NYPL Blogs: Posts from Jefferson Market Library /blog/library/39 en Spooky Halloween Reads https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/10/31/spooky-halloween-reads Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market Library <p>We love these Halloween decorating ideas from <a href="http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/halloween-decoration-ideas" rel="nofollow">Real Simple</a>. We also recommend decorating your bookshelves this Halloween with spooky novels. Here are a few titles from the adult fiction section with spookiness that extends beyond the cover:</p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Shatching%20ezekiel%20boone__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" rel="nofollow"><img alt="book cover" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781501125041" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Shatching%20ezekiel%20boone__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">The Hatching</a></em> by Ezekiel Boone. This book is <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthis%20book%20is%20full%20of%20spiders%20seriously__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">full of spiders</a>. However, it is also a rolicking Jurassic Park-level adventure. Creepy fun.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sblake%20crouch%20dark%20matter__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="book cover" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781101904220" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sblake%20crouch%20dark%20matter__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Dark Matter</a></em> by Blake Crouch. A physicist wakes up in an alternate reality. Fans of his novel <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sblake%20crouch%20pines__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Pines</a> or the tv series Wayward Pines will enjoy this tale of timelines gone amok.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%20head%20full%20of%20ghosts%20tremblay__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" rel="nofollow"><img alt="book cover" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780062363237" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%20head%20full%20of%20ghosts%20tremblay__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">A Head Full of Ghosts</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdisappearance%20at%20devils%27%20rock__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Disappearance at Devil's Rock</a></em> by Paul Tremblay. Fresh takes on exorcism stories, with transcriptions or journal "pages" to lend a sense of realism. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/10/31/spooky-halloween-reads#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:05:37 -0400 New York Comic Con at the New York Public Library https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/20/nycc-library Amie Wright <p style="text-align:center"><img class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/NYCCPresentsLogo_0.png" alt="" /></p> <p>The New York Public Library in partnership with First Second and New York Comic Con (NYCC) present two #NYCC2016 events October 7 and 8—a comics panel for adults and one for kids.</p> <h2><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/10/07/nycc-superweek-new-york-public-library">New York Comic Con Invades Greenwich Village! </a> </h2> <p>Friday October 7 from 7-9 PM at Jefferson Market Library </p> <p>FREE ticketed event—<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-comic-con-at-nypl-adult-comics-panel-tickets-27903463009?aff=nyplblog" rel="nofollow">please register</a>.</p> <p>425 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY, 10011</p> <p>Author Panel from 7-8 PM; signing to follow. </p> <h4><strong><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20046580__SBrown%2C%20Box%2C%20author%2C%20illustrator.__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Box Brown</a> (<em>Andre the Giant</em>, <em>Tetris</em>) </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/boxbrown" rel="nofollow"><span>@boxbrown</span></a><br /><strong><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SRucka%2C%20Greg%2C%20author.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Greg Rucka</a> (<em>Wonder Woman</em>, <em>Star Wars</em>, <em>Batman</em>) </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/ruckawriter" rel="nofollow"><span>@ruckawriter</span></a><br /><strong><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMarjorie%20Liu__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Marjorie Liu</a> (<em>Montress</em>, <em>Avengers: Confidential</em>, <em>Astonishing X-Men</em>)  </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/marjoriemliu" rel="nofollow"><span>@marjoriemliu</span></a><br /><strong><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SRyan%20North__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Ryan North</a> (<em>Adventure Time</em>, <em>The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl</em>) </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/ryanqnorth" rel="nofollow"><span>@ryanqnorth</span></a></h4> <h4>Moderator: Joshua Rivera, NY Magazine <a href="https://twitter.com/jmrivera02" rel="nofollow"><span>@jmrivera02</span></a></h4> <p><img height="200" width="142" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/box%20brown.jpg" alt="" /><img height="200" width="130" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/wonder_woman_by_greg_rucka_vol_1-95971011867125.jpg" alt="" /><img height="200" width="130" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/monstress.jpg" alt="" /><img height="200" width="132" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/SquirrelGirl5.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h2><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/10/08/nycc-superweek-new-york-public-library">All-Ages Comic All-Stars</a></h2> <p><strong>Saturday October 8 from 3-5 PM at 53rd Street Library </strong></p> <p>FREE ticketed event - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-comic-con-at-nypl-all-ages-comic-all-stars-tickets-27905887260?aff=nyplblog" rel="nofollow">please register</a>.</p> <p>18 West 53rd Street New York, NY, 10019</p> <p>Author Panel from 3-4pm ; signing to follow.</p> <p>Parents and kids join us from 2-3 PM for comics activities in the library, and don't miss our kids cosplay parade from 4-5 PM! </p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SGreen%2C%20John%20%28John%20Patrick%29%2C%20author%2C%20illustrator.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">John Patrick Green </a>(<em>Hippopotamister</em>) <a href="https://twitter.com/johngreenart" rel="nofollow">@JohnGreenArt</a><br /><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SHale%2C%20Nathan%2C%201976-__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Nathan Hale</a> (<em>Alamo All-Stars</em>, <em>The Underground Abductor</em>, <em>The Donner Dinner Party</em>) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrnathanhale" rel="nofollow">@MrNathanHale</a><br /><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb21001633__SRebecca%20Mock__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Rebecca Mock</a> (<em>Compass South</em>) <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeccamock" rel="nofollow">@rebeccamock</a><br /><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SPietsch%2C%20Carey%2C%20__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Carey Pietsch</a> (<em>Bee and Puppycat</em>, <em>Marceline Gone Adrift</em>) <a href="https://twitter.com/careydraws?lang=en" rel="nofollow">@careydraws</a></p> <p>Moderator: Sean Edgar (<em>Paste Comics) </em><a href="https://twitter.com/seanmedgar" rel="nofollow">@seanmedgar</a></p> <p><img height="200" width="154" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/9781626722002.jpg" alt="" /><img height="200" width="145" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/AlamoAllStars.jpg" alt="" /><img height="200" width="135" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/compasssouth-hopelarson-rebeccamock__span.jpg" alt="" /><img height="200" width="130" style="float:left" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/beepuppycat06-covera-113206.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center"><img class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/01-logo-web_1.jpg" alt="" /></p> Comics and Graphic Novels https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/20/nycc-library#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:40:08 -0400 NYPLarcade: Fall 2016 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/08/12/nyplarcade-fall-2016 Thomas Knowlton, Outreach Librarian, MyLibraryNYC <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="INSIDE (Playdead, 2016)" height="308" width="600" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/inside5.gif" /></p> <h2>What?</h2> <p>NYPLarcade is an opportunity to play and discuss independent, experimental, and thought-provoking games at the Library. Think of it as a book club, but for video games.</p> <h2>Who?</h2> <p>These events should interest teens, students, artists, designers, librarians, and anyone who loves video games.</p> <p>Also, if you teach at a <a href="http://mylibrarynyc.org" rel="nofollow">MyLibraryNYC</a> school, we can often schedule a date to bring games and hardware to your school library or classroom as part of an outreach visit.</p> <h2>When?</h2> <p>Our fall series takes place on the last Wednesday of every month from August to November. Play begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a discussion starting around 7 p.m.</p> <h2>Where?</h2> <p>All events listed below will take place at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/jefferson-market">Jefferson Market Library</a> in Greenwich Village, located at 425 Avenue of the Americas between 9th and 10th Street. We meet in the first floor Willa Cather Community Room and admission is free and open to the public.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img height="332" width="600" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/nms%201.gif" alt="" /></p> <p>Please download official NYPLarcade flyers here. You can also follow us on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/nyplarcade" rel="nofollow">@nyplarcade</a>) or join our <a href="http://bit.ly/nyplarcade-signup2015" rel="nofollow">mailing list</a> for updates on upcoming events.</p> <table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date</strong></td> <td><strong>Game</strong></td> <td><strong>Developer</strong></td> <td><strong>Year</strong></td> </tr><tr><td>August 31, 2016</td> <td><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/08/31/nyplarcade-inside">INSIDE</a></td> <td>Playdead</td> <td>2016</td> </tr><tr><td>September 28, 2016</td> <td><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/09/28/nyplarcade-1979-revolution-black-friday">1979 Revolution: Black Friday</a></td> <td>iNK Stories /<br /> N-Fusion Interactive</td> <td>2016</td> </tr><tr><td><s>October 26, 2016</s></td> <td><s><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/10/26/nyplarcade-no-mans-sky">No Man's Sky</a></s></td> <td><s>Hello Games</s></td> <td><s>2016</s></td> </tr><tr><td>November 19, 2016</td> <td><a href="http://bit.ly/nyplarcade-igd2016" rel="nofollow">International Games Day 2016</a></td> <td>Various</td> <td>Various</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>PLEASE NOTE: THE NO MAN'S SKY EVENT ON 10/26 HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER, THIS GAME WILL BE FEATURED AT INTERNATIONAL GAMES DAY ON 11/19. WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.</p> <p>Feel free to contact Thomas Knowlton at <a href="mailto:thomasknowlton@nypl.org" rel="nofollow">thomasknowlton@nypl.org</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/thomasknowlton" rel="nofollow">@thomasknowlton</a> if you any questions.</p> Videogames https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/08/12/nyplarcade-fall-2016#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2016 15:59:10 -0400 Hitchcock-ian Reads https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/08/12/hitchcockian-reads Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>It's the birthday of Alfred Hitchcock. To honor the Master of Suspense, our crackerjack team of book experts came up with a list of books that would do him proud: psychological suspense novels that give readers the same creepy, think-y thrill as watching his movies... and feature twists that no one saw coming.</p> <h2>Short Stories</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17121233__Sroald%20dahl__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Aauthor%3Aauthor%3AAuthor%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A93%3A93%3AAdult%3A%3A__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="dahl" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0307264904" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Roald Dahl’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17121233__Sroald%20dahl__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Aauthor%3Aauthor%3AAuthor%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A93%3A93%3AAdult%3A%3A__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Collected Stories</a></em> has dark twists and turns, with endings you can’t predict unless you get totally obsessed and read them all in a row. (I may have done that.) <em>—Jenny Rosenoff, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17160610__S%28We%20Have%20Always%20Lived%20in%20the%20Castle%29__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="castle" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0143039970" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Before someone beats me to it, I recommend <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18588152__Sshirley%20jackson__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A96%3A96%3ACirculating%3A%3A__P0%2C3__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Shirley Jackson</a>’s stories. Whether we’re talking about her legendary short story, “<a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17588784__Sshirley%20jackson%20Lottery__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Lottery</a>,” or her morbid yet strangely charming, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S%28We%20Have%20Always%20Lived%20in%20the%20Castle%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">We Have Always Lived in the Castle</a></em>, Jackson is a master at stringing the reader along, and throwing in a twist that’s sure to please as much as it shocks. <em>—Andrew Fairweather, Seward Park</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Graphic Novels</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20825963__SAnother__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="another" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316245913" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I’ll go with <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20825963__SAnother__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Another</a></em> by Yukito Ayatsuji, art by Hiro Kiyohara. New student Koichi Sakakibara has just transferred to a new school, with classmates who appear on edge and afraid all the time. He befriends one of them, the withdrawn Mei Misaki, but she is unable to be seen by any of the other kids in the class. As the story unfolds, Koichi learns that his class has a curse bestowed upon it, and when students start to die gruesome deaths, the plot twists come out in abundance! <em>—Joe Pascullo, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Fiction</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="Margery Allingham’s books have been re-released in paperback, and some are highly suspenseful. So I’ll go with Traitor’s Purse, an Albert Campion novel that combines Hitchcockian themes of amnesia and the very thin line between leadership and obsession. —Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Exhibitions" rel="nofollow"><img alt="traitor&#039;s purse" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781934609422" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Margery Allingham’s books have been re-released in paperback, and some are highly suspenseful. So I’ll go with <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20316888__Sallingham%2C%20margery__P0%2C11__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Traitor’s Purse</a></em>, an Albert Campion novel that combines Hitchcockian themes of amnesia and the very thin line between leadership and obsession. <em>—Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Exhibitions</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17221085__Sthe%20last%20sherlock%20holmes%20story__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="sherlock" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0679766588" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17221085__Sthe%20last%20sherlock%20holmes%20story__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Last Sherlock Holmes Story</a></em> by Michael Dibdin pits the world’s greatest detective against its most famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Holmes and the steadfast Watson pursue the Ripper through London’s gas-lit, foggy streets as the murders pile up. It is a different take on the post-Reichenbach Holmes and a sinister tale that leaves you shaking with its final reveal. <em>—Joshua Soule, Spuyten Duyvil</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20934664__Scrow%20girl%20axl%20sund__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="crow girl" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780385349871" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Scrow%20girl%20axl%20sund__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Crow Girl</a></em> comes to mind, if you like your Hitchcockian fever dream in a Nordic noir setting. It’s a Swedish police procedural featuring three strong female characters. Jeanette Kihlberg, investigating the murders of refugee children, teams up with mysterious psychologist Sophia Zetterlund. Her specialty is multiple personalities, and her victimized patient, Victoria Bergman, is at the center of the drama. Expect a religious cult backstory with WWII roots and a <em>Vertigo</em>-esque vibe that keeps you guessing. For Stieg Larsson fans who want to go deeper and darker, it’s grim stuff packed into 750+ suspenseful pages (<a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb21049483__Scrow%20girl%20axl%20sund__P0%2C3__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">yes, there’s an ebook available</a>). <em>—Jeremy Megraw, Billy Rose Theatre Division</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20778600__Skate%20morton__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4;jsessionid=45D2B042DDC5A05F72C429F95BFC6130?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lake house" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781451649321" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>In the atmospheric <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20778600__Skate%20morton__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4;jsessionid=45D2B042DDC5A05F72C429F95BFC6130?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Lake House</a></em> by Kate Morton, a young female detective, on vacation in Cornwall, stumbles upon an isolated, abandoned lake house covered in overgrown vines and moss, seemingly stuck in time for over 70 years. As she explores, she begins to discover its secrets and tragedies as a home to a family torn apart by a child gone missing on a beautiful midsummer’s eve. Meanwhile, hours away, in London, the daughter of the family, now in her ’80s and a best-selling author, is still haunted by the disappearance of her baby brother. Hitchcock would have milked the story’s isolated setting, the oppressive heat of summer, and the dark underbelly of familial love. <em>—Anne Rouyer, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20297623__SSalem%27s%20Lot__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=60135C436FB830FC769ED14A80943D4A?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="salem" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780345806796" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Stephen King may be known mostly for gore and ghouls, but in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20297623__SSalem%27s%20Lot__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=60135C436FB830FC769ED14A80943D4A?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Salem’s Lot</a></em>, he creates one of the most overpowering atmospheres of tension and slow-burning dread I’ve ever come across. A small town in Maine, a series of children disappearing, a mysterious visitor from Europe, a notorious house where a suicide took place long ago... all are key ingredients in this sizzling powder-keg of a novel. <em>—Isaiah Pittman, Inwood</em></p> <p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17345979__S%28Talented%20Mr.%20Ripley%20%29__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="talented" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780393332148" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17345979__S%28Talented%20Mr.%20Ripley%20%29__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Talented Mr. Ripley</a></em> by Patricia Highsmith. I simply could not believe the nonchalant deviousness of Tom Ripley. The <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17941784__S%28Talented%20Mr.