Histories and Mysteries

I was getting confused about which reviews I have done or not, so I decided to categorize all of the books I have reviewed already. Because I am too lazy to classify the books according to title or author, I will just classify the books by article. 2017 Summer Reads ~ Part 1 Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window Night Flyers  by Elizabeth McDavid Jones The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Lea Clark Book Series Lea Dives In by Lisa Yee Lea Leads the Way by Lisa Yee Lea and Camilla by Kellen Hertz 2017 Summer Reads ~ Part 2 Danger at the Zoo by Kathleen Ernst Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwell The Doctor Doolittle Series by Hugh Lofting The Story of Doctor Doolittle Doctor Doolittle's Circus ...

Today’s article is the last part to our Poetry series. I think that I will discuss some classics and their authors next. But for today, I have some more types of poems that I would like to share with all of you. Elegy The elegy is “a short poem written in pairs of unrhymed lines, often on themes of war, love, or death and [is] also used for epitaphs in which the dead speak in the first person (Anderson, 315).” Both the elegy and the epigram, which is below, were mostly used by the Greeks and sometimes, the Romans. Also, both of these poems were mostly about death although they can be about war or love according to the definition above. Here is an example of an elegy: The Brevity of Life Attributed to Semonides One verse by the blind poet of Chios in indelible: “The life of man is like a summer’s leaf.” Yet few who hear these words take them into their heart, for hope is rooted in every youthful soul, the lovely flower of youth grows tall with color, life will have no...

Today, we will start on a new series concerning the continent of Asia. But before we began, I will announce that my friend, Anna, will guest post periodically in 2018. I will also be sharing her post on my blog before the end of the year. Also, throughout the summer I have been posting on TAJ News Blog . I wrote three articles briefly explaining World War II. Asia is not only the largest continent in the world, but this continent also holds so many other records. Landmarks such as the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, and the location of the Holy Land draw tourists to this continent every year. Asia has been important to history since the beginning because human history began in the Middle East. But it has also played a role in the discovery of the New World, World War II, and the Cold War. I will probably discuss more history in my actual history articles as well as when I began to take a deeper look at each individual country.   Asia is connected to the continents of E...

Readers, today’s article is the last article in this series. Beginning next month, I will be discussing Sumer and a little bit of archaeology. But today’s article is covering the blessings God gave to Noah after he and his family got of the ark, the Tower of Babel, and the dispersion of nations. In the last article , I discussed the worldwide Flood along with cultural accounts. In this article, I am continuing the historical account. God blessed Noah and his sons in particular areas: The end of verse 9 records God saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.” This is just a command to populate the earth. In Genesis 11, we are told that God had commanded the human race to disperse and populate different areas of the earth. I will be discussing that in a later paragraph. God also appointed man as the head of all creation; the rest of creation would fear and respect man’s authority. God allowed the rest of the human race to eat meat and vegetation. Prior to this tim...