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Rosenstock, Barb

Summary: Chronicles the story of the legendary baseball star, his favorite bat, Betsy Ann, and the longest hitting streak in baseball history, which united the country on the brink of World War II.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Pr 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DIM

New York (State)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harbor Hill Books 1987

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1

New York Public Library

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 803 NEW

New York Times Company

Summary: According to Forbes Magazine, there are more than 500 billionaires in the United States, ranging from tech moguls to hedge fund managers and CEOs. This collection of articles profiles the lives and influence of some of America's best-known billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffett, the Koch brothers, the DeVos family, and Robert Mercer. Readers explore the powers afforded...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Times Educational Publishing 2021

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1 available in Magazine, Call number: NY Times Headlines 320.973 American 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 320.973 AME

Dark, Kimberly

Summary: "Collection of personal essays about what it means to look a certain way. Or rather, certain ways. Navigating Kimberly Dark's experience of being fat since childhood--as well as queer, white-privileged, a gender-confirming 'girl with a pretty face,' active then disabled, and inevitably agin--each piece blends storytelling and social analysis to deftly coax readers into a deeper understanding of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DARK, KIMBERLY DAR

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Contents: Foreword / Joan Rosenbaum -- The Jewish museum and its history / Joan Rosenbaum -- Museum without walls / Maurice Berger -- The collection of the Jewish Museum -- Memory and history -- Spirituality and faith -- Society and politics -- Portraiture and identity.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Museum 2004

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Publisher / Publication Date: de.MO [design.Method of Operation Ltd.] 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 BAR

Horn, Dara

Summary: "A startling exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Reflecting on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the blockbuster travelling exhibition called "Auschwitz," the Jewish history of the Chinese city of Harbin, and the little known "righteous-gentile" Varian Fry, Dara Horn challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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Herman, Gail

Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the shortstop and captain of the New York Yankees.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015

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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 921 JET

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET JETER

New York State Archives and Records Administration

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of the State of New York, State Education Dept., State Archives and Records Administration 1993

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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 016.9747 GUI

O'Connor, Jim

Summary: "Discover the true story of the Twin Towers--how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed. When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architectural wonder. At 1,368 feet, they clocked in as the tallest buildings in the world and changed the New York City skyline dramatically. Offices and corporations moved into the towers--also known as...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 725.23 O'CO

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHA BASKET

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JT US Hist What O'Connor
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What O'Connor

Kinchin, Juliet

Summary: Drawing on the wealth of automobile-related design, art and architecture in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Automania takes an in-depth look at an industrial object that changed the world. From its first appearance as a plaything for the rich in the 1890s to its establishment as a utilitarian necessity of modern life, the car has transformed the ways in which we live, work and enjoy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Museum of Modern Art 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 704.9 KIN

Messner, Kate

Summary: Ranger the time-traveling Golden retriever was trained for search-and-rescue and even though he did not pass the tests he has used his training on his many trips to help people caught up in disasters; now he has arrived at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001 just as the first plane hits, and he must rescue fifth-graders Risha and Max who are trapped in the wreckage,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MES

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MES

Lempert, Lora Bex

Summary: How do women mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces and grandmothers -- make sense of judgment to a lifetime behind bars? In Women Doing Life, Lora Bex Lempert examines the carceral experiences of women serving life sentences, presenting a typology of the ways that life-sentenced women grow and self-actualize, resist prison definitions, reflect on and own their criminal acts, and ultimately create...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 LEM

McDaniel, Breanna J.

Summary: "A luminous picture book biography about librarian and storyteller Augusta Baker, the first Black coordinator of children's services at all branches of the New York Public library"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAK

Pinborough, Jan.

Summary: Examines the story of how librarian Ann Carroll Moore created the first children's room at the New York Public Library.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MOO

Raymond, Edwin

Summary: "From the highest-ranking whistleblower in the history of the NYPD, a political memoir that exposes the brokenness of policing from both outside and inside the system During the workday, Edwin Raymond is on the beat as a ranked lieutenant in the New York Police Department. When the uniform comes off, he takes on a very different role: the lead plaintiff in the largest-ever civil rights lawsuit...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAYMOND, EDWIN RAY

Avi

Summary: In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AVI

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2011

Denise, Anika

Summary: "From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpré, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BEL

Ives, Colta Feller.

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Museum 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 760.092 IVE

Medina, Meg

Summary: This inspiring chapter book biography introduces readers to Pura Belpré who brought Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the country, giving Spanish speakers the opportunity to read and find community in ways they never had before.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BEL

Affron, Charles

Contents: A matter of boxes, 1883-1884 : Bel canto -- Cultural capital, 1884-1903 : the German seasons and French opera -- Opera wars, 1903-1908 : Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- Modernity, 1908-1929 : Puccini -- Hard times, 1929-1940 : Wagner -- Strains of war, 1940-1950 : the conductor's opera -- Stage business, 1950-1966 : Verdi -- In transit, 1966-1975 : American opera -- Maestro...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 AFF

Timberlake, Justin

Summary: "In his first book, Justin Timberlake creates a characteristically dynamic experience, one that combines an intimate, remarkable collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations on his life and work with hundreds of candid photographs from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day, in locations around the world, both on and off the stage. Justin discusses...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN TIM

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B TIMBERLAKE TIM

Summary: June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising - the most significant event in the gay liberation movement and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Drawing from the New York Public Library's archives, The Stonewall Reader is a collection of firsthand accounts, diaries, periodic literature and articles from LGBTQ magazines and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.3 STO

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