%20Ripley%20%29__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">1999 film</a> starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow perfectly captured the tense, creepy feelings and paranoia in the book. <em>—Maura Muller, Volunteer Office</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Mysteries</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20999630__Sarrowood__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=7A74E648243C38BE794D50DED79033CB?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="arrowood" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780812996395" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20999630__Sarrowood__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=7A74E648243C38BE794D50DED79033CB?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Arrowood</a></em> by Laura McHugh. Gothic old house: check. Suspenseful mystery: check. Summer in Iowa has never been so creepy. <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17777443?lang=eng"><img alt="likeness" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780670018864" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em>Vertigo</em> meets <em>Read Window</em> in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17777443?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Likeness</a></em> by Tana French, a sharply drawn Irish police procedural in which the striking resemblance of Detective Cassie Matthews to a murder victim leads the police to report that the victim has survived, and to enlist Matthews to go undercover as the murdered girl. <em>—David Nochimson, Pelham Parkway-Van Nest</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20758649__Sa%3A((Boileau Narcejac) -Hitchcock) t%3A((D&#039;entre les morts) | Vertigo)__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" rel="nofollow"><img alt="vertigo" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781782270805" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The most Hitchcock-ian group of books is formed by those the Master himself adapted as films. The French source of <em>Vertigo</em>—by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, writing jointly as “Boileau-Narcejac”—was originally published as <em>D’entre les morts</em> in French and <em>The Living and the Dead</em> in English. <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28%28Boileau%20Narcejac%29%20-Hitchcock%29%20t%3A%28%28D%27entre%20les%20morts%29%20%7C%20Vertigo%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">NYPL has it in both languages</a>. The story is roughly the same as in the film: A detective becomes obsessed with the mysterious beauty he has been hired to follow. Traumatized by her suicide, which he was powerless to prevent, he later falls deeply in love with her presumed double. The original story was set in Paris during and after World War II. <em>—Kathie Coblentz, Rare Materials</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>---</p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <div> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/" target="_blank">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em> </p></div> Horror https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/08/12/hitchcockian-reads#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2016 15:18:42 -0400 Literary Bad Boys https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/28/literary-bad-boys Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>In preparation for Emily Bronte’s birthday, we’re thinking of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18054396__S%28wuthering%20heights%29__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>Wuthering Heights</em></a>’ quintessential romantic anti-hero: <a href="http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/characters/heathcliff.php" rel="nofollow">Heathcliff</a>.</p> <div class="digcol-image align-center align-center"> <figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-fe16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="wuthering" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1565736&amp;t=w" width="250px" /></a> <figcaption class="digcol-caption">Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff. Image ID 156736</figcaption></figure></div> <p>In his honor, we asked our book experts here at The New York Public Library: Who’s your favorite literary bad boy and why? The more tortured, the better.</p> <h2>Literary Fiction</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20933288__Ssweetbitter__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="sweetbitter" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781101875940" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I am currently crushing on the mysterious, unattainable Jake in Stephanie Danler’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20933288__Ssweetbitter__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Sweetbitter</a></em>. Jake—tall, golden-eyed, effortless, moody, damaged, elusive, evasive, partially hidden tattoos. Here’s to all the bartenders in all the restaurants where I waited tables who were way out of my league. Cheers, boys! <em>—Lynn Lobash, Readers Services</em> </p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20002326__Sspecial%20topics%20in%20calamity%20physics__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="special topics" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780143112129" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>In <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sspecial%20topics%20in%20calamity%20physics__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Special Topics in Calamity Physics</a></em>, author Marisha Pessl writes a prep school murder mystery. Pessl's character, Blue Van Meer, loves to cite literature and pop culture. She learns Spanish so she can communicate with the handsome Peruvian gardener her father hired. </p> <blockquote> <p><em>“...I couldn’t let go of the thought that it had, in fact, been he, restless and moody Heathcliff. Day after day, he floated through all the Wal-Marts in America, searching for me in a million lonely aisles.” </em> </p></blockquote> <p>While Blue and the other characters in <em>STiCP</em> are not anti-heroes per se, rebels abound in the text: “I was next to Amadeus and some sad kid who was the spitting image of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Ssal%20mineo__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Sal Mineo</a> (see <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Srebel%20without%20a%20cause__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Rebel Without a Cause</a></em>).” <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em><br />  </p> <h2>Young Adult &amp; Children</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19885509__Soutsiders__P0,2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="outsiders" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780142407332" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>What adolescent girl didn’t fall in love with all of the guys from S.E. Hinton’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19885509__Soutsiders__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Outsiders</a></em>? And even though the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18761993__Soutsiders__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">movie</a> was fairly mediocre, it was full of 80’s heartthrobs, which totally redeemed it. Stay gold, Ponyboy. <em>—Rebecca Donsky, 67<sup>th</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19125110__Scity%20of%20bones__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="city bones" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781416955078" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I can’t think of anyone more tortured and twisted than Jace Wayland of Cassandra Clare’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19125110__Scity%20of%20bones__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=C329199B156FA0CFE7AB1BE170822D5F?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Mortal Instruments</a> </em>series. A skilled demon hunter who can protect you, a tragic family history that just gets progressively worse, and brooding for days. <em>—Lauren Bradley, 53<sup>rd</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:left"><img alt="snape" title="snape" height="191" width="230" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/8178443348_e011aac32a_o.jpg" /><figcaption>Photo from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapes-true-love/8178443348" rel="nofollow">Flickr</a>.</figcaption></figure><p>I have to go with Severus Snape, the very unpleasant anti-hero of the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sharry%20potter__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOKLw%3D%3DTEXT%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Harry Potter</a> series. Tortured already by a life-long love that was never to be realized, he was bullied relentlessly by the person who stole his love away. The anger that built from his tormented childhood urged him to join the dark side, until the Potters were murdered by the same dark wizard that Snape worshiped. Readers only find out Snape’s critical role in the series at the very end, and by that point, we understand how deeply he loved Lily Potter, how important that love was for, and how good a guy he really was. You hate to love him, but you can’t help it. <em>—Katrina Ortega, Hamilton Grange</em><br /><br />  </p> <figure class="caption caption caption" style="float:left"><img alt="draco" title="draco" height="167" width="250" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/draco.jpg" /><figcaption>Photo from <a href="http://fandomtransparents.tumblr.com/post/132761000498/transparent-draco-malfoy" rel="nofollow">Fandom Transparents</a>.</figcaption></figure><p>I completely agree with Katrina about Snape, and I’d like to add Draco Malfoy to this list. He’s the bad boy who had no choice but to be bad. His father was evil. He literally had Moldy Voldy living in his house. He didn’t realize he had the choice not to be bad until it was too late. Draco is the character that most intrigued me in the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sharry%20potter__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOKLw%3D%3DTEXT%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Harry Potter</a> series because I always wondered what he could have been if he had not been bogged down by his father’s philosophy. He never had a chance until it was too late. <em>—Grace Loiacono, St. George</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18135845?lang=eng"><img alt="holden caulfield" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316769174" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Holden Caulfield, the narrator and protagonist of the J.D. Salinger’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18135845?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Catcher in the Rye</a></em>. Kicked out of prep school and in New York by himself, Holden is constantly brooding and on alert for phonies. He’s the quintessential misanthrope, yet he craves the connections he avoids. Mixed signals… typical “baby boy” behavior. *rolls eyes* <em>—Jhenelle Robinson, Morrisania</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Graphic Novels</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18532895__Samerican%20vampire__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="vampire" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781401228309" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Cowboy. Criminal. Vampire. Skinner Sweet, the eponymous antihero of Scott Snyder’s graphic novel series <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18532895__Samerican%20vampire__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">American Vampire</a></em>, is an antihero vampire for a new generation.  <em>—Emily Merlino, Yorkville</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19586976__Sdark%20phoenix__P0,1__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="wolverine" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780785164210" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>My immediate thought is <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19817435__Swolverine__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=11010C75B9CB7D7F0C7F5231D55064AB?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Wolverine</a> from the X-Men comic franchise. He is tortured (literally), hard to read, has crazy wild hair, and rides a motorcycle. (Plus, he and Jean Grey from <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19586976__Sdark%20phoenix__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Dark Phoenix</a></em> are star crossed lovers!) <em>—Amie Wright, MyLibraryNYC</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> <h2>Classics</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20291683__S%28Gormenghast%29__P0%2C7__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="gormenghast" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781468301045" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I’ve always had a thing for the boys with red eyes. First it was Dark Heart, from <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b19423567%7ES1" target="_blank">Care Bears II</a> (100% dating myself here), but then I found Steerpike. Mervyn Peake’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20291683__S%28Gormenghast%29__P0%2C7__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Gormenghast</a></em> anti-hero is intelligent, devious, twisted, and absolutely the kind of bad boy you know is all wrong but can’t help falling for anyway. <em>—Kay Menick, Schomburg Center</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17954875__Sjourney%20to%20the%20end%20of%20the%20night__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Atitle%3Atitle%3ATitle%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="journey" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0811216543" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Ferdinand Bardamu from Celine’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17954875__Sjourney%20to%20the%20end%20of%20the%20night__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Atitle%3Atitle%3ATitle%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Journey to the End of the Night</a></em> is a relentless, exultantly cynical and pessimistic nihilist and misanthrope whose character is only fully realized when surrounded by war, illness, and death. The ultimate “bad boy.” <em>—Lauren Restivo, 115<sup>th</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17823574__Slolita__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lolita" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0679723161" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Hands down, Humbert Humbert, of <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17823574__Slolita__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=BDF57416C634F7FCEA987B8EE1BCBF43?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Lolita</a></em> fame. Nabokov’s most scandalous and salacious narrator, H.H. is movie-star handsome, professorial, and hopelessly hilarious--for a liar, kidnapper, murderer, and pedophile. He plays delicious word games with his readers, and seeds his narrative with clues, cues, and letter-Q’s, all distractions from the pain and suffering his desires inflict upon poor Dolores Haze. I can’t recommend Alfred Appel’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20532091__Sannotated%20lolita__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Annotated Lolita</a></em> enough! <em>—Nancy Aravacz, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17212284__?lang=eng"><img alt="macheath" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=1559702524" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>My BBBF (best bad boy forever) is Macheath—a.k.a., Mack the Knife—in Bertolt Brecht’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17212284__?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Threepenny Opera</a></em>. Charming and cold-blooded, a genuine sociopath, he’s completely indestructible. And you have to listen to Kurt Weill’s songs from the famous <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17517716__?lang=eng" target="_blank">Theatre de Lys production</a> to get the full effect. <em>—David Nochimson, Pelham Parkway-Van Nest</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17705346__SOn%20The%20Road__P0,5__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="road" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0140042598" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Dean Moriarty from Jack Kerouac’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17705346__SOn%20The%20Road__P0%2C5__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=0539EE18734503E8BBE1880FDB6BC489?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">On The Road</a></em>. Dean’s clearly a very persuasive character, and his judgment is not always the best. His reckless behavior and suggestions don’t always bode well for some of the book’s more gentle characters like Sal and Ed. <em>—Joseph Pascullo, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br /> Jack London’s protagonist, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20161570__Smartin%20eden__Ff%3Afacetlanguages%3Aeng%3Aeng%3AEnglish%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A96%3A96%3ACirculating%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Martin Eden</a></em>. Not sure if he counts as exactly a rebel, per se. But he’s certainly tortured and brooding. That guy always made me swoon. How can any librarian not love the way he pored over books in the library till the wee hours, forcing himself to read and write past his comfort level in order to converse with Ruth Morse?! Be still, my heart!<em> —Anne Barreca, Battery Park City</em></p> <h2>Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20835821__Skushiels%20scion__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="kushiel" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=044661002X" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Jacqueline Carey’s follow up series to the first three <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search%7ES1?/XKushiel%27s+Dart&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D/XKushiel%27s+Dart&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;SUBKEY=Kushiel%27s+Dart/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=XKushiel%27s+Dart&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=D&amp;1%2C1%2C" target="_blank">Kushiel’s</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search%7ES1?/XKushiel%27s+Chosen&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ/XKushiel%27s+Chosen&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBKEY=Kushiel%27s+Chosen/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=XKushiel%27s+Chosen&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;1%2C1%2C" target="_blank">Legacy</a> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search%7ES1?/XKushiel%27s+Avatar&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ/XKushiel%27s+Avatar&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBKEY=Kushiel%27s+Avatar/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=XKushiel%27s+Avatar&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;1%2C1%2C" target="_blank">books</a> comes Prince Imriel’s saga in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20835821__Skushiels%20scion__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Kushiel’s Scion</a></em>. Son of a traitor, but scion to a great house, Imriel faces the ridicule of court. It doesn’t matter to him though, he’s faced worse. However, things start to go awry when he falls for the crown princess Sidonie. Though she returns his love, it not one that is accepted and he marries another in hopes of doing what’s best for Sidonie. But is it really for the best? <em>—Chantalle Uzan, Francis Martin</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17834336__St%3A%28interview%20with%20the%20vampire%29%20a%3A%28rice%2C%20anne%29__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lestat" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0345409647" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>My immediate thought was to <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S%28lestat%29%20a%3A%28rice%2C%20anne%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Lestat</a>, the narrator in Anne Rice’s long series beginning with <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28interview%20with%20the%20vampire%29%20a%3A%28rice%2C%20anne%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Interview with the Vampire</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28vampire%20lestat%29%20a%3A%28rice%2C%20anne%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Vampire Lestat</a></em>. He revels in being Bad with a capital B.  