The Underground New York Public Library is a visual library featuring the Reading-Riders of the NYC subways.
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on the left she’s reading “Nekoben,” by Junko Ohyama. on the right he’s reading “Halachos of Pesach,” by Shimon D. Eider.
Nekoben: I wasn’t able to find this book online, but here is a plot profile of the T.V movie based on it.
Halachos of Pesach: Borrow I Read
Note: I’m away from NYC for the next three weeks. The Underground Library will open again for Spring on April 4th. Looking forward to then! :)

“The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007: The Best Stories of the Year,” Compiled by Charles D'Ambrosio, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Lily Tuck; Edited by Laura Furman.
Borrow I Read


On the left she’s reading “We the People: An Introduction to American Politics,” by Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, and Margaret Weir. On the right she’s reading “Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships,” by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha.
“When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.”
Jules RenardÂ
(via joyfulchild)



From Left to Right: “The Exile,” by Allan Folsom; “Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 3: The Captive, The Fugitive & Time Regained,” by Marcel Proust; “Zen in the Art of Archery,” by Eugen Herrigel; "The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage,Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband,“ by David Finch
Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 3: Borrow I Read
Zen in the Art of Archery: Borrow I Read
The Journal of Best Practices: Borrow I Read *This book identified by vaguely-downward. Thank you!!










February 2013 Highlights From the Underground New York Public Library

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