A List of Lists: February 2012
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iDevices - Resources about the iPhone and iPad.- Malcolm Gladwell Reader
- The Best 100 of the 100s - This a list of books that are the top 100 of many subjects: music, sports, artists and writers.
-Battery Park City
- Black History Month - Nonfiction for children in celebration of Black History Month.
-Countee Cullen
- Alphabet Books and Resources Part 1 and 2 - Books, DVDs and computer games for learning the alphabet.
-Francis Martin
-Dongan Hills
- Incunabula in the Music Division - This list contains printed works from before 1501 in the Music Division.
- Noël Coward materials - Books, CDs, and DVDs related to the life and work of Noël Coward.
-Library for the Performing Arts
- Warrior Women of the Ancient World - Great books and DVDs of ancient women that led their people in war.
-Macomb's Bridge
- Election 2012: Books by and About the GOP Candidates
- Whitney Houston: In Loving Memory - Remembering one of the greatest voices of our generation.
- Game Night! Books and Movies about Games - Books and movies on video gaming, chess, Scrabble, Monopoly and other favorite games, fiction and non-fiction included.
- The Annotated Batman - a companion to the blog post.
- What a Life! Selected Charles Dickens Biographies - In honor of the author's 200th birthday.
-Mid-Manhattan Library
- Truth is Stranger than Fiction - Presidents in Love - In honor of February's President's Day and Valentine's Day, Mulberry Street brings you the best Presidential love stories.
-Mulberry Street
The Philosophical Novel- Le roman africain: Novels of North and French West Africa
- Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski: Together Forever
- New German Cinema: Notable Films From the 1960s, 70s, and 80s
- Notable Literature in Translation, 2011
- Prison Break: Great Films About Busting Out
- Best of the Heist: Capers on Film
-Seward Park
- Gangsta Divas - Being a gangsta diva is looking good, feeling good, and doing the most good for yourself and others. See how these gangsta divas do just that!
-St. Agnes
-Yorkville
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