3. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle It's a mystery classic featuring Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson. This was my free $5.00 book. Heehee.
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. -Mason Cooley
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle It's a mystery classic featuring Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Watson. This was my free $5.00 book. Heehee.
I'm digressing again. The challenge is that at least 5 books related to WWII have to be read before the year ends, but more than five is allowed. I also posted a link on the side but you can click on the button below to sign up. There's a reading list to choose from that includes both fiction and nonfiction books.
I was in complete amazement as I viewed the scanned pages of this book that was nearly five centuries old. The book showed the Tagalog alphabet, which were the same alphabets that I learned from my early childhood education in the Philippines. It also featured the Our Father prayer both in Spanish and Tagalog.
The real (not scanned) Christian Doctrine in Spanish and Tagalog can be located in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. I found it strange that this book was not in the Philippines or in Spain.
Curious to know more about the doctrine? Check it out here. This link will also feature the scanned pages of the book.
I strongly urge you to visit the World Digital Library. Journals, maps, and even old videos are just some of the media featured from all over the world. If you love history or if you just want to itch that scratch, run. Don't walk there. I promise that you won't regret it, and it's worth your time.
Just one of the manuscripts that was featured online from World Digital Library. It was written by Antonio Pigafetta who journeyed with Ferdinand Magellan when the latter discovered the Philippines in 1521.
Best known for writing The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a member of the "Lost Generation" who were a group of authors and poets that included (just to name a few) Ernest Hemingway (one of my favorite authors), Ezra Pound, and John Steinbeck.
F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921
Bernice Bobs Her Hair was written in 1920. It first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and later in Flappers and Philosophers. I had a wonderful opportunity of reading this selection in Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway.