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The Fairway Shops
2706 W 53rd Street
Fairway, Kansas 66205-1705
Phone: 913-384-3126

Store Hours:
Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri      10 to 6
Thursday                   10 to 7
Saturday                    10 to 5
Sunday we rest and read! 

In This Newsletter
This Wednesday: Nina Revoyr
NEW VENUE: Rosemary Wells
IndieNext Book of The Week: The Art of Fielding
Staff picks of the week!
At a glance, our complete Author Events Calendar, watch for changes and updates!

 

SEPTEMBER

Nina Revoyr, author of Wingshooters, appears on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Johnson County Library, Central Resource Library.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh, author of The Language of Flowers, appears on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

David Stokes, author of The Shooting Salvationis, appears on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Johnson County Library, Blue Valley Branch.

Ellen Hopkins, author of Perfect, appears on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 6:30 PM at Johnson County Library, Central Resource Library.

Jillian Maas Backman, author of Beyond the Pew, appears on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Stacy Schiff, author of Cleopatra: A Life, appears on Thursday, September 15, 2011, at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

The Casserole Queens, Crystal Cook & Sandy Pollock, appear for their New Cookbook on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

NEW VENUE: Rosemary Wells, author of Kindergators: Hands Off, Harry!, appears on Monday, September 19, 2011 at 4:00 PM at Village Presbyterian Church, Friendship Hall.

A Kitchen Table Conversation: Uncle Dan's Report Card, featuring a panel discussion, Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

NEW TIME: Scott Westerfeld, author of Goliath, appears on Thursday, September 22, 2011, at 4:30 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Bobby Flay, author of Bobby Flay's Bar Americain Cookbook, appears on Monday September 26, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Calvin Trillin, author of Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin, appears on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

OCTOBER

Candice Millard, author of The Destiny of The Republic, appears on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus, appears on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

NEW VENUE: Anne Burrell, author of Cook Like A Rock Star, appears on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary.

Daniel Woodrell, author of Outlaw Album, appears on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Johnson County Library, Central Resource Library.

Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature, appears on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Linda Hall Library.

Karl Marlantes, author of What It's Like To Go To War, appears on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Stephan Pastis, author of Larry in Wonderland, appears on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Alton Brown, author of Good Eats 3: The Later Years, appears on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Jim Lehrer, author of Tension City: Inside The Presidential Debates, appears on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Adam Winkler, author of Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America, appears on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

NOVEMBER

Robert Morgan, author of Lions of The West, appears on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Johnson County Library, Central Resource Library.

Buddy Valastro, author of Baking with The Cake Boss, appears on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 12:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Jennifer Chiaverini, author of The Wedding Quilt, appears on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Tony Horwitz, author of Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Started The Civil War, appears on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Martha Stewart, author of Martha's Entertaining: A Year of Celebration, appears on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

Colby and Meghan Garrelts, authors of bluestem: the cookbook, appear on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 5:30 PM at Studio Dan Meiners. 

Christopher Paolini, author of Inheritance, appears on Monday, November 21, 2011, at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

 

 

   
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Volume 548September 6, 2011

Greetings!

 

Back from a long Holiday weekend of reading, this week we welcome Nina Revoyr, author of our summer's biggest Book Club Book, Wingshooters.

 

Our season of Author Events is shaping up.  Please watch our Author Events Calendar carefully.  We're always working to make our Author Events an experience to remember, so details do change!

 

This Wednesday evening: Nina Revoyr discusses Wingshooters


Nina Revoyr  

Nina Revoyr     

Wingshooters     

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Johnson County Library, Central Resource Library.

 

Nina Revoyr is the author of four novels.  Wingshooters, her latest, is the 2011 Winner of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Prize for Fiction.

 

Full details available on our Website. 

NEW VENUE: Rosemary Wells signs Kindergators: Hands Off, Harry! 


   

Rosemary Wells  

Rosemary Wells    

Kindergators: Hands Off, Harry!   

NEW VENUE: Monday, September 19, 2011 at 4:00 PM at Village Presbyterian Church, Friendship Hall.

 

Rosemary Wells is the creator of many unforgettable children's book characters, including Max and Ruby, McDuff, and Yoko, each of whom stars in their own Book Series.

 

Purchase a copy of Kindergators: Hands Off, Harry and meet Rosemary Wells as she signs for her readers and fans!

 

Full details available on our Website.