Drinking in blood and life in equal measures, he leaves a wake of destruction in his path. However, as he develops relationships with people and vampires over the centuries, he winds up accidentally doing much more good than bad. <em>—Erin Arlene Horanzy, Francis Martin</em></p> <h2><br /><br />  </h2> <h2><br /> Mystery, Horror, Romance</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18039755__Sbeat%20the%20reaper__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="reaper" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316032223" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>One of my favorite bad boys is Pietro “Bearclaw” Brnwna, from Josh Bazzell’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18039755__Sbeat%20the%20reaper__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Beat the Reaper</a>. </em>Pietro is the ultimate bad boy with a heart of gold. He’s a former mob hitman turned doctor extraordinaire hellbent of avenging the deaths of his beloved grandparents.  <em>—Annie Lin, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19788679__Sa%3A%28thomas%20harris%29%20t%3A%28Red%20Dragon%29__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lecter" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780425228227" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Perhaps not a romantic choice, but I am a huge fan of Hannibal Lecter. Yes, yes, he is a cannibal and villain, but he is also brilliant and engaging. You can find him in <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28thomas%20harris%29%20t%3A%28Red%20Dragon%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Red Dragon</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28thomas%20harris%29%20t%3A%28The%20Silence%20of%20the%20Lambs%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Silence of the Lambs</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28thomas%20harris%29%20t%3A%28Hannibal%20-Rising%29%20f%3A%28z%20%7C%20a%20%7C%20u%20%7C%20n%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Hannibal</a>, and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28thomas%20harris%29%20t%3A%28Hannibal%20Rising%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Hannibal Rising</a>. As the series progresses, you are able to fully delve into his complex, elegant, and sinister mind and see Lecter evolve from antagonist to protagonist. <em>—Alexandria Abenshon, Yorkville </em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17078230__Sdark%20tower%20stephen%20king__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="dark tower" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=1416524525" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>My first thought is definitely Eddie Dean from Stephen King’s <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdark%20tower%20stephen%20king__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Dark Tower</em></a> series. Hes an ex-heroin addict from NYC with a heart of gold and a great shooting hand. Too bad he falls for another gunslinger throughout the course of the series... <em>—Alessandra Affinito, Chatham Square</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19841174?lang=eng"><img alt="heiress" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781101209288" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I have a thing for rakes, rogues, and romance. One of my favorite romance writers is Jo Beverley and I wrote a whole <a href="https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/04/summer-rogues-and-romance" target="_blank">blog post</a> on my love for her “Company of Rogues” series and all the companion novels that go along with it. The lead rogue is Nicholas Delaney and he’s a rogue spy, seducing women for information when he’s not rescuing damsels in distress in <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sarranged%20marriage%20beverley__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>An Arranged Marriage</em></a>. The second book, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20493464?lang=eng" target="_blank">An Unwilling Bride</a></em>, has haughty rogue Marquess of Arden forced to marry an independent schoolteacher to save his inheritance. But my absolute favorite is <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19841174?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Devil’s Heiress</a>,</em> which finds brooding rogue Major George Hawkinville returning from Waterloo only to discover that his estate has been inherited by the quiet and plain Clarissa, fiancé of the unscrupulous Lord Deverill. <em>—Anne Rouyer, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p>---</p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <div> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/" target="_blank">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em> </p></div> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/28/literary-bad-boys#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2016 10:27:56 -0400 Where to Find U.S. Environmental Data https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/14/us-environmental-data Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market Library <div class="digcol-image align-center align-center"> <figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-d056-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt="Weather Signs" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1135815&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a> <figcaption class="digcol-caption">Weather Signs. Image ID: 1135815</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Here are some links to online environmental resources:</p> <ul><li>The <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/" rel="nofollow">U.S. Geological Survey</a> site provides information about "the natural hazards that threaten lives and livelihoods; the water, energy, minerals, and other natural resources we rely on; the health of our ecosystems and environment; and the impacts of climate and land-use change." It is a treasure trove of environmental data.</li> <li><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdata%20science%20for%20dummies__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Data Science for Dummies</a> </em>recommends the <a href="http://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog" rel="nofollow">U.S. Geological Survey Science Data Catalog</a> for practicing open data mining, but it also boasts some great <a href="http://education.usgs.gov/" rel="nofollow">educational resources</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.data.gov/" rel="nofollow">Data.gov</a> offers datasets on climate, ecosystems, oceans, as well as other areas.</li> <li><a href="http://cpo.noaa.gov/" rel="nofollow">NOAA's Climate Program Office</a> has a <a href="http://cpo.noaa.gov/AboutCPO/AllNews/TabId/315/ArtMID/668/ArticleID/476507/Water-Resources-Dashboard-provides-%E2%80%9Cone-stop-shop%E2%80%9D-for-water-data-needs.aspx" rel="nofollow">Water Resource Dashboard</a> that "provides a 'one-stop shop' for water data needs."</li> <li>Check this guide to <a href="https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/10/23/researching-past-weather-nyc">researching historical weather information</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="https://www.loc.gov/" rel="nofollow">Library of Congress</a> site also has many <a href="https://www.loc.gov/education/" rel="nofollow">educational resources</a> from primary sources, including science sources for STEM students, such as <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/" rel="nofollow">Everyday Mysteries</a> and <a href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/sports.html" rel="nofollow">Spotlight on Sports</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/wild-colorado-app/" rel="nofollow">Wild Colorado app</a> lets you identify wildlife as you explore!</li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leafsnap-for-ipad/id433522683?mt=8" rel="nofollow">Leafsnap</a> is an electronic field guide developed by Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free iOS app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.</li> </ul> Government and Law https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/07/14/us-environmental-data#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:13:24 -0400 When 'The Man' Wins https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/28/the-man-wins Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>Inspired by a reader’s comment on our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/1/doubling-down-angry-birds" target="_blank">Angry Birds post</a>, we’re thinking about books where the non-underdogs—a.k.a., those little round pigs with the helmets—wind up on top.<br /><br /> So, we asked our book experts here at NYPL to recommend some books where The Man comes out victorious.</p> <h2>Orwellian Oppression</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18167016__Sa%3A%28George%20Orwell%29%20t%3A%28Animal%20Farm%29__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="animal farm" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0452284244" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The most obvious choice is George Orwell’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28George%20Orwell%29%20t%3A%28Animal%20Farm%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Animal Farm</a></em>, in which the pigs and The Man quite literally win. There is a great revolution on a farm, led by the pigs. At first it is successful, and all the animals are free of the oppression they knew under the rule of the human farmer, but eventually, the pigs take on human ways and turn out just as oppressive as the humans, who are now their allies ... and at the end, the animals “looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” <em>—Kathie Coblentz, Rare Materials</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18269212__Sa%3A%28George%20Orwell%29%20t%3A%281984%29__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="1984" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0452262933" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Big Brother in George Orwell’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28George%20Orwell%29%20t%3A%281984%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">1984</a></em> is The Man-iest Man there is, and there’s simply no fighting it. By the ambigious ending of the book, it doesn't even matter if our protagonist, Winston, is alive or dead: “But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” <em>—Gwen Glazer, Readers Services</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Feminism</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18051183__Sa%3A%28atwood%29%20t%3A%28handmaid%27s%20tale%29__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="handmaid&#039;s" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=038549081X" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/search%7ES1?/XHandmaid%27s+Tale&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ/XHandmaid%27s+Tale&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;extended=0&amp;SUBKEY=Handmaid%27s+Tale/1%2C70%2C70%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=XHandmaid%27s+Tale&amp;searchscope=1&amp;SORT=DZ&amp;5%2C5%2C" target="_blank">The Handmaid’s Tale</a></em> by Margaret Atwood. Offred—as in “of Fred”—remembers how the world used to be with her husband and daughter, back when she had a job and was allowed to read. But, after a failed revolution, that world is gone; she’s enslaved to “The Commander,” and she’s only as valuable as her reproductive system. <em>—Chantalle Uzan, Francis Martin</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17373797__Sthe%20awakening__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="awakening" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0380002450" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Kate Chopin’s <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28chopin%29%20t%3A%28awakening%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>The Awakening</em></a>. Protagonist Edna literally drowns in societal norms that ignores the happiness of women and reduces their role solely as wives and mothers. <em>—Jhenelle Robinson, Morrisania</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18045756__St%3A%28frenchman%27s%20creek%29%20a%3A%28du%20maurier%29__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="frenchman" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781402217104" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Perhaps this is a liberal and light take on The Man, but I always thought the oppressors (duty &amp; aristocracy) won in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28frenchman%27s%20creek%29%20a%3A%28du%20maurier%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Frenchman’s Creek</a></em> by Daphne du Maurier. Dona, Lady St. Columb, is tired of her boring, aristocratic lifestyle and meets a swashbuckling pirate with whom she falls in love. They go on numerous adventures on the coast of Cornwall, and this reader <em>hoped</em> Dona would run off to France with her pirate! But alas, Dona must remain with her husband and children and maintain her place as Lady St. Columb. <em>—Alexandria Abenshon, Yorkville</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Technology</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19960899__Seggers%20the%20circle__Orightresult__U__X2;jsessionid=8DFC5F339B69AA6EEA3B295454F2BB47?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="circle" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780385351393" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>In Dave Eggers’ <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19960899__Seggers%20the%20circle__Orightresult__U__X2;jsessionid=8DFC5F339B69AA6EEA3B295454F2BB47?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Circle</a></em>, “The Man” is a tech startup eerily similar to Facebook and Google. In the very near future, their amazing products and do-gooder sensibility lead to a world without corruption and violence, but with sinister side-effects: privacy is nonexistent, the court of public opinion is unavoidable, democracy is compulsory, and technology is worshiped with religious fervor. The striking part about this scenario? You don’t realize it’s dystopian until it’s too late. I couldn’t put this one down! <em>—Nancy Aravecz, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19788093__SBarry%2C%20Max%2C%201973-__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="barry" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781594205385" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>This question made me think of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SBarry%2C%20Max%2C%201973-__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Max Barry</a>‘s novels — <em>Company</em> in particular. He satirizes “The Man” quite scathingly and humorously, although the employees ultimately come out on top… or do they? <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Classics</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18108959__Sa%3A%28cormier%29%20t%3A%28chocolate%20war%29__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="chocolate war" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780375829871" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18108959__Sa%3A%28cormier%29%20t%3A%28chocolate%20war%29__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Chocolate War</a></em> by Robert Cormier. I read this title years ago and to this day, it still haunts me. It is one of the first books that showed me that good doesn’t always triumph over evil and sometimes, life just isn’t fair. These sentiments have never been truer than in this novel. Who knew that one student’s refusal to sell chocolate in his prep school would unleash so many terrible repercussions? <em>—Sandra Farag, Selection Team</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18167007__?lang=eng"><img alt="trial" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0199238294" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Another classic of the genre: In <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18167007__?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Trial</a></em> by Franz Kafka, Joseph K. struggles to escape The Man (or, rather, The Law) and is ultimately destroyed. <em>—David Nochimson, Pelham Parkway-Van Nest</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19882522__Smarker%20to%20measure%20drift__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="marker" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780307962577" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19882522__Smarker%20to%20measure%20drift__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">A Marker to Measure Drift</a></em> by Alexander Maksik. This book follows the exile of a 24-year-old Liberian woman fleeing the violence of her home country. While she may escape her country, she will never escape the violent memories or her guilt.  This book illustrates the ease with which one can become complicit with the actions of The Man and how much one will suffer when The Man casts one out. <em>—Susan Aufrichtig, Terence Cardinal Cooke-Cathedral</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18192963__SA%20Lesson%20Before%20Dying__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOKLw%3D%3DTEXT%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A93%3A93%3AAdult%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lesson" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0375702709" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18192963__SA%20Lesson%20Before%20Dying__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOKLw%3D%3DTEXT%3A%3A__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A93%3A93%3AAdult%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">A Lesson Before Dying</a></em> by Ernest J. Gaines. After Jefferson is convicted of a murder he did not commit, schoolteacher Grant is tasked with teaching Jefferson (and himself) how to “be a man” before his inevitable execution. This novel takes us to 1940s Louisiana, and gives us a glimpse at the mistreatment of black people by the justice system (The Man) in Jim Crow South. <em>—Nanyamkah Mars, Westchester Square</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17120825__Sbrave%20new%20world__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="brave" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0060850523" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17120825__Sbrave%20new%20world__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Brave New World</a></em> by Aldous Huxley. I feel as if John was never able to truly be a free man. Even his solitude on the island was ruined by reporters wanting to watch him whip himself. His suicide at the lighthouse comes off as a victory for The Man, who felt that lives of soma and feelies were the only ways for people to feel alive. <em>—Joe Pascullo, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18754130__St%3A%28bury%20heart%20wounded%20knee%29__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="wounded" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0805086846" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>One of the most depressing books I've ever read:<em> <a href="https://catalog.nypl.org/record=b18754130%7ES1" target="_blank">Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee</a></em>. In which The Man wins, and wins again, and makes a treaty, and breaks it, and just keeps on winning. <em>—Kay Menick, Schomburg Center </em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><em>---</em></p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/" target="_blank">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em></p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/28/the-man-wins#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:11:26 -0400 12 Hour Fashion Show: An Event to Remember! https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/15/12-hour-fashion-show Corinne Neary, Library Manager, Tompkins Square Library <p>On Friday, June 3, Jefferson Market Library hosted its first 12 Hour Fashion Show competition. Out of dozens of applicants, eight up-and-coming New York designers were chosen to create looks inspired by Greenwich Village and compete for a $1,000 grand prize. The designers, Ahra Gho, Baylie Erickson, Dasol Hong, Joseph Li, Katiuscia Gregoire, Nicole Bisono, Simone Sullivan, and Tann Parker, arrived at 9 AM to get to work.</p> <p>Before they arrived, they didn't know what materials we would have for them to work with, or who their models would be. The models, by the way, were all NYPL librarians and staff! Once the designers got their models' measurements, they went into our workroom, picked their fabrics, and got down to business, using sewing machines we provided for the challenge. Lesley Ware, a fashion educator and author was on site all day, acting as a mentor, and giving technical help when needed. </p> <p>By the time the models arrived at 4 PM, things were swinging!</p> <p>[image-gallery]</p> <p>We had a runway, lighting, and a sound system installed in our second floor reading room for the show, which started at 8 PM.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"> </div> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGO-Jo1xsP-/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">The designers joining their models on the runway at last night's 12 Hour Fashion Show! It was a long, wonderful, and exciting day. Congratulations to Ahra Gho for taking home the $1,000 grand prize! Truly, all of the designers were wonderful, and the models worked it on the runway! #12hourfashionshow #design #fashion #greenwichvillage</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A video posted by Jefferson Market Library (@jefferson_market_library) on <time datetime="2016-06-04T13:17:03+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Jun 4, 2016 at 6:17am PDT</time></p> </div> </blockquote> <script async="" defer="defer" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>Three judges generously volunteered their time for the show: Jonathan Kyle Farmer from FIT, Nicole LaMoreaux from LIM College, and Asta Skocir from FIT.