On the Shelf: Explore Kansas

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Business and Investment

job-market

A Few Signs That the Job Market is Improving

 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, little changed in the job market in May; job gains continued in professional and business services, health care, and mining. Employment levels in other major private-sector industries were little changed, and local government employment continued to decline.  Jobs recovery is rarely a boom, and is more often a series of [...]

Books, Movies & Music

Rogue Island

The Impressive Debut of Bruce DeSilva

The neighborhood of Mount Hope in Providence, Rhode Island has taken a deadly beating with nine house fires in three months leaving five dead. There doesn’t seem to be any obvious connection between the fires, and there are a multitude of suspects from the mob to a possible firebug. Worse yet, the investigators are completely incompetent

Books, Movies & Music

Dancing

Guest blogger Dale Santori reviews Dancing with the Velvet Lizard

One thing you can say about Bruce Golden’s fiction, is that it always delivers something different.  From such diverse novels as Evergreen and Better Than Chocolate to his short stories, you’ll likely find something innovative and entertaining.  No extended series or sequels, just new characters, new conflicts, and sometimes, new laughs.  He’s one of the [...]

Books, Movies & Music

bookstomovies

Read the Book, See the Movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows isn’t the only movie based on a book that will be opening in the next couple of months.  Read on to see what else to put on your reading list so that you can be prepared the next time you go to the theater. This list is gleaned from [...]

Travel

Australia

Australia: The Land Down Under

Australia truly is a country like no other! With hundreds of thousands of different animal species, language differences, and many cultures in one country: Australia has so much to see and do!