Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently in film as well. Among the many comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Happy Birthday Mr. Audubon
April 26 marks the 235th anniversary of John James Audubon's birth. Happy birthday! Born Jean Rabin, the famed naturalist was born in Les Cayes, Saint-Dominique in the Caribbean Sea. The son of a French naval officer and privateer, young Jean grew up with several siblings and parents, before moving to Couëron in France. From a…
Financial Literature: Online Resources
By now you are probably aware that the St. Tammany Parish Library has numerous locations throughout the parish, and that each branch hosts a wide selection of books on a variety of topics, including on finance. However, you may not know that the library also has access to a variety of online databases and websites…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: The Fantastic Four
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently in film as well. Among the various comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Éire go, Deo: Ireland is Forever
Éire go, Deo: Ireland is Forever Happy March! A certain holiday involving lots of green is coming up, so what better time to celebrate Ireland than now? Ireland began as the northwestern tip of Europe, to which it was adjoined tens of thousands of years ago. The last great ice age left much of Ireland…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: Daredevil and Ghost Rider
Continuation of the Marvel Cinematic Retrospective, featuring Daredevil and Ghost Rider.
Fiction Spotlight: The Circle
The Circle The Circle The Circle The Circle The Circle Now more than ever before, humanity lives interconnected. In the blink of an eye, a person can reach out to and communicate with dozens of people across the globe, sharing their experiences and opinions. In The Circle, Dave Eggers explores what the world could be…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: Spider-Man Part 2
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently in film as well. Among the various comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Year of the Rat: Chinese Zodiac 2020
January 25th celebrates a new year on the Chinese Lunar Calendar. For 2020, here's to all of the Rats out there. As covered in previous blogs, the Chinese Calendar is a Lunar Calendar based on the moon's orbits around Earth. The calendar follows a sixty year cycle divided into five elements and twelve animals. Each…
Address to a Haggis: Happy Burns Night
Happy Burns Night January 25 commemorates the birthday of Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland. Happy Birthday! Robert Burns was born in 1759 near Ayr, Alloway. Young Robert received a sporadic education, as was common in those times, although his father William Burnes was a self-educated man. From an early age William taught Robert how…
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