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Rainy Day Books is located in
The Fairway Shops
2706 W 53rd Street
Fairway, Kansas 66205-1705
Phone: 913-384-3126

Store Hours:
Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 10 to 6 and Saturdays 10 to 5
Sundays we are Home with our families and friends when we read and rest!

In This Newsletter
SPECIAL EVENT: Hillary Rodham Clinton
NEXT TUESDAY: Jeff Shaara
NEXT THURSDAY: Graeme Simsion
Cornerstone Foundation welcomes Donna Eden!
Join Lisa Ball, Vivien & Roger on a Magical Literary Tour of England this Summer!
Great Books arrive each Week! Check out what's New!
HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!

 

Jeff Shaara, Tuesday, June 17

 

Graeme Simsion, Thursday, June 19

 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sunday, June 22

 

Lisa See, Wednesday, June 25

 

Damien Echols and Lorri Davis, Tuesday, July 1

 

Jack Devine, Thursday, July 10

 

Rainy Day Books Book Club discussion of The Rosie Project, Monday, July 14

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Our Hillary Rodham Clinton Author Event at The Midland goes On Sale Today, Monday, June 9th at 10:00 AM!  Vivien Jennings will be In Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton about her New Book Hard Choices.  This Special Event is making National News!  Make your plans to attend this Special Event!

SPECIAL EVENT:  Hillary Rodham Clinton LIVE and In Conversation on Sunday, June 22, 2014. 
Tickets Go On Sale Today, Monday, June 9th at 10:00 AM!
Rainy Day Books will present Hillary Rodham Clinton LIVE and In Conversation with Vivien Jennings, founder & president of Rainy Day Books.

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Hillary Rodham Clinton will release Hard Choices, the inside account of the crises, choices and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her views of the future.

"All of us face hard choices in our lives," Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at the center of world events.  "Life is about making such choices.  Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become."
 
This Event is Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 5:00 PM at Arvest Bank Theater at The Midland, 
1228 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105.

Tickets Go On Sale Monday, June 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM at The Midland Box Office, Online at The Midland Theater through www.AXS.com or Charge by Phone at 888-929-7849.  This Event is Reserved Seating. 


On Friday, June 8th, we produced a Children's Author Event with Rachel Renee Russell and her two daughters Erin and Nikki.  DJ Shelby White rocked Unity Temple with great music while the Authors and Illustrator Autographed Books! 
Rachel Renee Russell, Bestselling Author of the Dork Diaries Series, arrived for a Party with her Tour Bus and her daughters Erin and Nikki and celebrated the Publication of her New Book Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star: Book 7.   Nikki drew a picture of kids in the audience.  DJ Shelby White rocked Unity Temple with fun dance music while Rachel, Erin and Nikki Autographed Books!  Kids posed at the Photo Booth!  Kids spun the Prize Wheel and won lots of fun prizes!  Kids autographed the Dork Diaries Dedicated Locker!  It was a Blast!
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Rachel, Erin and Nikki Russell are charming, friendly, gracious and are an inspiring family!  They are in good company with Vivien & Roger.
NEXT TUESDAY:  Jeff Shaara, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present his New Book The Smoke At Dawn: A Novel of the Civil War
Jeff Shaara, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present his New Book The Smoke at Dawn: A Novel of the Civil War.
 
This Event is Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

NEXT THURSDAY:  Graeme Simsion will present his Delightful Book Club Bestseller The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion will travel all the way from his home in Australia to present his Delightful Book Club Bestseller The Rosie Project.
 
This Event is next Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

Donna Eden welcomes you on Friday, June 13 at 7:00 PM! 
Donna Eden Event 06132014 Cornerstone Foundation welcomes your opportunity to experience Donna Eden, the world's most sought-after, authoritative and joyous spokesperson for Energy Medicine.

Meet & Greet Donna Eden at a Cornerstone Foundation Event on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

In this Special Evening Workshop, Donna Eden will guide you through the practice of balancing the body's energy fields.  She will show you how to test for energy blocks and dysfunctions and how to move energy in yourself and others.

Discover how to boost your energies when you are exhausted, feel more alive, and learn how health problems can be helped, if not overcome, by intelligently shifting the energies that are causing them.

Save $5.00 by Clicking the Link below!  Seating is Limited!
JOIN LISA BALL, VIVIEN & ROGER ON A MAGICAL LITERARY TOUR OF ENGLAND THIS SUMMER! 
 
Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design, LLC 
Partner for a Custom Literary Tour of England! 

