[3] If you’re traveling abroad this summer, chances are pretty good that wherever you’re going, the people there speak English. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have some fun – and improve your chances of making new friends – by learning some essential phrases in the language of the country you’re visiting.
[5] The Kansas City Public Library has ample resources for the art and craft of writing. Whether you want to craft your first romance novel, construe a personal memoir, or piece together a modern political treatise, you will find plenty of books about writing books in the library, scattered throughout the 800 call number area, in all of our branches.
[7] The day after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, destroying a quarter of the city and resulting in 123 deaths, the Joplin Public Library [8] was open for business.
[10] ¿Puede usted ayudarme? A Hispanic customer surprised me with this question one day. My eyes popped out of my head. True, I recently took Spanish That Works [11], an eight-week course designed to help librarians learn basic Spanish. But could I put to use what I studied in class to assist this lady right away?
[13] Textile and needlecrafts are among the oldest crafts in human history. Along with the ability to craft rudimentary tools came the use of those tools to fashion draped skins and other natural fibers for protection from the elements. Humans are the only animal on Earth to wear clothing.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-learn-foreign-language-fast
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-learn-foreign-language-fast#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/crafty-reads-how-find-resources-writing-life
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13651#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-help-victims-joplin-tornado
[8] http://joplinpubliclibrary.org/
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-help-victims-joplin-tornado#comments
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/free-resources-learning-spanish-pronto
[11] http://mo.webjunction.org/mostw
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/free-resources-learning-spanish-pronto#comments
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/crafty-reads-how-start-stitching-library
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13304#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=1
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=3
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=4
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10500?page=5
