresionantes y temas estimulantes de auto ayuda y superación personal para realzar el espíritu, ayudar a mejorar las relaciones...
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Booktalking "Kaiulani: the People's Princess" by Ellen White
As a royal teenager in Hawaii in 1889, Princess Victoria Kaiulani enjoyed fine foods and gifts. She luxuriated in fine clothes, peacocks, and she enjoyed cantering on her pony, Fairy. She loved to ride...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of May 5
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers Local Union #8 will conduct a recruitment from May 5, 2014 through May 16, 2014 for 20 roofer apprentices, State Labor...
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The Beatles as Fashion Gurus
Last week, LPA hosted a public program on The Beatles and their circle as an influence on fashion in England and here. Phyllis Magidson, Curator of Costume and Textiles for the Museum of the City of...
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Celebrating Diverse Children's Books: These Stories Dazzle and Reflect
Recently, the hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks went viral. Demanding more diversity in children's literature, this social media campaign has drawn attention to what we've known all along: literature has...
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Booktalking "Pie in the Sky" by Jane Smiley
Free jumping horses so that horses see work as a fun game. Teaching a horse to trailer by spoiling a veteran who gets carrots and oats for walking onto the trailer quietly. Dealing with True Blue's...
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Booktalking "Founding Mothers" by Cokie Roberts
Unfortunately, there is not much written about the formative female figures in our nation's history. In many cases, women assisted famous male figures, but some also did amazing things sheerly of their...
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How-To: Sign Up for a Free E-mail Account
An e-mail account is good for more than keeping in touch with friends and family! It’s your passport to the internet. Many online services require an e-mail address to join. So whether you want to shop...
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Reader's Den May Discussion: Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
It is May 11, 2011. Sara is a single mother living in a quiet Pennsylvania town. Her son Jason, a Navy SEAL, has been missing for nine days.As Sara waits for news she reminisces and we learn the story...
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"Paroles de Femmes" is French for "Words of Women"
What could be more gratifying than a talented group of performers that can deliver a laudable show! Well, that is precisely what we saw on March 27th at the Mid-Manhattan Library in the program Paroles...
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Time Machine: Redacted by Time
One of my colleagues, speaking of our collection of unique recordings at the Library for the Performing Arts, has said that, “all of our recordings are made by professionals, but recording was not...
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Booktalking "Gee Whiz" by Jane Smiley
Gee Whiz is a grey off-the-track Thoroughbred. He enjoys racing with Blue, and Abby Lovitt is intrigued by him. Also new to the barn is Beebop, a dark-colored rodeo horse, whose attitude seems to...
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The Battle of Antietam in Maps: An Interview with Researcher Jamesina Thatcher
In 2013, Jamesina Elizabeth Thatcher received a scholarship award from the Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF), a non-profit battlefield preservation organization. Preservation efforts began at...
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Can You Help Find the Descendants of Seneca Village?
A story from NPR's blog, The Lost Village in New York City, about Seneca Village, describes how historians have been unable to trace any of the descendants of the people who lived there....
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