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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
JUST ADDED: Anne Lamott
JUST ADDED: Sandra Dallas
JUST ADDED: Gary Shteyngart
SPECIAL EVENT: The Power of Reading: A Celebration of the Written Word
Great Books arrive each Week! Check out what's New!
HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!

 

Jessie Burton, Tuesday, September 16

 

Kathy Wakile, Wednesday, September 17

 

Matthew Thomas, Tuesday, September 23

 

Nancy Horan, Thursday, September 25

 

Jane Smiley, Thursday, October 9

 

Gary Shteyngart, Wednesday, October 15

 

Jackson Galaxy, Friday, October 17

 

Cary Elwes, Sunday, October 19

 

Sandra Dallas, Wednesday, October 22

 

W. Bruce Cameron, Tuesday, October 28

 

Billy Collins, Thursday, October 30

 

Jim Gaffigan, Sunday, November 2

 

Anna Quindlen, Tuesday, November 11

 

Colonel Chris Hadfield, Tuesday, November 11

 

John Cleese, Wednesday, November 12

 

Anne Lamott, Wednesday, November 19

 

Volume 701                    August 18, 2014

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On Monday, August 11, 2014, Rebecca Rotert gave an enthusiastic Book Club Presentation and discussion about her New Hardcover Novel Last Night at the Blue Angel.  Rebecca asked for a show of hands of those readers that prefer to see dialogue in Italics rather than with "Quotation Marks."  

Rebecca Rotert Book Club Event at Rainy Day Books 08112014

 

On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, Benoit Denizet-Lewis gave a Multimedia Presentation and Travelogue of his adventurous journey across America to research and write his New Hardcover Travels with Casey: My Journey Through our Dog-Crazy Country.  We all enjoyed hearing the details of his spirited experiences and insights of our Dog-Crazy Country!
Benoit Denizet-Lewis Multimedia Event at Rainy Day Books 08132014
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Special Advance Screening of
"This Is Where I Leave You"
 
Tuesday, September 09, 2014 at 7:00 PM
in Kansas City, Missouri!
 
Rainy Day Books Customers can receive
Complimentary Passes!

Rainy Day Books encourages families & friends to attend a Special Advance Screening of "This Is Where I Leave You"!

There are 100 Admit 2 Passes to this Special Advance Screening that will be givien to Rainy Day Books Customers.

Click here for Complimentary Passes
Enter the Gofobo Code:  RDBFY9C

Please keep in mind the Special Advance Screening will be overbooked to ensure a full house.  Please arrive early.

This Is Where I Leave You Advance Screening 08142014
Synopsis:  When their father passes away, four grown and world-weary siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother (Jane Fonda) and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.  As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the tattered states of their relationships among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways.

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MORE NEWS TO COME!
Read and Forward our Weekly E-mail Newsletters!  Read our Website!  More exciting Author Event announcements are coming soon!  Many of our Author Events are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities!

November 4, 2014 will be the Anniversary of our 40th Year as Independent Booksellers and Author Event Producers.  We are having the time of our lives and we want our faithful loyal customers to join in our year long celebration!
JUST ADDED:  Anne Lamott, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present her New Book Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace 

Anne Lamott, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present her New Book Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace.
 
This Event is Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Community Christian Church, 4601 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

JUST ADDED:  Sandra Dallas, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present her New Novel A Quilt for Christmas 

Sandra Dallas, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present her New Novel A Quilt for Christmas.
 
This Event is Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

JUST ADDED:  Gary Shteyngart, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present his New Memoir Little Failure
Gary Shteyngart for Little Failure

Gary Shytengart, New York Times Bestselling Author, will present his New Memoir Little Failure.
 
This Event is Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

JUST ADDED:  Kathy Wakile, Star of Bravo TV's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," will Celebrate the Publication of her New Cookbook Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet 
Kathy Wakile for Indulge

Kathy Walike, Star of Bravo TV's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," will Celebrate the Publication of her New Cookbook Indulge: Delicious Little Desserts That Keep Life Real Sweet.
 
This Event is Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops.

SPECIAL EVENT:  The Power Of Reading: A Celebration of the Written Word
The Power Of Reading

The Power Of Reading: A Celebration of the Written Word A collaborative Event sponsored by Literacy Kansas City, The Writers Place, and the Kansas City Public Library.

The Sixth Annual Power Of Reading Event will be held at the Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch.  It will feature adult learners from Literacy Kansas City sharing their personal stories and how learning to read has transformed their lives.  In addition, local writers including New York Times Bestselling Author Candice Millard, Poet and Fiction Writer Maija Rhee Devine, Journalist Brian Burnes, and Human Rights Activist Alvin Sykes will read personal stories and original writings, and discuss the power of Books and reading in their lives.  Nick Haines of KCPT Public Television will Emcee the Event.
 