</p> <p>Together, they chose the winner of the night, Ahra Gho, whose look was inspired by the basketball courts by West 4th Street.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" class="media-element file-default" data-file_info="%7B%22fid%22:%22301154%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D" height="600" src="//www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/IMG_0385.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="400" /></p> <p>Congratulations Ahra, and to all the designers! </p> <p>Thanks to Materials for the Arts, Benefit Brows-A-Go-Go at 434 Avenue of the Americas, and photographer Darleen Rubin. </p> <p><strong style="color: rgb(54, 50, 45); font-family: Lato, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This program is funded through The New York Public Library's Innovation Project, which is made possible by a generous grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation.</strong></p> Fashion https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/15/12-hour-fashion-show#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:58:53 -0400 Doubling Down on Angry Birds https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/1/doubling-down-angry-birds Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>When the <em>Angry Birds</em> movie hit theaters, we asked our NYPL recommendation experts to name their favorite books, movies, or TV shows that feature… well, angry birds.</p> <p>We opened it up to all age ranges, with one caveat: The birds MUST be REALLY angry. No nice birds on this list!</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="angry birds" title="angry birds" height="225" width="400" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/angrybirds.jpg" /></p> <h2><strong>Picture Books</strong></h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20528207__Sif%20you%20plant%20a%20seed__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=35F7FB4CE7A18B90F7FA7CF0A38ECBC0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="plant a seed" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780062298898" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20528207__Sif%20you%20plant%20a%20seed__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=35F7FB4CE7A18B90F7FA7CF0A38ECBC0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">If You Pant a Seed</a></em> by Kadir Nelson. There’s also an angry mouse, an angry rabbit, and GORGEOUS artwork. <em>—Althea Georges, Mosholu</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17675928__Sgrumpy%20bird__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="grumpy" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780439851473" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>“When Bird woke up, he was grumpy.” In <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17675928__Sgrumpy%20bird__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Grumpy Bird</a></em> by Jeremy Tankard, Bird goes through a walk in the forest where his animal friends try to cheer him up between plenty of stomping and sarcasm! <em>—Anna Taylor, Children’s Programming</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20227878__SPardon%20Me__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="pardon" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781442489974" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20227878__SPardon%20Me__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Pardon Me</a></em> by Daniel Miyares. A little yellow bird gets increasingly angry as other animals invade his space on a rock in a sunny swamp. He gets his due with a twisted twist ending. <em>—M. Amber Moller, George Bruce</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2><strong>Children's &amp; Young Adult Books</strong></h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Soutcast%20of%20redwall__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="redwall" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0142401420" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Soutcast%20of%20redwall__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Outcast of Redwall</a></em> from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. Krakulat, the leader of the Crow Brethren, led a revengeful attack against the horde that killed his mother. <em>—Laura Stein, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17697785__Ssilverwing__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="silverwing" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=1416949984" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17697785__Ssilverwing__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Silverwing</a></em> by Kenneth Oppel instilled in me both a serious fear of owls (these particular owls are very angry, and they set things on fire) and a lot of knowledge about bats. <em>—Jordan Graham, Outreach</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17710551__Shoboken%20chicken%20emergency__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="chilcken" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781416928096" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17710551__Shoboken%20chicken%20emergency__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Hoboken Chicken Emergency</a></em> by Daniel Pinkwater. This is what happens when your Mom sends you out to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but you bring home an independent-minded, 266-pound chicken named Henrietta instead. <em>—Anne Rouyer, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2> </h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19214523__SAtwater-Rhodes%2C%20Amelia.__P0%2C10__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="hawksong" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=044023803X" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19214523__SAtwater-Rhodes%2C%20Amelia.__P0%2C10__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Hawksong</a></em> by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. After thousands of years, the war between the shapeshifting avians and serpiente comes to a head, and combining the two royal houses may be the only chance at peace. <em>Hawksong</em> is the first book of The Kiesha’ra Series. <em>—Nanyamkah M. Mars, Westchester Square</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2><strong>Graphic Novels</strong></h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19807833__Smouse%20guard%3A%20winter__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="mouse" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781932386745" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19807833__Smouse%20guard%3A%20winter__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Mouse Guard: Winter 1152</a></em> by David Petersen is about mice with swords and in this graphic novel they fight an owl, which to a mouse with a sword is like taking on a dragon. <em>—Judd Karlman, Pelham Bay</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19966627__Schew%20%20Rob%20Guillory__P0%2C9__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="chew" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781607062936" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>John Layman and Rob Guillory’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Slayman%20chew__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Chew</a></em>  series features the homicidal secret agent chicken Poyo, who is a partly-mechanized “doomsday device” known for mercilessly eviscerating his enemies. It’s crazier than it sounds. <em>—Crystal Chen, Muhlenberg</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20535809__Steen%20titans%20go__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="teen" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316333368" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Robin isn’t actually a bird, but he represents one… he’s the human leader with huge anger management issues from <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Steen%20titans%20go__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Teen Titans Go!</a></em>, an MTV Cribs-meets-superhero team comic and cartoon. <em>—Jeremy Megraw, Billy Rose Theatre Division</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2><br />  </h2> <h2><strong>Adult Books</strong></h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18439273__Sgahoole%20capture__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="capture" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780545253062" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The series where owls own each other all day, every day:<em> <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18439273__Sgahoole%20capture__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Guardians of Ga’Hoole (Book 1: The Capture)</a></em>. Please live by the words of the film’s trailer, <a href="https://youtu.be/0c5gYg3adeI?t=1m35s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">“On his way to finding the legend, he will become one.”﻿</a> <em>—Joe Pascullo, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20006318__SThe%20Birds%20and%20other%20stories__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="birds" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316403351" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Ever wonder where Hitchcock got the idea? Check out the chilling short story “The Birds” in Daphne Du Maurier’s collection<em> <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SThe%20Birds%20and%20other%20stories__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Birds and Other Stories</a>,</em> which delves into the historic symbolism of World War II. <em>—Alessandra Affinito, Chatham Square</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17988791__Seven%20cowgirls%20get%20the%20blues__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="cowgirls" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=055334949X" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The whooping cranes who find a home at the Rubber Rose Ranch in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17988791__Seven%20cowgirls%20get%20the%20blues__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Even Cowgirls Get The Blues</a></em> are definitely angry about being kidnapped by the FBI and used as pawns in the battle between big government and women’s liberation! <em>—Charlie Radin, Inwood</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18043093__Sthe%20wind%20up%20bird%20chronicle__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="chronicle" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0679775439" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>How about <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthe%20wind%20up%20bird%20chronicle__Orightresult;jsessionid=AA5C652320615078EC1617F788392CE6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle</a></em> by Haruki Murakami? It consists of “The Thieving Magpie,” “Bird as Prophet” and “The Birdcatcher.” <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb15793703__Sdan%20simmons%20hyperion__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="hyperion" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0553283685" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The Shrike in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdan%20simmons%20hyperion__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Hyperion</a></em> by Dan Simmons is one angry “bird.” The earthly shrike is commonly known as the “butcher bird” for its habit of catching insects and small vertebrates and impaling them on the thorns of trees before it feeds. Simmons is a master of language and has a very unique imagination, so the Shrike in his story is a time-travelling being that takes the “butcher” aspect all of the way. <em>—Virginia Bartow, Special Collections</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2><br />  </h2> <h2><strong>Movies &amp; Television</strong></h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17466154__SThe%20Birds%20Hitchcock__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="birds" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0783240236" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The angriest birds ever: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SThe%20Birds%20Hitchcock__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Birds</a></em>, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, enigmatic thriller from 1963. <em>—Kathie Coblentz, Special Collections</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18975499__Sthe%20maltese%20falcon__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="maltese" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0780664752" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Perhaps it’s a bit of a stretch, but how about <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18975499__Sthe%20maltese%20falcon__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Maltese Falcon</a></em>? <em>—Greg Holch, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br /> The 1940s movie <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17328619__SBill%20and%20Coo__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Bill and Coo</a></em> is weirdly wonderful, and has an all bird cast. Yes, an all bird cast dressed as humans in the tiny town of Chirpendale. Little Bill rescues Coo from the evil crow known as The Black Menace. <em>—Maura Muller, Volunteer Office</em></p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17304671__Stwin%20peaks__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="twin" src="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/home?image_size=thumb&amp;isxn=1415735107&amp;lang=eng&amp;service=BibImage&amp;suite=def&amp;suite_code=def&amp;upc=097361309040" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The owls are not what they seem.. and there is no angrier bird than Bob in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17304671__Stwin%20peaks__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Twin Peaks, the complete series</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17304023__Stwin%20peaks__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me</a></em>. <em>—Billy Parrott, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17729570__Saladdin%20disney__P0%2C22__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="aladdin" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=050086116379" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Iago, the grouchy, scheming, short-tempered parrot from Disney’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Saladdin__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Aladdin</a></em>, was one of my favorite characters in the movie. (He becomes a little nicer in the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthe%20return%20of%20jafar__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">sequel</a>, though.) <em>—Christina Lebec, Bronx Library Center</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><em>---</em></p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/" target="_blank">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em></p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/06/1/doubling-down-angry-birds#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:10:38 -0400 Twelve Hour Fashion Show on June 3: Seeking Contestants! https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/03/12/twelve-hour-fashion-show Corinne Neary, Library Manager, Tompkins Square Library <p>At <a href="/locations/jefferson-market" rel="nofollow">Jefferson Market Library</a>, we are looking for eight contestants for an all-day fashion design extravaganza...</p> <div class="digcol-image align-right align-right inline inline"> <figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c59bbae0-ab03-0132-14a2-58d385a7b928"><img alt="1959" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5231288&amp;t=w" width="300" /></a> <figcaption class="digcol-caption">Image ID: 5231288</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Twelve Hour Fashion Show!<br /> Friday, June 3, 2016</p> <p>Contestants will arrive at 9 AM to design their looks, inspired by Greenwich Village, to display at a fashion show at 8 PM, open to friends, family, and the general public!</p> <p>The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges.</p> <p>$1,000 PRIZE for the winning look!</p> <p>To apply for a spot, applicants must submit a resume and at least two photographs of completed designs to: <a href="mailto:12HourFashionShow@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">12HourFashionShow@gmail.com</a> by Friday, May 13.</p> <p>Applicants must be:</p> <ul><li>Proficient in sewing on machines, and by hand—sewing machines will be provided</li> <li>Experienced working with a variety of materials and fabrics, and must use fabrics provided by the library to create their designs</li> <li>Able to bring their own  sewing kit (pins, thread, needles, scissors, chalk, etc) patterns and pattern paper to the challenge </li> <li>18+</li> </ul><p><strong>This program is funded through The New York Public Library's Innovation Project, which is made possible by a generous grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation.</strong> </p><p><img class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/mftalogo.png" alt="" /></p> Fashion https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/03/12/twelve-hour-fashion-show#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:14:48 -0400 Queuing Up https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/03/03/queuing-up Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market Library <div class="digcol-image align-center align-center"> <figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dbe7e720-fba4-0130-0e79-58d385a7bbd0"><img alt=" 5056591" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5056591&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a> <figcaption class="digcol-caption">A chorus line. Image ID: 5056591</figcaption></figure></div> <blockquote> <p>“The wait is long, my dream of you does not end.”<br /> ― <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SNuala O&#039;Faolain">Nuala O'Faolain</a>, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMy Dream of You nuala">My Dream of You</a></em> </p></blockquote> <p>Waiting in line is a great equalizer, and like death and taxes, it's inevitable. There's the East coast debate as to whether one waits <a href="http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/is-it-on-line-or-in-line/?_r=0" rel="nofollow">"in" or "on" line</a>. Most everyone, if asked, would say they hate waiting in line, but there are a few rare moments where a sense of camaraderie can overtake a line, say, while waiting for tickets for a concert or sporting event.</p> <p>There's the upside of "Antici...pation" as Dr. Frank N Furter put it in the <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Srocky%20horror__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Rocky Horror Picture Show</a></em>. Certainly, there are many books about the twin annoyances of bureaucracy and of waiting, like Kafka's <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthe%20trial%20kafka__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Trial</a></em> and Beckett's <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Swaiting%20for%20godot__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Waiting for Godot</a></em>.</p> <p><em>The Disney World Queue Line Scavenger Hunt</em> book by Daniel Ireland and <em>The Disney Queue Line Survival Guidebook</em> by Kimberley Button make a game out of the process.</p> <p><em><a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/020a8f6d05404a71b776109c6e3f0a1b/quirky-new-book-covers-science-history-standing-line" rel="nofollow">Why Does the Other Line Always Move Faster</a></em> by David Andrews discusses the psychology of waiting in line. Rarely is the outcome as disappointing as it was for the caterpillars in <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_for_the_Flowers" rel="nofollow">Hope for the Flowers</a></em>.</p> <p>I've organized a few lines for classes for the library where we handed out numbers, hearkening back to the days of the red take-a-number dispensers that used to be common at delis. Now, many of our computer classes can be <a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/classes/calendar?keyword=&amp;location=45&amp;topic=&amp;audience=&amp;series=&amp;date_op=GREATER_EQUAL&amp;date1=03%2F03%2F2016">registered for online</a>, obviating the need for waiting in line.</p> <p>Only in New York have I encountered passersby of other lines at turns asking to know what one was standing in line for, then openly scoffing at it as something they deem unworthy.</p> <p>In NYPL's Digital Collections there are <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;keywords=waiting+line#/?scroll=70">images of patrons waiting</a> for library to open and waiting for books at branches like Tompkins Square and Seward Park. Of course, this still happens, but to a different degree. Of course, having a book or an e-book to read while waiting always helps.