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7 Reasons To Sign Up For Adult Summer Reading
Oftentimes when I approach Adults to sign up for Summer Reading at the Bronx Library Center, I typically receive one of the following responses: Sure, sign me up; or, here’s my son /daughter, sign...
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Sherlock Holmes at the Library
With the recent appearance of several movies and television series based on the stories of Sherlock Holmes, the popularity of the enigmatic detective does not appear to be slowing down one bit.The...
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Booktalking "Rough Waters" by S. L. Rottman
Seventeen-year-old Gregg is lashing out at everyone and everything since his parents died in an automobile crash. 14-year-old Scott has a different approach. Super-responsible and reasonable, his...
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Advanced Technology Training And Information Networking (ATTAIN) 2014 Summer...
SUNY LABs Advanced Technology Training And Information Networking (ATTAIN) 2014 Summer Institute offers Free Microsoft Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 Certificate training. High School...
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A People's History of Harlem: Celebrating Its Launch!
As NYPL's oral history projects continue... we've launched our oral history project in Harlem at 115th Street Library! Our opening event on Saturday, May 10 for A People's History of Harlem was a...
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NYPLarcade Teen: Sportsfriends
NYPLarcade Teen is an opportunity for teens to play, watch, and discuss independent, experimental, and thought-provoking games in a library setting. Think of it as a book club, but for video games. We...
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Booktalking "The Crocodile Hunter" by Steve and Terri Irwin
Steve Irwin was incredibly lucky to be born into a wildlife park. His parents, Lyn and Bob Irwin owned and operated a reptile park in Australia. On a visit "Down Under", American Terri was captivated...
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Booktalking "Flyaway" by Lucy Christopher
Isla and her father share a love of swans and birds. When he falls ill, Jack, Mum and Isla struggle to cope. He needs a heart valve transplant. At least Isla makes good use of the large amount of time...
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Downloading Kindle Books: An Updated Visual Guide
My friends and colleagues Ruth Rodriguez at the Francis Martin Library and Lauren Lampasone in Reference and Research Services have both written excellent blogs posts, including ones that detail how to...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of June 2
The New York City Police Department will present recruitment information session for School Safety Officer, Traffic Enforcement and Police Officer on Monday, June 2 , 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Bronx...
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宰相高深莫測 || Zai xiang gao shen mo ce
Chi Fic Mo Yan 宰相高深莫測 《上，下》 == Zai xiang gao shen mo ce作者: 莫顏 香港: 星河出版社 ISSN: 9789882199279宰相高深莫測: 是尋夢園系列中的作品。它是關於魂魄之説的書籍 “我怎麼沒死?...
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Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter: Questions for Discussion
When the novel Eleven Days opens, all we know is that Sara’s son Jason is a Navy SEAL who has been missing for nine days.As the story unfolds we learn some things about Jason and Sara’s family. David,...
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Picturing Walt Whitman
The life and work of Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892) are prodigiously documented in the Oscar Lion Collection, held in the New York Public Library's Rare Books Division. This daguerreotype...
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Booktalking "Mom & Me & Mom" by Maya Angelou
Vivian Baxter, aka "Lady," re-entered Maya and Bailey Johnson's lives after they spent their early childhoods with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. There, Maya was raped at age 8, and her rapist...
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June Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
The rise and fall of the atomic era… achieving financial independence... legendary actor Stella Adler… millennia of Egyptomania… an exile’s return to Bosnia… Tammany Hall, a birthplace of progressive...
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William Curtis and "The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden...
The world's longest running botanical magazine was (eventually) named after its founder William Curtis (1746–1799), who was an English botanist and entomologist. From 1771 to 1777 Curtis worked as...
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Culinary Delights in Lady Anne Percy’s Receipt Book
Nearly four hundred years later, this satisfying dish is prepared today in much the same way. While recent versions usually begin with cutting the meat into pieces and browning it in a skillet, this...
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Booktalking "Sheep" by Valerie Hobbs
The life of a dog, passed through so many hands in so many homes. A border collie called Blackie, Shep, Spot, Sparky, and Jack in succession by different people.The dog started life in the idyllic...
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From Vassar to the Discovery of the Higgs Particle: Sau Lan Wu's...
On May 25, 2014, professor Sau Lan Wu addressed the 150th commencement ceremony of Vassar College. She is the first research scientist in 23 years and the first physicist ever to deliver a Vassar...
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胡蘭成的 “今生今世” 与 “山河歲月” || Hu, Lancheng
胡蘭成的 “今生今世” 与 “山河歲月” || Hu, LanchengChi B Hu, Lancheng. Hu, Lancheng == 胡蘭成 . Jin sheng jin shi : wo de qing gan li cheng == 今生今世 : 我的情感历程Beijing : Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 2003. ISSN...
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