"The World is a Book and those who do not Travel 
read only One Page." ~ St. Augustine

Tour Highlights:  An 11-Night Trip showcasing London and the English countryside discovering great English Authors of the past and meeting today's popular Authors in exclusive, intimate Dinner settings!  We'll be Traveling to Oxford, the Cotswolds, Hay-on-Wye, Stonehenge, Salisbury, London, and lots of historic and scenic places in between. 

 

Tour Dates:  Tuesday, July 22, 2014
through Sunday, August 03, 2014

Our Literary Tour Reservations are Filling Up Fast!
Make Your Reservations While There Is Still Time! 

 

Lisa Ball will Answer your Questions at 816-820-4351
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Lisa Ball, Vivien & Roger welcome you on a Literary Adventure of a Lifetime!

 

Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren

Great Books arrive on our shelves each Tuesday!  Check out what's New!

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

Elin Hilderbrand

Little, Brown and Company

 

48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others - like her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man - call it meddlesome, but there's no arguing with her results: With 42 happy couples to her credit and all of them still together, Dabney has never been wrong about romance. Never, that is, except in the case of herself and Clendenin Hughes, the green-eyed boy who took her heart with him long ago when he left the island to pursue his dream of becoming a journalist. Now, after spending 27 years on the other side of the world, Clen is back on Nantucket, and Dabney has never felt so confused, or so alive. But when tragedy threatens her own second chance, Dabney must face the choices she's made and share painful secrets with her family. Determined to make use of her gift before it's too late, she sets out to find perfect matches for those she loves most.

 

The Baklava Club

The Baklava Club

Jason Goodwin

Sarah Crichton Books

 

In four previous novels, Jason Goodwin's Inspector Yashim, the eunuch detective, has led us through stylish, suspenseful, and colorful mysteries in the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire. Now, in The Baklava Club, Yashim returns for his final adventure-and his most thrilling yet. Three na�ve Italian liberals, exiled in Istanbul, have bungled their instructions to kill a Polish prince-instead, they've kidnapped him and absconded to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realize that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who are passing along false orders under the code name La Piuma, the Feather. It falls to Yashim to unravel all this-he's convinced that the prince is alive and that the Italians have hidden him somewhere. But there are just a few problems: He has no idea who La Piuma is, and he's in no mood to put up a fight-he's fallen in love! As he draws closer to the farmhouse and to the true identity of La Piuma, what Yashim discovers leaves him shocked and in the most dangerous situation of his career.

 

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Diana Gabaldon

Delacorte Press

 

In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears . . . into 1743. The story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and CNN has called it "a grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries]." Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart's Blood. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie's wife, Claire, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family's secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy . . . never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. Now, with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself.

 

The Hurricane Sisters

I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

Courtney Maum

Touchstone Books

 

In this reverse love story set in Paris and London, which Glamour hailed as one of the "10 Best Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List Right This Second," a failed monogamist attempts to woo his wife back and to answer the question: Is it really possible to fall back in love with your spouse? Despite the success of his first solo show in Paris and the support of his brilliant French wife and young daughter, thirty-four-year-old British artist Richard Haddon is too busy mourning the loss of his American mistress to a famous cutlery designer to appreciate his fortune. But after Richard discovers that a painting he originally made for his wife, Anne--when they were first married and deeply in love--has sold, it shocks him back to reality and he resolves to reinvest wholeheartedly in his family life...just in time for his wife to learn the extent of his affair. Rudderless and remorseful, Richard embarks on a series of misguided attempts to win Anne back while focusing his creative energy on a provocative art piece to prove that he's still the man she once loved.

 

Scalia: A Court of One

Scalia: A Court of One

Bruce Allen Murphy

Simon and Schuster

 

Antonin Scalia knew only success in the first fifty years of his life. His sterling academic and legal credentials led to his nomination by President Ronald Reagan to the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in 1982. In four short years there, he successfully outmaneuvered the more senior Robert Bork to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986. Scalia's evident legal brilliance and personal magnetism led everyone to predict he would unite a new conservative majority under Chief Justice William Rehnquist and change American law in the process. Instead he became a Court of One. Rather than bringing the conservatives together, Scalia drove them apart. He attacked and alienated his more moderate colleagues Sandra Day O'Connor, then David Souter, and finally Anthony Kennedy. Scalia prevented the conservative majority from coalescing for nearly two decades.  Scalia: A Court of One is the compelling story of one of the most polarizing figures ever to serve on the nation's highest court. It provides an insightful analysis of Scalia's role on a Court that, like him, has moved well to the political right, losing public support and ignoring public criticism. To the delight of his substantial conservative following, Scalia's "originalism" theory has become the litmus test for analyzing, if not always deciding, cases. But Bruce Allen Murphy shows that Scalia's judicial conservatism is informed as much by his highly traditional Catholicism, mixed with his political partisanship, as by his reading of the Constitution. Murphy also brilliantly analyzes Scalia's role in major court decisions since the mid-1980s and scrutinizes the ethical controversies that have dogged Scalia in recent years. A Court of One is a fascinating examination of one outspoken justice's decision not to play internal Court politics, leaving him frequently in dissent, but instead to play for history, seeking to etch his originalism philosophy into American law.