</p> <div class="digcol-image align-center align-center"> <figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-82c6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99"><img alt=" 94625" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=94625&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a> <figcaption class="digcol-caption">Seward Park, Daily line waiting to enter Children's Room, April 11, 1910. Image ID: 94625</figcaption></figure></div> https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/03/03/queuing-up#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:58:33 -0500 LOL-brary Books https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/02/24/lol-brary-books Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>Eliot may claim that April is the cruelest month, but we’re pretty sure it’s February.</p> <p>To fight off the dreariness, our NYPL book experts compiled a list of adult fiction that makes them laugh out loud, with bonus points added if they embarrassed themselves in public.</p> <h2>Fun in Unexpected Places</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20809052__St%3A%28%22%20The%20Mark%20and%20the%20Void%22%29%20a%3A%28Murray%29__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="god bless" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780865477551" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>This one’s easy: Paul Murray’s latest, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28%22%20The%20Mark%20and%20the%20Void%22%29%20a%3A%28Murray%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Mark and the Void</a></em>. I don’t normally associate the phrases “laugh out loud” and “international financial crisis” with one another, but Murray manages to describe a system so absurd that you can’t help but laugh. Highlights include his killer similes, deadpan dialog, and a pitch-perfect fake <em>Forbes</em> article. <em>—Meredith Mann, Electronic Resources</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19993693__Sgod%20bless%20you%20dr.%20kevorkian__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="god bless you" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781609800734" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Kurt Vonnegut’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sgod%20bless%20you%20dr.%20kevorkian__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian</a>, </em>which is fictional interviews Vonnegut conducts with notable dead people vis-a-vis near-death experiences engineered by Jack Kevorkian. <em>—Melisa Tien, Library for the Performing Arts</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18052828__Sone%20for%20the%20money%20janet%20evanovich__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="one for the money" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0312990456" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich—especially the first two books, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sone%20for%20the%20money%20janet%20evanovich__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">One for the Money</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Stwo%20for%20the%20dough%20janet%20evanovich__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Two for the Dough</a></em>—made me laugh out loud all by myself at home. Stephanie, Jersey girl and former Nordstrom’s lingerie-buyer turned bounty hunter (but not by choice), is a funny character on her own, but her sidekick Lula, Grandma Mazur, and even Connie the office manager reduce me to teary-eyed laughter. I fantasize about who should play them onscreen: Lula - Queen Latifah; Grandma Mazur - Estelle Getty; Connie - Mary Testa, or maybe Valerie Harper in a cameo. <em>—Lois Moore, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2>Quirky Stuff</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20598097__Syou%20deserve%20a%20drink__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="drink" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780142181676" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20598097__Syou%20deserve%20a%20drink__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">You Deserve a Drink</a></em> by Mamrie Hart has it all: drunken hijinks, raunchy humor, and creative cocktail recipes for those days that life has really got you down.  Fans of her YouTube show or her appearances on Comedy Central will love it, but it’s fun for everyone (of legal drinking age)! <em>—Rebecca Dash Donsky, 67<sup>th</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20490762__Sthe%20first%20bad%20man__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="first bad man" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781439172568" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>For anyone who loves Lena Dunham’s fun, quirky comedy, Miranda July’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthe%20first%20bad%20man__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">The First Bad Man</a></em> is a must-read. I will forever laugh out loud at this image of Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, riding down her block on an ATV: ”I pushed down on the gas the littlest possible amount. Kate and Clee watched as I very, very slowly pulled away from the curb, and then, like a woman astride a giant tortoise, gradually rolled up the street.” The First Bad Man is a profound example of sly humor, tender wit, and heartbreaking hilarity. <em>—Lauren Restivo, 115<sup>th</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19374391__Streasure%20island%20levine__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="treasure" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781609450618" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19374391__Streasure%20island%20levine__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Treasure Island!!!</a></em> by Sarah Levine is hilariously absurd. It has a delightfully delusional narrator who decides to model her life after the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Part satire, part absurd comedy play, Levine makes it all work. I laughed out loud while wishing for a rapt audience to subject to oral renditions of these lively sentences. <em>—Alexis Walker, Epiphany</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2> </h2> <p> </p> <h2>Fun with Aging</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17339737__St%3A%28choke%29%20a%3A%28chuck%20Palahniuk%29__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="choke" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0385720920" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28choke%29%20a%3A%28chuck%20Palahniuk%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Choke </a></em>by Chuck Palahniuk. The premise itself is so ridiculous: A guy needs money to pay for elder care for his mom so he devises a scam where he chokes on food in upscale restaurants and uses the funds from those who “save” him and therefore feel responsible for him. I do recall being on the subway and trying to contain my chuckling… I was semi-successful. <em>—Chasity Moreno, AskNYPL</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19726356__Sthe%20hundred%20%20year%20old%20man__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="climbed" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781843913726" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Several books have had me laugh embarrassingly loud on public transportation but <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19726356__Sthe%20hundred%20%20year%20old%20man__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared</a></em> by Jonas Jonasson is the one that I would recommend for us older folks. Allan Karlsson doesn’t want to go to his 100<sup>th</sup> birthday party at the “old folks home” (no drinking) so he escapes through the window! This is the beginning of his, as well as the others he meets along the way, current adventure. This international bestseller is a walk through a historical memory lane. Yes, it’s a bit gritty, but lots of fun. <em>—Peggy Salwen, St. Agnes</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2>British Humour</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18713503__Sthree%20men%20in%20a%20boat__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="boat" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780199537976" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthree%20men%20in%20a%20boat__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)</a></em> by Jerome K. Jerome contains numerous laugh-out-loud scenes—thanks, primarily, to the presence of the wonderful dog, Montmorency.  And it presents a vivid picture of genteel British life, circa 1890. <em>—Jeff Katz, Chatham Square</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20851845__Sgood%20with%20games%20mansell__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="mansell" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781492604501" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>British author <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMansell%2C%20Jill%2C%20author.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Jill Mansell</a> never fails to make me laugh out loud. Her books are often these ridiculous screwball romantic comedies reminiscent of “I Love Lucy” episodes. One particular favorite is <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20851845__Sgood%20with%20games%20mansell__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Good with Games</a></em>, which kept me entertained and laughing during a long flight delay in the Minneapolis airport. Thanks to a traffic stop involving a little lie about the dregs of her strawberry milkshake, Suzy has accidentally become engaged to police officer Harry and he want’s Suzy’s ex-husband, rock star Jaz, to be his best man. Need something to cure the winter blues? This will do the trick. <em>—Anne Rouyer, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Science-Fiction</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18137428__Shitchhiker%27s%20guide%20galaxy%20adams__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="galaxy" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780345391803" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Don’t forget <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Shitchhiker%27s%20guide%20galaxy%20adams__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy</a></em>. This book contains copious amounts of wackiness, intergalactic bureaucracy, and bad poetry. Grab your towel and get ready for a wild ride. <em>—Althea Georges, Moshulu</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19564842__Sredshirts%20scalzi__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="redshirts" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780765316998" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sredshirts%20scalzi__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Redshirts</a></em> made me laugh hard enough on my lunch break that patrons out front were looking through the door to the workroom. John Scalzi throws some wicked barbs at sci-fi television tropes while still telling an engrossing tale of expendable crewmen on the fleet flagship, the <em>Intrepid</em>. This book comes complete with daily away-team deaths, a daring captain, and a lieutenant who always recovers from whatever disease, disaster or mind warping befalls him. <em>—Joshua Soule, Spuyten Duyvil</em></p> <h2> </h2> <h2> </h2> <h2>Romance</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17243973__Sthe%20princess%20bride__Ff:facetmediatype:a:a:BOOKLw==TEXT::__P0,1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="princess bride" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780156035217" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>When I read adult fiction, it isn’t usually funny. But I do make exceptions, and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17243973__Sthe%20princess%20bride__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOKLw%3D%3DTEXT%3A%3A__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Princess Bride</a></em> by William Goldman just so happens to be one of them. Sure, there’s a swashbuckling pirate and a princess named Buttercup, romance and adventure, but there’s also at least one funny line on every page. <em>—Alexandria Abenshon, Yorkville</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19428883__Skinsella%2C%20sophie__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="shopaholic" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780385342063" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sshopaholic%20kinsella__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Shopaholi</em>c series</a>. Who cannot resist laugh at the some of the trouble and over the top situations Becky gets herself into. <em>—Ashley Gonzalez, St. Agnes</em></p> <p>Like Ashley, I’m a big fan of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Skinsella%2C%20sophie__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Sophie Kinsella</a> when I’m looking for a laugh.  The one that made me laugh out loud (in a library!) was <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19428883__Skinsella%2C%20sophie__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">I’ve Got Your Number</a></em>.  Ridiculously endearing characters and a satisfying plot for Rom-Com fans! <em>—Jordan Graham, MyLibraryNYC</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Historical Fiction</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17334451__Slamb%20gospel__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lamb" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780061438592" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I laughed out loud at <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Slamb%20gospel__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Lamb</a> </em>by Christopher Moore. In this kooky, irreverent story, Jesus Christ’s childhood best friend, Biff, is resurrected in the 20<sup>th</sup> century to give his gospel. Biff is sarcastic but loyal, and the story is at once touching and hilarious. The first time I laughed out loud in public I was sitting on a subway, but I was too engrossed to care that people were looking at me like I was slightly crazy. <em>—Leslie Bernstein, Mott Haven</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19805258__Slindsey%20davis%20silver%20pigs__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="silver" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780312614249" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>For a double dose of humor and history, one cannot beat the Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis. Falco is talented, smart, lucky, and endearingly self-deprecating. He is the Emperor’s “informer” who, while operating without official acknowledgement (relying occasionally on a sinecure as keeper of the Sacred Geese of Juno to collect back pay) and run ragged by his family, still manages to outwit officials, soldiers, and criminals throughout the Roman empire. Rumbling belly-laughs are unavoidable. The adventure begins when the former legionary of the II Augusta, Falco, returns to Britain in 71 AD in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Slindsey%20davis%20silver%20pigs__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Silver Pigs</a></em> (1989). <em>—Virginia Bartow, Special Collections</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Classics</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18050929__SParker%2C%20Dorothy%2C%201893-1967.__P0%2C3__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="dorothy parker" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0143039539" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Virtually anything written by Dorothy Parker, but especially<em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18050929__SParker%2C%20Dorothy%2C%201893-1967.__P0%2C3__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"> The Portable Dorothy Parker</a></em> and her complete collection of <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18219504__SParker%2C%20Dorothy%2C%201893-1967.__P0%2C12__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">poems</a> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17601762__SParker%2C%20Dorothy%2C%201893-1967.__P0%2C14__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">In Her Own Words</a></em>. My personal favorite quote of hers: </p> <blockquote> <p>“I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.”</p> </blockquote> <p><em>—Anne Barreca, Battery Park City</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19792011__Swodehouse%20pearls__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="pearls" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781468302752" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Toss in <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19792011__Swodehouse%20pearls__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin</a> </em>by P.G. Wodehouse. What happens when a Wodehouse character has to actually work for a year to win the girl he loves? Sheer, hilarious mayhem, that’s what. Toss in some dim-witted underworld crooks and you’ve got a really funny and quirky book! <em>—Jennifer Craft, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17296794__Scatch-22%20joseph%20heller__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A96%3A96%3ACirculating%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="catch" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0679437223" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Scatch-22%20joseph%20heller__Ff%3Afacetcollections%3A96%3A96%3ACirculating%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Catch-22</a></em> by Joseph Heller. I laughed the first time I read it and laughed even more the second time, when I picked up on more of the running jokes. Filled with biting irony and sarcasm, the story follows the adventures of John Yossarian and his fellow Army Air Corps members who are trying to complete enough missions during WWII to fulfill their required number of missions while the number of required missions rises ever higher. Based on Heller’s own experience, it is a telling story about the lack of common sense in many bureaucratic organizations and in war and the ways that humans try to find some comic relief to comprehend and process their experiences. <em>—Katrina Ortega, Hamilton Grange</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb14392814__Stristram%20shandy__P0%2C6__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="shandy" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0393950344" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17505871__Stristram%20shandy__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman</a>,</em> is a hilarious read for those who love long-winded humor and running gags. Lawrence Sterne’s fictional autobiography begins Mr. Shandy’s first-hand account of his own conception, and continues for several hundred pages before we finally arrive at his birth. Shandy lives to be 86, and his whole life is told, in detail through nine volumes. These volumes explore the humor in everything from sex, creative insults, philosophy, illicit affairs, medicine, war, and domestic life, with Shandy being the butt of every joke. <em>—Nancy Aravecz, Jefferson Market</em></p> <h2> </h2> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>General Absurdity</h2> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18042701__Sportnoy%27s%20complaint%20roth%20philip__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="portnoy" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780679756453" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>One of the funniest books I’ve ever read is Philip Roth’s <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18042701__Sportnoy%27s%20complaint%20roth%20philip__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Portnoy’s Complaint</em></a>, and yes, I even laughed out loud as I read it on the subway. Lest you think that it’s just a “guy’s book,” my wife also thought it was hilarious and she said that she was hit on at least once every day she read it in public (because apparently guys can’t resist a woman who is not only beautiful, but also enjoys reading <em>Portnoy’s Complaint</em>). <em>—Wayne Roylance, Selection Team</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20295656__Swhered%20you%20go%20bernadette__P0%2C2__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="bernadette" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316204262" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I laughed out loud reading <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Swhered%20you%20go%20bernadette__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Where’d You Go, Bernadette</a></em> by Maria Semple. Even though the plot is quite grim, there are so many funny moments that catch you off guard. <em>—Jennifer Zarr, St. Agnes</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19666620__Sthis%20is%20how%20you%20lose%20her__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=0D03163AFF8E5948DE3E0D68BA50EA85?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="lose" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781594487361" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19666620__Sthis%20is%20how%20you%20lose%20her__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=0D03163AFF8E5948DE3E0D68BA50EA85?