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Make Reading Social: Join a Book Club! When I was an undergrad English major I took a course in American Literature after World War II. On the first day of class, the professor said, “This is a rare chance to read several of the...
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29-04-2013 04-23-2013 No jwalsh 0

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Books Library book clubs, classics, community, Hillcrest, Huck Finn, Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, Of Human Bondage, peninsula, reading, Seaside, Shakespeare, Superstorm Sandy, Tom Sawyer Matt Allison
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Superstorm Sandy Diary: A Foreign Dignitary Visits Queens Library On Friday, March 8, the Consul General of Japan in New York, Shigeyuki Hiroki, came to the Queens Library at Peninsula. Our libraries in the Rockaways have had a rough time since Superstorm Sandy...
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29-03-2013 03-27-2013 No jwalsh 0

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General Library book donation, Consul General, internationl languages, Japan, Origami, Peninsula Library, Powerspeak, recovery, rockaways, Sandy Diary, Seaside, Superstorm Sandy Kacper Jarecki
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Superstorm Sandy Diary: The Mobile Library at Peninsula It has been months since Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast, and things are still far from back to normal in the Rockaways. At the Peninsula Library where I work as the manager, we served...
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08-03-2013 03-08-2013 No jwalsh 0

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Matt Allison (r) and Queens Library colleague Kim McNeil Capers work at the Mobi General Library book bus, hurricane sandy, mobile library, Peninsula Library, rockaways, sandy, Superstorm Sandy Matthew Allison
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The Nameless Maelstrom that Topped Hurricane Sandy Sandy – it weakened from hurricane strength before it made landfall – is far from the only major storm to hit the New York City and Long Island region over the last half-century. But...
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1938 photo of Flushing Airport showing widespread flooding History Library 1938, beavers, Everett Allen, flooding, hurricane sandy, Hurricanes, New York City, R.A. Scotti, sandy, storm damage, Superstorm Sandy Jeremy Walsh
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