 

Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth: And Other Pop Culture Correspondences

Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth: And Other Pop Culture Correspondences

John Moe

Three Rivers Press

 

We all know how Darth Vader shared his big secret with Luke Skywalker, but what if he had delivered the news in a handwritten note instead? And what if someone found that letter, as well as all of the drafts that landed in the Dark Lord's trash can? In the riotously funny collection Dear Luke, We Need to Talk. Darth, John Moe finally reveals these lost notes alongside all the imagined letters, e-mails, text messages, and other correspondences your favorite pop culture icons never meant for you to see. From The Walking Dead to The Wizard of Oz, from Billy Joel to Breaking Bad, no reference escapes Moe's imaginative wit and keen sense of nostalgia. Read Captain James T. Kirk's lost log entries and Yelp reviews of The Bates Motel and Cheers. Peruse top secret British intelligence files revealing the fates of Agents 001-006, or Don Draper's cocktail recipe cards. Learn all of Jay-Z's 99 problems, as well as the complete rules of Fight Club, and then discover an all-points bulletin concerning Bon Jovi, wanted dead or alive-and much more. Like a like a bonus track to a favorite CD or a deleted scene from a cult movie, Dear Luke, We Need to Talk Darth offer a fresh twist on the pop culture classics we thought we knew by heart. You already know part of their story. Now find out the rest.

 

Far Far Away

Far Far Away

Tom Mcneal

Ember

 

Jeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But Jacob can't protect Jeremy from everything. When coltish, copper-haired Ginger Boultinghouse takes a bite of a cake so delicious it's rumored to be bewitched, she falls in love with the first person she sees: Jeremy. In any other place, this would be a turn for the better for Jeremy, but not in Never Better, where the Finder of Occasions-whose identity and evil intentions nobody knows-is watching and waiting, waiting and watching. . . And as anyone familiar with the Brothers Grimm know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. Veteran writer Tom McNeal has crafted a young adult novel at once grim(m) and hopeful, full of twists, and perfect for fans of contemporary fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Holly Black's Doll Bones. The recipient of five starred reviews, Publishers Weekly called Far Far Away "inventive and deeply poignant."

 

Hickory Dickory Dog

Hickory Dickory Dog

Alison Murray

Candlewick

 

Set to the tune of "Hickory Dickory Dock," Murray's original text perfectly fits the traditional nursery song. ... The language is pure fun in places ("Hickory dickory dee,/Haroo!/Hurrah!/Yippee!") and always child-friendly. The digitally rendered artwork is colorful and appealing. ... The book begs to be read aloud or, even more appropriately, sung aloud. The generous size of the book, the clarity and appeal of the illustrations, and the fluidity of the text make it a good choice for storytime. -School Library Journal Murray's digital pictures have the cheery colors, simple shapes, and straightforward exuberance of 1950s illustration. Rufus, fashioned out of an almost continuous scraggly brown line and filled in with mustardy yellow, is the very picture of canine devotion. Analog clocks pop up throughout the spreads, offering visual cues (and subtle nudges) to those on the threshold of knowing how to tell time. -Publishers Weekly Murray... riffs on a traditional nursery rhyme, keeping its cadences while focusing on a day in the life of Zack and his faithful dog, Rufus. ... Murray's digital art employs a palette ranging from flat, retro pastels to bright primary colors.

 

 
Thank You for Supporting Your Community Bookseller, Rainy Day Books, Since 1975!

Since November 04, 1975, we have pursued our Legacy of Literacy:  39 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 Northwest corner of the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Belinder Road.  Our address is 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas (KS) 66205.  Our Phone Number is 913-384-3126. 
 
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Store Hours: 
Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 10 AM to 6 PM, Sat 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sundays we read, rest and enjoy our families and friends.
 
When you shop at Rainy Day Books you're a part of our Legacy of Literacy for Kansas City.  We provide full service, knowledgeable Reading Recommendations and priceless Author Event experiences, all at a fair price.  To our faithful loyal Customers, we say Thank You for your Support!  We look forward to seeing again you soon!
 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Roger & Vivien at Home

 

Life is Good and it just keeps getting Better, 

 

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