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">This Is How You Lose Her</a></em> by Junot Diaz. That book is hilarious!!! <em>—Lilian Calix, Hamilton Grange</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20520178__Sthe%20sellout__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="sellout" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780374260507" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Paul Beatty’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20520178__Sthe%20sellout__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Sellout</a></em> is an absurd, scathing and completely irreverent exploration of race in 21<sup>st</sup>-century America and not without its share of humor. <em>—Genoveve Stowell, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20732264__Sa%20man%20called%20ove__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Atitle%3Atitle%3ATitle%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="ove" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781476738024" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Fredrik Backman’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%20man%20called%20ove__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Atitle%3Atitle%3ATitle%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">A Man Called Ove</a></em> is a hilarious tale of a curmudgeonly man who decides life isn’t worth living until his mailbox is crushed by his new neighbors. <em>—Susen Shi, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17113112__St%3A%28nature%20girl%29%20a%3A%28hiaasen%2C%20carl%29__Orightresult__U__X4;jsessionid=3083EDAF5C0BBC6CC8E5A412F1CA83D1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="nature girl" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0307262995" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I love Carl Hiassen and his wackadoodle characters always have me laughing out loud. The first of his that I read was <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28nature%20girl%29%20a%3A%28hiaasen%2C%20carl%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Nature Girl</a></em> so I'll recommend that one. Don't even worry about the plot.  It's got Florida wilderness, corrupt businessmen, a snarky pre-teen, and some island hostages! <em>—Laura Stein, Grand Central</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many NYPL titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em></p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/02/24/lol-brary-books#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:28:28 -0500 Librarians on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/05/librarians-on-mockingbird Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p><em>Updated Feb. 19, 2016:</em></p> <p><em>We’re saddened to learn of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html?_r=0" target="_blank">death of Harper Lee</a> at age 89. Her work—especially her incredibly vivid characters—touched the lives of millions of readers, including many of us here at the Library, so we’re republishing this post from June about our feelings on To Kill a Mockingbird.</em></p> <p>Harper Lee’s 1960 classic touches a chord in almost everyone who reads it—including (maybe especially) librarians.</p> <p>As we prepare for the July 14 release of Lee’s second book, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SGo%20Set%20a%20Watchman__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Go Set a Watchman</a></em>, we asked our NYPL colleagues for personal reflections on the first time they read <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__STo%20Kill%20a%20Mockingbird__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">To Kill a Mockingbird</a></em>: Where were you, and how old were you? What struck you about the story or characters? And what stuck with you?</p> <p align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="//www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/lists/widget/429217431" width="550"></iframe></p> <figure class="catalog-image caption align-right inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17530329?lang=eng"><img alt="To Kill a Mockingbird cover" src="https://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?&amp;userID=NYPL49807&amp;password=CC68707&amp;Value=9780061120084&amp;content=M&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=M" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I was probably in the 7<sup>th</sup> or 8<sup>th</sup> grade when I first read <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>. Having grown up in a relatively sleepy and homogeneous community, I had a hard time understanding the turbulent world that Scout inhabited at first, but eventually the book woke me up to a lot of the injustices that were going on beyond the small town I lived in. It was the first time I was exposed to literature with a meaningful political dimension.</p> <p>This was an especially powerful awakening for me, since I felt so closely bonded to Scout. Like her, I too was curious (read: nosy) and eager to be a part of the adult world, so reading <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> was super immersive in that I felt like I was with Scout as she related her story, almost as if I was seeing the book's plot unfold through my own eyes.</p> <p>Since the sequel, <em>Go Set a Watchman</em>, is told by an all-grown-up Scout, I'm really looking forward to finding out if I still feel that same affinity with her. <em>—Nancy Aravecz, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><p>I remember first reading it in 8<sup>th</sup>-grade English, and loving how Atticus spoke so gently to his children but never talked down to them. He spoke to them about justice in a way that was powerful, but also completely understandable to them (and me). And, of course, I loved that Scout dressed as a ham for Halloween.  <em>—Ronni Krasnow, Morningside Heights</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><figure class="catalog-image caption align-right inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18352482?lang=eng"><img alt="To Kill a Mockingbird cover" src="https://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?&amp;userID=NYPL49807&amp;password=CC68707&amp;Value=9780061743528&amp;content=M&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=M" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I must have been in middle school when I first read <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>. I couldn't believe that the United States had been that horribly segregated. My father had grown up in the Deep South, in New Orleans, and I remember asking him if that was really how it was.</p> <p>“Worse,” he said. “There's a reason why I left.”</p> <p>But he made sure I understood that just as there was evil in the Jim Crow South, there were also good people trying to make a difference, like Atticus and my grandmother Claire and great aunts. This book always reminds me of my courageous relatives and that it’s always worth fighting the good fight, no matter the consequences. <em>—Anne Rouyer, Mulberry Street</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><p>My first reading of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird </em>was in response to having seen the movie. The image that sticks with me the most from my childhood reading/viewing (and I have a little trouble separating the book from the film, I must admit!) is Scout discovering Boo Radley, not a monster but a friend. <em>—Danita Nichols, Inwood</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><figure class="catalog-image caption align-right inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18626287?lang=eng"><img alt="To Kill a Mockingbird cover" src="https://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?&amp;userID=EBSNB52306&amp;password=CC99651&amp;Value=9780446310789&amp;content=M&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=M" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I read it for the first time when I was 11 over the summer. I was very aware of the civil rights movement and totally ignorant of small-town Southern society, so I was struck by Aunt Alexandra and Lee's comparisons of her rules of female behavior, compared to Maudie or Calpurnia. <em>—</em><em>Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Exhibitions</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><p><em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> was the first book I read that made me feel like an adult. I was 13 and I bought a copy of it to bring with me to summer camp. I knew it was a classic, but no one told me to read it. I finished the book in three days. </p> <p>And when I came home two months later, my mother found it in my bag and asked me what I thought. I loved it and told her so. And she agreed with me!</p> <p>Sometimes there's not much a 12-year-old girl and her mother can agree on, but it was a gorgeous feeling to discuss this book with my mom and feel we were speaking the same language. <em>—Amy Geduldig, </em><em>Communications &amp; Marketing</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><p>I first read <em>To Kill a Mockingbird </em>in 5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup> grade. I think I also watched the film for <em>12 Angry Men</em> for the first time as part of the same class, and together they really set the stage for my understanding of lawyering and how the jury system works.</p> <figure class="catalog-image caption align-right inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19736947?lang=eng"><img alt="To Kill a Mockingbird cover" src="https://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?&amp;userID=NYPL49807&amp;password=CC68707&amp;Value=025192073663&amp;content=M&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=M" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>The names: Scout, Jem, Boo, are really vivid when you're a kid, and the story kept my rapt attention. <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><p>I remember reading <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em> on the bus to and from school in 10<sup>th</sup> grade and truly being transported to that time and place. I was just beginning to understand and appreciate symbolism in literature, and I remember being particularly moved by the central symbol of the mockingbird, and the message that to kill innocent songbirds, who only sing for us, is wrong. <em>—Susan Tucker Heimbach, Mulberry Street</em></p> <hr align="center" width="50px" /><p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your picks! Leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend.</em></p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/05/librarians-on-mockingbird#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:10:46 -0500 NYPLarcade: Spring 2016 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/02/12/nyplarcade-spring-2016 Thomas Knowlton, Outreach Librarian, MyLibraryNYC <div style="width:94%"> <p>NYPLarcade is an opportunity 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.</p> <p>Our spring series is primarily targeted at students, teachers, and librarians, but anyone with an interest in playing, watching, or discussing games is welcome.</p> <p>All events listed below will take place at <a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/jefferson-market">Jefferson Market Library</a> in Greenwich Village (in the first floor Willa Cather Community Room). Admission is free and open to the public.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img height="374" width="600" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/thatdragon.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>Each event will start with a brief introduction to the game, followed by a chance for participants to play the title from 6 to 7 p.m., and finally a guided discussion from 7 to 7:30 p.m.</p> <table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date</strong></td> <td><strong>Game</strong></td> <td><strong>Developer</strong></td> <td><strong>Year</strong></td> </tr><tr><td>February 23, 2016</td> <td><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/02/23/nyplarcade-dragon-cancer">That Dragon, Cancer</a></td> <td>Numinous Games</td> <td>2016</td> </tr><tr><td>March 29, 2016</td> <td>﻿<a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/03/29/nyplarcade-witness">The Witness</a></td> <td>Thekla, Inc.</td> <td>2016</td> </tr><tr><td>April 26, 2016</td> <td><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/04/26/nyplarcade-day-tentacle-remastered">Day of the Tentacle Remastered</a></td> <td>Double Fine</td> <td>2016</td> </tr><tr><td> <p>May 31, 2016</p> </td> <td><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2015/10/21/nyplarcade-alien-isolation">﻿</a><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/05/31/nyplarcade-tharsis">Tharsis</a></td> <td>Choice Provisions</td> <td>2016</td> </tr><tr><td> <p>June 28, 2016</p> </td> <td><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2016/06/28/nyplarcade-duskers">Duskers</a></td> <td>Misfits Attic</td> <td>2016</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>Please feel free to contact Thomas Knowlton at <a href="mailto:thomasknowlton@nypl.org" rel="nofollow">thomasknowlton@nypl.org</a> if you any questions. You can also follow us on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/nyplarcade" rel="nofollow">@nyplarcade</a>) or join our <a href="http://bit.ly/nyplarcade-signup2015" rel="nofollow">mailing list</a> for updates on upcoming NYPLarcade events.</p> <p style="text-align:center"><img height="338" width="600" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/thewitness2.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>This NYPLarcade series was made possible through a 2015 NYPL Innovation Award.</p> </div> Videogames https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/02/12/nyplarcade-spring-2016#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:33:31 -0500 Our YA Movie Wishlist https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/26/our-ya-movie-wishlist Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>Hollywood has officially gone YA, and blockbusters that started as young-adult fiction abound. So, we asked our team of expert librarians for their wishlists:</p> <p>What’s a YA book you’d like to see turned into a movie, and whom would you cast in the leading role?</p> <p>Here’s what they said.</p> <h2>Love Stories</h2> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="caption caption caption"><img alt="tfio" title="tfios" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/TFiOS.gif" /><figcaption>Hazel + Augustus = 4ever. Via <a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/the-fault-in-our-stars-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort-xqi0jbltn7CNO" rel="nofollow">Giphy</a>.</figcaption></figure></div> <p>I’d love to see <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Swe%20were%20liars__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">We Were Liars</a></em> by E. Lockhart on the big screen.  I think Shailene Woodley would give a great performance as the emotionally unhinged Cadence, and Tyler Posey would be a dreamy Gat<em>. —Susie Heimbach, Mulberry Street</em> </p><p>Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I would LOVE to see <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Seleanor%20park%20rainbow%20rowell__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Eleanor and Park</a></em> by Rainbow Rowell on the big screen. John Green’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Slooking%20for%20alaska%20john%20green__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Looking for Alaska</a></em> would be pretty dope too. Unfortunately there aren’t many Asian teen/young adult actors (a shame) so I’m pretty stumped thinking of who should play Park, but I’d cast Olivia Cooke (of <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582496/" rel="nofollow">Me, Earl and the Dying Girl</a> </em>fame with a dye job) as Eleanor. Casting for <em>Looking for Alaska </em>would be Katherine C. Hughes (also in <em>Dying Girl</em>) as Alaska and Nolan Gould (<em>Modern Family</em>) as Pudge. <em>—Jhenelle Robinson, Morrisania </em> </p><p>A film adaptation of <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Smore%20happy%20than%20not__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">More Happy Than Not</a></em> by Adam Silvera would be the coolest thing ever! The leading role would be played by <a href="http://www.adamirigoyen.com/" rel="nofollow">Adam Irigoyen</a>. <em>—</em><em>Elisa Garcia, Bronx Library Center</em></p> <p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SA%20little%20something%20different__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">A Little Something Different</a></em> by Sandy Hall was pretty cute and entertaining. It’s about two shy college students who may have feelings for each other but can’t quite confess their feelings to each other.  The story unfolds from the perspectives of the outside people watching their love blossom (or not blossom). I am not very familiar with young actors and actresses these days, but I imagine the cast would have to include a pretty well-trained squirrel. <em>—Leslie Bernstein, Mott Haven</em></p> <h2>Suspense, Travel, &amp; Adventure</h2> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="caption caption caption"><img alt="maze" title="maze" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/mazerunner.gif" /><figcaption>Running the maze. Via <a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/mazerunnerscorchtrials-maze-runner-scorch-trials-l41lPn0jLsPZMWVjO" rel="nofollow">Giphy</a>.</figcaption></figure></div> <p>I’d really like to see a film adaptation of the<em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20540604__Swrath%20and%20the%20dawn__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"> Wrath and the Dawn</a></em> by Renée Ahdieh. As who the leads should be, honestly, I think some fresh faces who actually fit the diversity they are supposed to represent would be great. —<em>Chantalle Uzan, Francis Martin</em> </p><p>I think I’d go with <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__S13%20little%20blue%20envelopes%20johnson__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">13 Little Blue Envelopes</a></em>, by Maureen Johnson. It’s about a young girl whose favorite aunt has died, but has left her a plane ticket to London. Ginny sets off on a quest to that takes her to Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Greece, and a few other amazing places. Along the way, she discovers a lot about her aunt, and herself as well. I’d go see it as a movie just for a glimpse of so many different locales! Not sure about casting—maybe Felicity Jones if she can still pull off 17. <em>—Ronni Krasnow, Morningside Heights</em> </p><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18051897__Sranger%27s%20apprentice__P0%2C17__Orightresult__U__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Ranger’s Apprentice</a></em> by John Flanagan. I would like to see Russell Crowe as Halt. The book is an age-appropriate action adventure with knights, rangers, and mythical creatures. But what makes it stand out—and what could make the movie stand out too, with the right casting—is the relationship between the scruffy, irreverent ranger Halt and the orphan Will who becomes his apprentice, and with time, one of the best rangers in the kingdom. (I also appreciate that in the book it is not the hulk/strongman who wins, but the strategically thinking—and, of course, martially skilled too—rangers). <em>—Kasia Kowalska, Program Management</em></p> <p>I would love to see a film adaptation of <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Saccident%20season%20fowley-doyle__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">The Accident Season</a></em> by Moira Fowley-Doyle. It’s a very unusual story about a family that is prone to “accidents” at the same time every year, and it weaves together elements of suspense, romance, and fantasy vs. reality. I could definitely envision the film starring Margaret Qualley (she’s Andie MacDowell’s daughter in real life and she plays Jill on <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20802625__SThe%20Leftovers%20%20dvd__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Leftovers</a></em> on TV). <em>—Andrea Lipinski, Kingsbridge</em></p> <p>Even though <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18984801__SThe%20Curious%20Incident%20of%20the%20Dog%20in%20the%20Night-Time__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</a></em> is on currently on Broadway, I would love to see it as a YA movie! It’s well-known story in which 15-year-old Christopher Boone is superbly gifted logically and also has Asperger’s syndrome. He makes lists, detests the color yellow, and embarks on a mission to find out what happened to his neighbors’ poodle Wellington. As for Christopher, my vote is either Jacob Lofland (Aris from <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20840630__SThe%20Scorch%20Trials%20movie__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Scorch Trials</a></em>) or Robbie Kay (from <em>Once Upon a Time</em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Spirates%20caribbean__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Pirates of the Caribbean</a></em>). As for the poodle, possibly Will Ferrell’s dog in <em>Zoolander</em>. <em>—Morgan O’Reilly, Aguilar</em></p> <h2>Historical Stories</h2> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="caption caption caption"><img alt="percy jackson" title="percy jackson" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/percyjackson.gif" /><figcaption>Scaling Mt. Olympus with Percy Jackson. Via <a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/PUFklBC9nJD20/giphy.gif" rel="nofollow">Giphy</a>.