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The Strange Origins of Everyday Things
Do you ever put your shoes on and wonder where the idea for them came from? Or pick up a child’s toy and think about how it’s made? What about those office supplies you use everyday? If you haven’t before, you will after reading about the origins of these everyday objects.
Pilates & Yoga
Lexington County Public Library The physical body is a temple, take care of it. The mind is energy, regulate it. The soul is the projection, represent it. All knowledge is false if the soul is not experienced in the body. — Yogi Bhajan Both yoga and pilates are spiritual and physical disciplines that use exercise […]
From Real to Reel
First coined in the 1940s, a biopic is a movie that dramatizes the life of one central historical figure. The majority of biographical films focus
The Golden Globes
The Golden Globes kicks off Hollywood’s award season every January ending with the Oscars in February. The Golden Globe Awards are are presented annually by
A to Z Reading Challenge
It’s time to wrap up your 2019 resolutions and think about what you want to accomplish next year. Most of us consider the same resolutions
Pretend to Be a Time Traveler
One of the first time travel stories recorded appears in a Hindi epic written in 400 BCE. However, the idea of time travel didn’t gain
Weird Westerns
If you’ve never heard of a Weird Western, here is what it is in a nutshell. Weird Western is the merging of two distinct genre
Where the Crawdads Sing
On August 14, 2018 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was released. After only a month on the market, this sensational story caught the
J Fic for Grownups
Many adult readers are drawn to the books on young adult shelves like Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and so on. Even though these
Hug a Vegetarian Day
Well before the diet fads and health food crazes of the 21st century, there was vegetarianism. In fact, the first vegetarian society formed in England