 

 IndieNext Book of the Week

Each week we spotlight one book from the month's IndieNext List (a collection of recommendations by indie booksellers across the country). Ask for a copy of the IndieNext newsletter at our front counter or click to browse them online

 

Everything Beautiful Began After The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach

Hardcover, Little, Brown IndieNext

 

"Despite having reservations about a 'baseball book,' reading this debut novel I discovered that baseball is every bit as exciting and excruciating as any thriller, as complicated as any psychological mystery, and as heartbreaking as my favorite romance. Harbach loves his characters, and never lets them off easily. All the words I want to use to describe this book -- original, heartfelt, classic, hilarious, wise, unforgettable -- are insufficient. I loved every word of it." -- Leslie Reiner, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL

 

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Staff Picks of the week

Each week we like to showcase a few of the great books on our shelves. Here are just a few titles we think are special:

 

Fiction

 

American Boy

American Boy

Bookseller Seal

Larry Watson 

Hardcover, Milkweed

 

"We were exposed to these phenomena in order that we might learn something, but of course the lessons we learn are not always what was intended." So begins Matthew Garth's story of the fall of 1962, when the shooting of a young woman on Thanksgiving Day sets off a chain of unsettling events in small-town Willow Falls, Minnesota. Matthew first sees Louisa Lindahl in Dr. Dunbar's home office, and at the time her bullet wound makes nearly as strong an impression as her unclothed body. Fueled over the following weeks by his feverish desire for this mysterious woman and a deep longing for the comfort and affluence that appears to surround the Dunbars, Matthew finds himself drawn into a vortex of greed, manipulation, and ultimately betrayal. Immersive, heart-breaking, and richly evocative of a time and place, this long-awaited novel marks the return of a great American storyteller.

Read more.

 

 

All Our Worldly GoodsAll Our Worldly Goods  

Irene Nemirovsky  

Paperback, Vintage Books  

In haunting ways, this gorgeous novel prefigures Irene Nemirovsky's masterpiece Suite Francaise. Set in France between 1910 and 1940 and first published in France in 1947, five years after the author's death, All Our Worldly Goods is a gripping story of war, family life and star-crossed lovers. Pierre and Agnes marry for love against the wishes of his parents and his grandfather, the tyrannical family patriarch. Their marriage provokes a family feud that cascades down the generations. This brilliant novel is full of drama, heartbreak, and the telling observations that have made Nemirovsky's work so beloved and admired.  Read more.

 

 

Emory's Gift Emory's Gift  

W. Bruce Cameron    

Hardcover, Forge

 

After 13-year-old Charlie Hall's mother dies and his father retreats into the silence of grief, Charlie finds himself drifting lost and alone through the brutal halls of junior high school. But Charlie Hall is not entirely friendless. In the woods behind his house, Charlie is saved from a mountain lion by a grizzly bear, thought to be extinct in northern Idaho. And this very unusual bear will change Charlie's life forever. Deeply moving, and interwoven with hope and joy, Emory's Gift is not only heartwarming and charming coming of age story, but also a page-turning insightful look at how faith, trust, and unconditional love can heal a broken family and bridge the gaps that divide us." Read more.

 

 

I Married You for Happiness 

I Married You For Happiness

Lily Tuck 

Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Press

 

Throughout Lily Tuck's career, she's been praised by critics for her crisp, lean language and sensuous explorations of exotic locales and complex psychologies. From Siam to Paraguay and beyond, Tuck inspires readers to travel into unfamiliar realms, and her newest novel is no exception. Slender, potent, and utterly engaging, I Married You For Happiness combines marriage, mathematics, and the probability of an afterlife to create Tuck's most affecting and riveting book yet.  Read more.

 

Nonfiction:

 

MarlantesWar

What It Is Like To Go To War

Karl Marlantes 

Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Press  

 From the author of the award-winning, best-selling novel Matterhorn, comes a brilliant nonfiction book about war. In 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his war experience. In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at what it is like to experience the ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might better prepare our soldiers for war.  Read more.

 

 

JustMyType

Just My Type  

Simon Garfield

Hardcover, Gotham Books   

 

A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you?

Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product we buy. But where do fonts come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman, the cool anonymity of Arial, or the irritating levity of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Read more.

 

 

Children's Books: 

 

YouWillBeMyFriend You Will Be My Friend!

Peter Brown    

Hardcover, Little Brown for Young Readers   

 Today is the day the exuberant Lucy is going to make a new friend! But she finds it's harder than she had thought--she accidentally ruins the giraffe's breakfast and is much too big for the frogs' pond. Just when she's about to give up, an unexpected friend finds her, and loves her just the way she is. This heartwarming story offers a unique and humor-filled spin on the all-important themes of persistence and friendship. Read more.

 

  

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We celebrated 35 years of bookselling on November 4, 2010.  It is a celebration of our Legacy of Literacy: 35 years of helping match readers to great books, bringing famous and soon-to-be-famous names to Kansas City, and enjoying the excitement of sharing so many experiences.

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We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren  


Vivien, Roger, and all of your friends at Rainy Day Books