</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Mutiny and murder on the high seas! Avi’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19651579__Strue%20confessions%20of%20charlotte%20doyle__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle</a></em> is just begging to be made into a movie. I admit to being out of touch with the youngest generation of actresses, but I think Hailee Steinfeld would make an excellent Charlotte, a British girl being sent alone across the Atlantic to her family’s new home in Providence, RI, who transforms from a coddled, naive rich girl to a sailor with guts and grit. <em>—Rebecca Dash Donsky, 67<sup>th</sup> Street</em> </p><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Snumber%20the%20stars__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Number the Stars</a></em>! It earned a Newbery, and hey, why can’t Hollywood take on <em>two</em> Lowry titles? So what if <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sgiver%20lowry%20dvd__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Giver</a></em> is already a movie. I can totally envision JLaw as a great Annemarie.  —<em>Anne Barreca, Battery Park City</em> </p><p>I need to see some medieval pagan assassin nuns showing some men who’s boss, which is why I want the <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SHis%20Fair%20Assassins%20__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><em>His Fair Assassins</em> series</a> by Robin LaFevers adapted. Starting with the first book, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19533621__SHis%20Fair%20Assassins%20__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Grave Mercy</a></em>, I see Ismae played by Cara Delevingne or Emilia Clarke and Duval played by Max Irons or Bradley James. <em>—Anne Rouyer, Mulberry Street</em></p> <h2>Otherworldly Stories</h2> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="caption caption caption">false <figcaption>Beautiful, otherworldly creatures. Via <a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/xaKE0qAMKBQPu/giphy.gif" rel="nofollow">Giphy</a>.</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Cyborg Cinderella. Do I need to say anything more than that? I would love for the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyers to be adapted into a film series of which <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19375997__SMeyer%2C%20Marissa.__Ff%3Afacetfields%3Aauthor%3Aauthor%3AAuthor%3A%3A__P0%2C5__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Cinder</a></em> would be the first. I would cast Malese Jow or Chloe Bennett as Cinder, and Harry Shum or Ki Hong Lee as Kai. <em>—Susen Shi, Mid-Manhattan</em> </p><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19598253__Shold%20me%20closer%2C%20necromancer__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Hold Me Closer, Necromancer</a></em> by Lish McBride! With Will Poulter. From what I have seen him in, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20840630__SThe%20Scorch%20Trials%20movie__Orightresult__U__X1?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Maze Runner</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19965513__Swe&#039;re%20the%20millers__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">We’re the Millers</a></em>, he can do both sweetness and annoyance pretty well! He would be great to play an older teen kid who discovers he is a necromancer when his friends lose their heads, and he brings them back, and has to save the world (of course!). <em>—Courtney Blossom, Huguenot Park</em> </p><p>I’m heading back to my publishing roots, but back in the day I worked on a book called <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19993759__SBlack%2C%20Holly%20tithe__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Tithe</a></em> by Holly Black. The descriptions were gorgeous and the book otherwordly. It came out before the explosion that was Twilight, and I think is an excellent foundation for anyone interested in that mystical genre of faerie or vampire or troll, et al. The characters are really nicely developed and the scenes well-written. Definitely lends itself to a screenplay or two! <em>—Amy Geduldig, Communications</em></p> <p>I would love to see Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley play the kingdom’s top assassin: Celaena from <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19775201__Sthrone%20of%20glass__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=C7BB34C6085E4DE906C1672F17B4E5E6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Throne of Glass</a></em>! <em>—Lauren Bradley, George Bruce </em></p> <p>A film adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28feed%29%20a%3A%28anderson%20m.t.%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Feed</a></em> would be pretty amazing if a studio decided to throw around $100 million at it. The futuristic slang and strong anti-consumerist theme of the novel doesn’t exactly scream “summer tentpole,” but iconic scenes like the feed hacking on the moon that opens the novel would be <em>meg brag </em>on the big screen. When it comes to casting, Kodi Smit-McPhee (<em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18319003__St%3A%28the%20road%29%20f%3Av__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Road</a></em>, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18693438__St%3A%28let%20me%20in%29%20f%3Av__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Let Me In</a></em>) as Titus and Kiernan Shipka (<em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28mad%20men%29%20f%3Av__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Mad Men</a></em>’s Sally Draper) as Violet would be just about perfect. <em>—Brian Stokes, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p>Angels, devils, and blue hair to boot! I’d love to see Laini Taylor’s <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdaughter%20of%20smoke%20and%20bone__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Daughter of Smoke and Bone</em> series</a>. Taylor’s writing is incredibly visual and would lend itself well to film. As for Karou, my vote is for Chloë Grace Moretz, Nina Dobrev, or Phoebe Tonkin. <em>—Genna Sarnak, Jerome Park</em></p> <p>Libba Bray wrote one of the funniest books of all time, called <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Slibba%20bray%20beauty%20queens__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Beauty Queens</a></em>. It’s basically <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SMiss%20Congeniality__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Miss Congeniality</a></em> meets <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Slord%20of%20the%20flies__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Lord of the Flies</a></em> meets feminist power. I’m seeing another cult-classic comedy there with Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. <em>—Anna Taylor, Programming</em></p> <p>I would love to see<em> <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28blood%20and%20salt%29%20a%3A%28liggett%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Blood and Salt</a></em> by Kim Liggett turned into a movie. While I enjoyed the book (touted as a cross of <em>Children of the Corn</em> and <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>), I think it may make an even better movie! I’d cast Emilia Clarke or Elizabeth Olsen as leading lady Ash Larkin. <em>—Alexandria Abenshon, Yorkville</em></p> <p>I have to go with <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Suninvited%20sophie%20jordan__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Uninvited</a></em> by Sophie Jordan—I can already see the movie starting a Hunger Games-esque craze and I’m mentally purchasing tickets on Fandango.  Davy should be played by Emma Roberts, and please oh please, let Zac Efron play Sean! <em>—Jessica DiVisconte, Administration</em></p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20062822__Sundertaking%20lily%20chen__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>The Undertaking of Lily Chen</em></a> by Danica Novgorodoff is a watercolor tale of family and tradition that boasts Hollywood potential. It’s the story of a young man who must find a corpse bride to accompany his brother into the afterlife, and the young woman who complicates that quest beyond measure. With the needed sass and spirit, this would be the perfect opportunity for <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Smodern%20family__Ff%3Afacetmediatype%3Av%3Av%3ADVD%3A%3A__Orightresult__U__X0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Modern Family</a></em>’s own Aubrey Anderson-Emmons to make her big screen debut (even if she needs a few years to grow into the part first). <em>—Daniel Norton, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <p>How about Diane Duane’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__St%3A%28%22so%20you%20want%20to%20be%20a%20wizard%22%20%29%20a%3A%28diane%20duane%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">So You Want to Be a Wizard</a></em>? Way back when I was a tween, long before Harry Potter was published, I fell in love with this series. Though I am no longer part of the target readership, I’ve ravenously devoured each new Kit and Nita adventure the moment it’s released. I am attracted by the focus on ethics in wizardry and the far-flung locales (under the sea! creepy Other Manhattan! the surface of Mars?!). Strong characters, honest dialogue, and the science-y rules of their wizardry make it feel like maybe, just maybe, this kind of magic could be real. I’m so excited —there’s a <a href="http://www.youngwizards.com/gameswizardsplay/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">new book</a> out February 2! <em>—Leah Labrecque, 58<sup>th</sup> Street </em></p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em></p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/26/our-ya-movie-wishlist#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:20:02 -0500 Following in Winnie's Pawprints https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/15/following-winnies-pawprints Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p>The menagerie created by A.A. Milne—born Jan. 18, 1882—has brought readers joy for nearly a century.</p> <p>But kids cannot live by Winnie-the-Pooh alone, so we asked our picture-book experts here at NYPL to tell us about their favorite stories that feature bears as the protagonists.</p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18439128__Schildren%20make%20terrible%20pets__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="Pets" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780316015486" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Peter Brown has two picture books, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18439128__Schildren%20make%20terrible%20pets__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Children Make Terrible Pets</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19077947__SYou%20will%20be%20my%20friend%21%20Brown%2C%20Peter__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">You Will Be My Friend!</a></em>, which feature Lucy, an enthusiastic young bear who goes a little overboard in her search for a friend. The illustrations are simultaneously bright and rustic (an engaging combination), and Lucy’s eagerness comes across in the text, which makes it a fun read-aloud for both the reader and the listener. A hit with the kindergarten set! <em>—Leah Labrecque, 58<sup>th</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19652650__Sgreg%20foley%20bear__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="make a wish" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780670012398" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>My favorite go-to featuring a bear as the protagonist is the West Village’s own Greg Foley’s <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sgreg%20foley%20bear__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Bear series</a>. Read ‘em all! They work so well as read-alouds too<em>. —Anne Barreca, Battery Park City</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19076924__Si%20want%20my%20hat__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="i want my hat back" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780763655983" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19076924__Si%20want%20my%20hat__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">I Want My Hat Back</a></em> by <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SKlassen%2C%20Jon.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">John Klassen</a> is a fun picture book for children and parents alike, laced with subtle humor in every illustration. That is also the most forbearing bear I ever saw. <em>—Joshua Soule, Spuyten Duyvil</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17766053__Scorduroy__P0,1__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="courduroy" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780670063369" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>A classic bear-centric read is Don Freeman’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17766053__Scorduroy__P0%2C1__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Corduroy</a></em>! I always loved his adventure through the department store after closing, and was also very aware and appreciative of the diversity of characters in this book. Still a great read today! <em>—Katrina Ortega, Hamilton Grange</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19282429__SBecker,%20Bonny.__P0,5__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="bear" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780763647568" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Bonny Becker has a series of picture books about Bear and his friend Mouse. In <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19282429__SBecker%2C%20Bonny.__P0%2C5__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">The Sniffles for Bear</a></em>, he’s grumpy and curmudgeonly as Mouse tries to help him recover from his cold. In <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20226473__SBecker%2C%20Bonny.__P0%2C3__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">A Library Book for Bear</a></em>, he insists that he already has all the books he could ever need as Mouse encourages him to go to the library. <em>—Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17855483__Sbear%20snores%20on__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="bear snores on" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0689831870" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I love Karma Wilson’s Bear series, especially <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17855483__Sbear%20snores%20on__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=9FE18F3959D8D75FE012BB9F12CD7551?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Bear Snores On</a></em>. These funny rhyming stories are great for sharing aloud. <em>—Rebecca Dash Donsky, 67<sup>th</sup> Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p><br /><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19947373__SOld%20Bear__P0,1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="old bear" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781770494817" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19947373__SOld%20Bear__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Old Bear</a></em> by Jane Hissey has always been one of my favorites. A group of very independent thinking stuffed animals attempt to rescue their friend Old Bear from the attic where he has been placed to keep him safe from further decay. They miss him and work together to get him back. Very sweet! <em>—Maura Muller, Volunteer Office</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20023202__Shappy%20birthday%20moon%20asch__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="happy birthday" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781442494015" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>It’s an old one, but I am very partial to Frank Asch’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20023202__Shappy%20birthday%20moon%20asch__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Happy Birthday, Moon</a></em>. Bear is so sweet, innocent, and, ok, a little dim-witted, but it’s fun to teach kids about the concept of an echo. <em>—Ronni Krasnow, Morningside Heights</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17305387__Slittle%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="little bear" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=006024240X" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Of course there’s the sweet <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17305387__Slittle%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Little Bear</em> series</a> by Else Holmelund Minarik about the adventures of Little Bear! I loved these when I was a child. <em>—Susie Heimbach, Mulberry Street</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19777611__Sjamberry__Orightresult__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="jamberry" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0060214163" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Although it’s almost 30 years old at this point, <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sjamberry__Orightresult;jsessionid=9439DCFBB88BDD11B084426B1F343409?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Jamberry</a></em> by Bruce Degen is a really fun read-aloud featuring a bear and a boy as they make a jam-tastic mess. <em>—Caitlin Colman-McGaw, Programming</em></p> <p> </p> <p><br /><br /><br /><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18159727__Sblueberries%20for%20sal__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="blueberries for sal" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780670175918" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>One of my favorite children’s books involving a bear as a (semi-)main character is <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sblueberries%20for%20sal__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Blueberries for Sal</a></em> by Robert McCloskey. The recipient of a Caldecott Honor in 1949, the story follows a human girl and a bear cub who accidentally switch mothers while picking blueberries on a hill. Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk. <em>—Leslie Bernstein, Mott Haven</em></p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19901139__Schaud%20the%20bear%27s%20song__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="bear&#039;s song" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781452114248" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>In <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Schaud%20the%20bear%27s%20song__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Bear’s Song</a></em> by Benjamin Chaud, kids can search for the little bear chasing a honeybee out of the woods and through the city to the opera while his papa tries to catch up. The large format of this title allows for wonderfully detailed illustrations and the story rewards the father and the son at the end. And then you can follow it up with <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20252235__SChaud%2C%20Benjamin.__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Bear’s Sea Escape</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20793053__SChaud%2C%20Benjamin.__P0%2C3__Orightresult__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Bear’s Surprise</a></em>. <em>—Jessica Cline, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20058796__Sthree%20bears%20in%20a%20boat%20david%20soman__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="bears in a boat" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780803739932" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Join not one, not two, but three bears as they voyage together on the sea to find a replacement of their mother’s favorite seashell. <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20058796__Sthree%20bears%20in%20a%20boat%20david%20soman__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Three Bears in a Boat</a></em> by David Soman transports you through this epic quest with stunning illustrations as well as children’s literary references throughout! <em>—Anna Taylor, Programming</em></p> <p> </p> <p><br /><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19749916__Ssplendid%20friend%20indeed__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="splendid" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=159078488X" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Suzanne Bloom’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19749916__Ssplendid%20friend%20indeed__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">A Splendid Friend Indeed</a></em> is very sweet indeed…the cover kinda says it all. <em>—Melissa Scheurer, Mid-Manhattan</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20058712__St:%28found%29%20a:%28yoon%29__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="found" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780802735591" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>Salina Yoon’s <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20058712__St%3A%28found%29%20a%3A%28yoon%29__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Found</a></em> and <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20472479__SYoon%2C%20Salina%2C%20author%2C%20illustrator.__P0%2C5__Orightresult__X3?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Stormy Night</a></em> are two of my favorites right now. These sweet picture books tell of Bear’s serendipitous discovery of a lost stuffed bunny and his thunder storm coping methods. These are great for reading in groups of all sizes! <em>—Alexandria Abenshon, Yorkville</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17686295__Sleaves%20david%20ezra__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="leaves" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0399246363" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>A personal favorite is <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17686295__Sleaves%20david%20ezra__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Leaves</a></em> by David Ezra Stein, a sweet story about a young bear experiencing the changing seasons for the first time. <em>—Rosa Caballero-Li, Ask NYPL</em></p> <p> </p> <p><br /><br /><br /><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19635423__Sbiggest%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="biggest" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0395150248" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>What about <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19635423__Sbiggest%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Biggest Bear</a></em> by Lynd Ward? A boy goes out to shoot a bear for the bearskin (I know, not PC, but this was published in the 50’s), but comes home with a bear cub. He raises it until it grows too big for the farm.  This won the Caldecott Award in 1953. <em>—Sue Yee, Children’s Center</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17282923__Skarma%20wilson__P0,1__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="sick" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780689859854" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p>I recommend <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17282923__Skarma%20wilson__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X4;jsessionid=46C0770B06DD2B3FC68C2C26E3C5827F?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">The Bear Feels Sick</a></em> by Karma Wilson. Her whole bear series. <em>—Ruth Guerrier-Pierre, Kips Bay </em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br />  </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17418809__SA%20Story%20For%20Bear%20%20haseley__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="story for bear" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0152002391" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17418809__SA%20Story%20For%20Bear%20%20haseley__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">A Story for Bear</a></em>, written by Dennis Haseley and illustrated by Jim La Marche. The illustrations invite the reader into a yard in the forest to hear stories, and everyone who loves to listen to stories will want to hear this one. It’s about reading and friends, and you can’t find a better combination. <em>—Peggy Salwen, St. Agnes</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18043205__Sask%20mr%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="ask mr bear" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0027353907" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18043205__Sask%20mr%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Ask Mr. Bear</a></em> by Marjorie Flack is super old, but timeless. A young boy is in a quandary over what to give his mother for her birthday. After consulting a variety of farm yard animals he takes their advice and sees Mr. Bear who offers the perfect solution.  Flack’s bright, engaging illustrations are always a hit with audiences. <em>—Rebecca Gueorguiev, Great Kills</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <figure class="catalog-image caption caption caption align-left align-left inline inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17818322__Sold%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def"><img alt="old bear" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780061552052" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><em>Winnie-the Pooh</em> is such a favorite from my childhood—brings back memories of lying next to my mother on her king-sized bed listening to her read until her voice wore out! Here’s a newer favorite of mine: <em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17818322__Sold%20bear__Orightresult__U__X7;jsessionid=AF7CFBDAFE6C35D01C36DEAAF8E059F0?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">Old Bear</a></em> by Kevin Henkes. Old Bear dreams during the long winter night about seasons and colors and being a small cub. Love the art, the deceptively simple perfect text and that contemplative quality. <em>—Danita Nichols, Inwood</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in <a href="http://www.nypl.org/printdisabilities" target="_blank">formats for patrons with print disabilities.</a></strong></p> <p><em>Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ideas too, so leave a comment and tell us what you’d recommend. And check out our <a href="http://www.nypl.org/staffpicks/">Staff Picks browse tool</a> for more recommendations!</em></p> Book list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/15/following-winnies-pawprints#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:48:17 -0500 Ep. 7 "Serious Readers" | Library Stories https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/28/library-stories-7 The Library Stories Project <p>Dorothy Carey used Jefferson Market Library often when she and her husband were raising their two daughters in the West Village. Years later, after her husband passed away, she returned to the Library and found a group of like-minded people to help her in this new phase of life. </p> <p></p><div id="fb-root"></div><script> <!--//--><![CDATA[// ><!-- (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); //--><!]]> </script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="/nypl/videos/vb.21557622350/10153883648837351/?type=3"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos/10153883648837351/"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos/10153883648837351/">Ep. 7 "Serious Readers" | Library Stories</a><p>"The people are intelligent, intellectual, lively, nice, and it just suits me...in this very hyperactive world, here it is: steady and stable." - Dorothy Carey, Jefferson Market Library Patron</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/">NYPL The New York Public Library</a> on Thursday, January 21, 2016</blockquote></div></div> <p>Library Stories is a video series from The New York Public Library that shows what the Library means to our users, staff, donors, and communities through moving personal interviews.</p> <p>Like, share, and watch more Library Stories on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL6gs3aZKBapqFJ-lnFwkqXudCAF3Qrq-">YouTube</a>.</p> <p><img height="250" width="400" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/ep7.jpg" alt="" /></p> https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/28/library-stories-7#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:00:32 -0500 Introducing Ourselves: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 1 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/22/librarian-is-in-introducing Gwen Glazer, Librarian, Readers Services <p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/238171935&amp;color=d62828&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe></p> <h3><strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-librarian-is-in/id1070595177?mt=2" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTunes! </a></strong></h3> <p>Hello, listeners!</p> <p>On the very first episode of NYPL's brand-new podcast, Frank and Gwen talk about book shame, their reading origin stories, the glory of Jefferson Market, and why some young people are saying "swell" without irony.</p> <p>Stuff we mentioned on the show...</p> <h2>What We're Reading Now</h2> <ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"></ul><p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20835837__S%28farthing%20walton%29__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Farthing</em></a>  by Jo Walton</p> <figure class="catalog-image caption align-right inline"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20835837__Sfarthing%20walton__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><img alt="farthing" src="https://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=ContentCafeClient&amp;Password=Client&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780765323132" width="150px" /></a> <figcaption class="catalog-caption"></figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20521672__Sfatherland__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Fatherland </em></a>by Robert Harris</p> <p><em>The Man in the High Castle</em>: <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20528825__Sman%20high%20castle__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank">book</a> by Philip K. Dick and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-In-High-Castle/dp/B00RSGIVVO" target="_blank">TV show</a> on Amazon</p> <p><a href="http://chriscleave.com/" target="_blank"><em>Everyone Brave Is Forgiven</em></a> by Chris Cleve</p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdays%20of%20awe%20lauren%20fox__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Days of Awe</em></a> by Lauren Fox</p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17281795__Sbig%20red%20barn__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Big Red Barn</em></a> by Margaret Wise Brown, plus our blog post about <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/11/17/board-book-library" target="_blank">The Essential Board Book Library</a></p> <p>Children's book author <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sa%3A%28enid%20blyton%29__Orightresult__U?lang=eng" target="_blank">Enid Blyton</a>, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18193546__Sblack%20beauty__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em><u>Black Beauty</u></em></a> by Anna Sewell, and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb19839395__Spippi%20longstocking__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Pippi Longstocking</em></a> (by Astrid Lindgren, of course!)</p> <h2>Hot Topix-with-an-X</h2> <p>"Best books of the year" lists from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/books/review/best-books-of-2015.html?_r=0" target="_blank"><em>New York Times</em></a>, the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-best-book-i-read-in-2015/419529/" target="_blank"><em>Atlantic</em></a>, <a href="http://bookriot.com/bestof2015/" target="_blank">Book Riot</a>, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/11/best-books-teens-2015" target="_blank">NYPL</a>, a million other places...</p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sdead%20wake%20larson__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Dead Wake</em></a> by Erik Larson</p> <p>The movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/" target="_blank"><em>Spotlight</em></a> and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Shistory%20loneliness%20boyne__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>A History of Loneliness</em></a> by John Boyne</p> <h2>Guest Stars</h2> <p><a href="http://www.poblib.org/" target="_blank">Frank's childhood library</a> in Plainview, NY</p> <p><a href="http://www.lancaster.lib.pa.us/" target="_blank">Gwen's childhood library</a> in Pennsylvania</p> <p dir="ltr">NYPL's <a href="http://www.nypl.org/browse/recommendations/staff-picks/" target="_blank">Staff Picks</a>, encouraging the serendipity of browsing</p> <h2 dir="ltr">Turning Our Pages</h2> <p dir="ltr">NPR's <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/129472378/pop-culture-happy-hour/" target="_blank"><em>Pop Culture Happy Hour</em></a> podcast</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20050851__Scity%20of%20night%20john__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>City of Night</em></a> by John Rechy</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/t-magazine/1970s-new-york-history.html" target="_blank">Edmund White's <em>NYT </em>article</a> about young people's obsession with New York City in the 1970s</p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20812670__Sst%20marks%20is%20dead__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>St. Mark's Is Dead </em></a>by Ada Calhoun</p> <p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar?location=39" target="_blank">Programs</a> at the beautiful <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/jefferson-market" target="_blank">Jefferson Market Library</a>:</p> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="caption" style="display:inline-block"><img alt="jefferson market" title="jefferson market" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/exterior_jeffersonmarket__3609.jpg" /><figcaption>Standing tall in the Village</figcaption></figure></div> <p><br /> Aziz Ansari's book, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Smodern%20romance%20ansari__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Modern Romance</em></a>, and his Netflix show, <a href="http://www.netflix.com/title/80049714" target="_blank"><em>Master of None</em></a></p> <p>Book Riot's <a href="http://bookriot.com/2015/12/15/2016-book-riot-read-harder-challenge/" target="_blank">Read Harder Challenge</a> and <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/15/read-harder-challenge" target="_blank">NYPL's suggestions for it</a></p> <p><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18394495__Sfrankenstein%20shelley__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Frankenstein </em></a>by Mary Shelley, <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb17614625__Sorlando__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>Orlando </em></a>by Virginia Woolf, and <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb18626287__Skill%20mockingbird%20harper%20lee__P0%2C2__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=def" target="_blank"><em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em></a> by Harper Lee</p> <p><em>Thanks for listening, and find us online <a href="http://twitter.com/NYPLRecommends" target="_blank">@NYPLRecommends</a>, the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/voices/blogs/blog-channels/bibliofile" target="_blank">Bibliofile blog,</a> and <a href="http://nypl.org" target="_blank">nypl.org</a>. Or email us at <a href="mailto:recommendations@nypl.org?subject=podcast%20feedback" target="_blank">recommendations@nypl.org</a>!</em></p> Books and Libraries https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/22/librarian-is-in-introducing#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:59:00 -0500 Time After Time https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/18/time-travel-books Jenny Baum, Jefferson Market Library <div class="digcol-image align-center align-center"> <figure class="caption caption caption digcol-image"><a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/916b2d9f-4a03-3c46-e040-e00a18067754"><img alt="The Temple of Time" src="https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=ps_grd_350&amp;t=w" width="100%" /></a> <figcaption class="digcol-caption">The Temple of Time. Image ID: ps_grd_350</figcaption></figure></div> <p>Recently,  the WSJ  wrote about <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-cyndi-lauper-wrote-her-first-no-1-hit-time-after-time-1448985798" rel="nofollow">Cyndi Lauper's songwriting process</a> for her hit single "Time After Time." The song was inspired by her personal life, but also by the book <em><a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/01/14/third-level">Time and Again</a></em> by <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sjack%20finney__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Jack Finney</a>. Here's a list of some upcoming time travel books. May they inspire your creative endeavors.</p> <p><em>Into the Dim</em> by <a href="http://janetbtaylor.com/" rel="nofollow">Janet B. Taylor</a> (Publication Date: March 1, 2016)<br /> Hope Walton feels out of place because she's a brunette in a family full of blondes, but little does she suspect that she's descended from a family of time-travelers. The time travel method has something to do <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Snikola%20tesla__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Nikola Tesla</a> and takes her to Scotland. Comparisons to<em> <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Soutlander__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">Outlander</a> </em>abound.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/10/21/back-bookish-future">Back to the Bookish Future</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/time-travel" rel="nofollow">Goodreads Books about Time Travel</a> </p><p><a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/10-time-travel-books-that-need-to-be-movies-right-now-1686566724" rel="nofollow">10 Time Travel Books That Need to be Movies Right Now</a></p> <p><em>Library Journal</em>: <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2015/08/prepub/fiction-previews/fetishes-time-travel-disappearing-authors-debut-fiction-feb-2016-pt-3/" rel="nofollow">"Fetishes, Time Travel &amp; Disappearing Authors"</a><br /> Mo Daviau's <em>Every Anxious Wave</em> (Publication Date: February 2016)  is a  winner of the University of Michigan’s prestigious Hopwood Award and bridges 1980s Manhattan and 980s Mannahatta Island.</p> <p><em>Library Journal:</em> <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2015/12/media/audio-in-advance/kids-previews/being-gender-fluid-time-travel-loving-the-boy-next-door-audio-in-advance-february-2016-young-adult/" rel="nofollow">"Being Gender Fluid, Time Travel &amp; Loving the Boy Next Door"</a><br /> Heidi Heilig's <em>The Girl From Everywhere </em>crosses not just time but space, traveling from Honolulu to Scandinavia to New York City.</p> <p><em>Oneiron</em> by Laura Lindstedt (author of <em>Scissors</em>, 2007) <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-deals/article/68857-international-hot-book-properties-week-of-december-7-2015.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&amp;utm_campaign=d984151a02-UA-15906914-1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-d984151a02-304559137" rel="nofollow">won this year's Finlandia Prize</a>, Finland's most prestigious literary honor.</p> <p><img style="float:right" class="media-element file-default" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/artheartbeats.jpg" alt="" /><em><a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__Sthe%20art%20of%20hearing%20heartbeats__Orightresult__U?lang=eng">The Art of Hearing Hearbeats</a></em> by <a href="https://browse.nypl.org/iii/encore/search/C__SSendker%2C%20Jan-Philipp.__Orightresult?lang=eng&amp;suite=def">Jan-Philipp Sendker</a><br /> Though not a time travel work, this novel spans decades and continents as a mysterious love letter draws the protagonist to Burma. Read the <a href="http://offtheshelf.com/2015/12/the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats-by-jan-philipp-sendker/?cp_type=OfftheShelf&amp;rmid=OFF_THE_SHELF&amp;rrid=8601957" rel="nofollow"><em>Off the Shelf</em> review</a>.</p> https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/18/time-travel-books#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:24:24 -0500 Ep. 2 "We'll Make It Work" | Library Stories https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/16/library-stories-2 The Library Stories Project <p>John Tomlinson started a small gay men's book club out of his apartment, but as it started to grow he realized there was a real demand and began looking for a new space. When he approached Frank Collerius of the Jefferson Market Library about possibly hosting the growing group, Frank accepted without hesitation, simply saying “we’ll make it work.” </p> <p></p><div id="fb-root"></div><script> <!--//--><![CDATA[// ><!-- (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); //--><!]]> </script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="1" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos/10153866395687351/"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos/10153866395687351/"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos/10153866395687351/">Ep. 2 "We'll Make It Work" | Library Stories</a><p>"Every single person at the library has been very helpful and supportive." - Jon Tomlinson, Founder, NYC Gay Guys Book Club, Jefferson Market Branch</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/">NYPL The New York Public Library</a> on Wednesday, January 13, 2016</blockquote></div></div> <p>Library Stories is a video series from The New York Public Library that shows what the Library means to our users, staff, donors, and communities through moving personal interviews.</p> <p>Like, share, and watch more Library Stories on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nypl/videos">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL6gs3aZKBapqFJ-lnFwkqXudCAF3Qrq-">YouTube</a>.</p> <p><img height="272" width="400" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://d140u095r09w96.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/ep2.jpg" alt="" /></p> https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/12/16/library-stories-2#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:51:54 -0500
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