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2706 W 53rd Street
Fairway, Kansas 66205-1705
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Saturdays                     10 to 5
Sundays we are away with our families and friends when we read and rest!

In This Newsletter
Friday, 11/11/11: A Conversation with Martha Stewart
Today! Buddy Valastro signs Baking with the Cake Boss
Tuesday night: Jennifer Chiaverini discusses The Wedding Quilt
Wednesday night: Tony Horwitz discusses Midnight Rising
THE MOST TALKED ABOUT BOOK OF THE YEAR! Tuesday, December 6: Walter Isaacson In Conversation about Steve Jobs
IndieNext Book of The Week: The Radleys
Staff Picks of the Week!
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At a glance, our complete Author Events Calendar, watch for changes and updates!

 

NOVEMBER

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 Celebrations, 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. 

Emily Giffin, author of Heart of the Matter, appears on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 3:00 PM at Rainy Day Books.

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

 

DECEMBER 

Walter Isaacson, author of the new authorized biography, Steve Jobs, In Conversation on Tuesday, December 06, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.  CONFIRMED EVENT DATE.

   
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Volume 557November 7, 2011

Greetings!

 

Our Autumn season keeps on rolling with another big week of Events and many, many great Books arriving on our shelves.  If you love reading and talking about Books, the holidays are definitely here at Rainy Day Books!

Friday night at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza: Martha Stewart In Conversation with Vivien Jennings 


   

Martha Stewart  

Martha Stewart           

Martha's Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations

Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

 

Martha Stewart, the entertaining and style icon, returns to Rainy Day Books!  Vivien & Roger produced an Author Event with Martha Stewart in Autumn of 1994.  It was the very 1st Author Event that Vivien & Roger produced as partners.  Now, for the 1st time in 17 Years, Martha returns as a Number 1 Bestselling Author on 11/11/11.  That Date will occur again in 100 Years.  Meet Martha on that Date of miss her for a very long time to come.

 

Martha's New Book is a magnificent full color Invitation into her own world of Entertaining and Celebrations.

 

Please note that the Unity Temple on The Plaza Doors will OPEN on Friday, 11/11//11 at 5:30 PM.  Please plan on finding parking on The Plaza on a Friday evening.  Guests will receive their Author Autographed 6 Pound Books as they arrive.  Vivien's & Martha's Conversation will begin at 7:00 PM!

 

Please note that Online Admission Package Ordering is limited to Friday, 11/11/11 at 2:00 PM.  Walk-In Admission Package Orders are welcome at Unity Temple on The Plaza on Friday, 11/11/11 after 5:00 PM.

 

Please note that our entire Staff will move from Rainy Day Books to Unity Temple on The Plaza on Friday, 11/11/11 at 5:00 PM to serve our Customers at our Martha Stewart Event!

 

 

Today at 12:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza: Buddy Valastro signs Baking with the Cake Boss


   

Buddy Valastro  

Buddy Valastro           

Baking with the Cake Boss

Monday, November 7, 2011 at 12:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

 

Buddy Valastro, AKA "The Cake Boss" signs his newest Book. This Event is limited to 200 people!

 

 

Tuesday night at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza: Jennifer Chiaverini discusses The Wedding Quilt


   

Jennifer Chiaverini  

Jennifer Chiaverini           

The Wedding Quilt

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

 

Jennifer Chiaverini, is the author of The New York Times Bestselling Elm Creek Quilts Series, as well as five collections of quilt projects inspired by the novels.  A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, she lives with her husband and sons in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

Visit Jennifer Chiaverini online!

 

 

Wednesday night at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza: Tony Horwitz discusses Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Started the Civil War


   

Tony Horwitz  

Tony Horwitz           

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Started the Civil War

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza.

 

Tony Horwitz is the New York Times Bestselling author of Midnight Rising, A Voyage Long and Strange, Blue Latitudes, Confederates in the Attic, and Baghdad Without a Map.   He is also a Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist who has worked for The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker.   He lives in Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Geraldine Brooks, and their two sons.

 

Listen to an interview with Tony Horwitz on NPR.

 

 

CONFIRMED EVENT DATE:  Tuesday, December 06, 2011 at 7:00 PM: Walter Isaacson will be In Conversation about his highly anticipated new authorized biography, Steve Jobs 


   

Walter Isaacson  

Walter Isaacson           

Steve Jobs            

CONFIRMED EVENT DATE:  Tuesday, December 06, 2011 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza

 

Walter Isaacson is the President & Chief Executive Officer of The Aspen Institute, the former Chairman of CNN, and the former Managing Editor of Time Magazine.  He is the Bestselling author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, and of Kissinger: A Biography, and the Co-Author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

 

Walter Isaacson will be interviewed on Stage by Vivien Jennings, Founder & President and Roger Doeren, Chief Operations Officer of Rainy Day Books, Inc., in a Multimedia Celebration of Steve Jobs.  Co-Sponsored by Rainy Day Books, The Apple Stores, AT&T Mobility, River City Solutions, Country Club Bank, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology, and Rockhurst University.

 

Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs, the Co-Founder & Chairman of Apple Inc., is the most highly anticipated nonfiction book of the year.  Based on more than forty interviews with Steve conducted over two years, as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues, Walter has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for precision and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

 

Be the lucky Winner of a State-of-the-Art and Top-of-the-Line Apple iPad 2, Black, Wi-Fi + 3G, AT&T, 64GB Model from AT&T Mobility.

 

Full details available on our Website

 

 IndieNext Book of the Week

Each week we spotlight one book from the 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

 

And So It Goes And So It Goes
Charles Shields

Hardcover, Henry Holt IndieNext

 

"Shields' authorized portrayal of one of America's most beloved authors sheds light on the man behind the curtain. Readers for the first time gain insight into the progression of Vonnegut's works, from market-minded science fiction to artful literature. With a varied pace, spending just the right amount of time on each subject and detail, Shields effortlessly lays out Vonnegut's history as a story, an entertaining read complete with conversational asides. It is no wonder that Vonnegut himself chose Shields to expose his life to the masses." -- Nick Hodge, Read Between the Lynes, Inc., Woodstock, IL

 

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NEW AND NOTABLE BOOKS,
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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

 

The House of Silk

The House of Silk

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Anthony Horowitz 

Hardcover,  

Mulholland Books

 

For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, THE GAME'S AFOOT... London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap - a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place. Almost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more. And as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society.

Read more. 

 

 

The Silver LotusThe Silver Lotus  

Thomas Steinbeck  

Hardcover, Counterpoint

 

set in the late 1800s. Captain Hammond is a dashing, wealthy American master of a profitable trading ship. After rescuing an influential Chinese merchant and his family, Hammond wins the love of the merchant's daughter-the beautiful, intelligent Silver Lotus. Thus starts a tale of love and generosity unsurpassed. Where Romeo and Juliet had a selfish, inward love, the Silver Lotus and Hammond outwardly express their love through compassion toward others.  Read more. 

 

 

Nonfiction

 

The Limit

The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit

Michael Cannell 

Hardcover,  

Twelve Books

 

Geoffrey says: "You think you know auto racing? This is RACING."

 

Michael Cannell tells the enthralling story of Phil Hill-a lowly California mechanic who would become the first American-born driver to win the Grand Prix-and, on the fiftieth anniversary of his triumph, brings to life a vanished world of glamour, valor, and daring. With the pacing and vivid description of a novel, THE LIMIT charts the journey that brought Hill from dusty California lots racing midget cars into the ranks of a singular breed of men, competing with daredevils for glory on Grand Prix tracks across Europe. Facing death at every turn, these men rounded circuits at well over 150 mph in an era before seat belts or roll bars-an era when drivers were "crushed, burned, and beheaded with unnerving regularity." From the stink of grease-smothered pits to the long anxious nights in lonely European hotels, from the tense camaraderie of teammates to the trembling suspense of photo finishes, THE LIMIT captures the 1961 season that would mark the high point of Hill's career.

Read more. 

 

 

Jack Kennedy

Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero

Chris Matthews

Hardcover, Simon and Schuster

    

"What was he like?" Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. With the verve of a novelist, Chris Matthews gives us just that. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. You'll learn the origins of his inaugural call to "Ask what you can do for your country." You'll discover his role in the genesis of the Peace Corps, his stand on civil rights, his push to put a man on the moon, his ban on nuclear arms testing. You'll get, more than ever before, to the root of the man, including the unsettling aspects of his personal life. Read more. 

 

 

 

For Young Readers 

 

The Phantom Tollbooth The Phantom Tollbooth: 50th Anniversary Edition

Norton Juster    

Hardcover, Knopf   

 

This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and begins a memorable journey. He meets such characters as the foolish, yet lovable Humbug, the Mathemagician, and the not-so-wicked "Which," Faintly Macabre, who gives Milo the "impossible" mission of returning two princesses to the Kingdom of Wisdom. Read more. 

 

 

  

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Thank You for supporting Your Community Bookseller, Rainy Day Books

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.

Take the time to tell someone new about Rainy Day Books.  Each book that you purchase at Rainy Day Books makes Rainy Day Books a place authors ask to visit, a vibrant part of Kansas City's arts community, and a bookstore where people love books enough to talk about them all day long.  Please encourage your fellow readers to sign up for this E-Newsletter.  We have an exciting schedule of upcoming Author Events, and this is the first place to hear about them!  We also take Orders for Author Autographed Books, so your friends far and wide can share in the experience.

 

Rainy Day Books is located in The Fairway Shops, at the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Belinder Road.  Our address is 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas (KS) 66205.

 

Get directions to Rainy Day Books and our Event venues by clicking here. 

 

Store Hours: Mon/Tue/Wed/Thurs/Fri 10 AM to 6 PM, Sat 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sundays we rest and read.

 

When you shop at Rainy Day Books you're a part of our Legacy of Literacy for Kansas City.  We provide full service, knowledgeable recommendations and priceless Author Event experiences, all at a fair price.  To our customers, 

thank you for your support. 

 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren  


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