This Event is Tuesday, September 9, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

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

We Are Not Ourselves

We Are Not Ourselves

Matthew Thomas

Simon and Schuster

 

Born in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on whether guests are over and how much alcohol has been consumed. When Eileen meets Ed Leary, a scientist whose bearing is nothing like those of the men she grew up with, she thinks she's found the perfect partner to deliver her to the cosmopolitan world she longs to inhabit. They marry, and Eileen quickly discovers Ed doesn't aspire to the same, ever bigger, stakes in the American Dream. Eileen encourages her husband to want more: a better job, better friends, a better house, but as years pass it becomes clear that his growing reluctance is part of a deeper psychological shift. An inescapable darkness enters their lives, and Eileen and Ed and their son Connell try desperately to hold together a semblance of the reality they have known, and to preserve, against long odds, an idea they have cherished of the future. Through the Learys, novelist Matthew Thomas charts the story of the American Century, particularly the promise of domestic bliss and economic prosperity that captured hearts and minds after WWII. The result is a riveting and affecting work of art; one that reminds us that life is more than a tally of victories and defeats, that we live to love and be loved, and that we should tell each other so before the moment slips away.

 

Mean Streak

Mean Streak

Sandra Brown

Grand Central Publishing

 

Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Literally. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her. While police suspect Jeff of "instant divorce," Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the captive of a man whose violent past is so dark that he won't even tell her his name. She's determined to escape him, and willing to take any risks necessary to survive. Unexpectedly, however, the two have a dangerous encounter with people who adhere to a code of justice all their own. At the center of the dispute is a desperate young woman whom Emory can't turn her back on, even if it means breaking the law. Wrong becomes right at the hands of the man who strikes fear, but also sparks passion. As her husband's deception is revealed, and the FBI closes in on her captor, Emory begins to wonder if the man with no name is, in fact, her rescuer from those who wish her dead - and from heartbreak.

 

Adultery: A novel

Adultery: A novel

Paulo Coelho

Knopf

 

A woman in her thirties begins to question the routine and predictability of her days. In everybody's eyes, she has a perfect life: happy marriage, children, and a career. Yet what she feels is an enormous apathy. All that changes when she encounters a successful politician who had, years earlier, been her high school boyfriend. As she rediscovers the passion missing from her life, she will face a life-altering choice.

 

One Kick

One Kick

Chelsea Cain

Simon and Schuster

 

Famously kidnapped at age six, Kick captured America's hearts when she was rescued five years later. Now, twenty-one, she finds herself unexpectedly entangled in a missing child case that will put her talents to the test. Trained as a marksman, lock picker, escape artist and bomb maker by her abductor, Kick could not return to the life of the average young girl after her release. So, in lieu of therapy, she mastered martial arts, boxing, and knife throwing; learned how to escape from the trunk of a car, jimmy a pair of handcuffs, and walk without making a sound--all before she was thirteen. Kick has trained herself to be safe. But then two children go missing in three weeks, and an enigmatic and wealthy former weapons dealer approaches her with a proposition. John Bishop uses his fortune and contacts to track down missing children. Not only is he convinced Kick can help recover the two children--he won't take no for an answer. With lives hanging in the balance, Kick is set to be the crusader she has always imagined herself. Little does she know that the answers she and Bishop seek are hidden in one of the few places she doesn't want to navigate--the dark corners of her own mind.

 

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Daniel J. Levitin

Dutton Adult

 

The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more-and faster-decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up. But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel-and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time. With lively, entertaining chapters on everything from the kitchen junk drawer to health care to executive office workflow, Levitin reveals how new research into the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied to the challenges of our daily lives. This Is Your Brain on Music showed how to better play and appreciate music through an understanding of how the brain works. The Organized Mind shows how to navigate the churning flood of information in the twenty-first century with the same neuroscientific perspective.

 

Final Frontier: The Pioneering Science and Technology of Exploring the Universe

Final Frontier: The Pioneering Science and Technology of Exploring the Universe

Brian Clegg

St. Martin's Press

 

Star Trek was right - there is only one final frontier, and that is space... Human beings are natural explorers, and nowhere is this frontier spirit stronger than in the United States of America. It almost defines the character of the US. But the Earth is running out of frontiers fast. In Brian Clegg's The Final Frontier we discover the massive challenges that face explorers, both human and robotic, to uncover the current and future technologies that could take us out into the galaxy and take a voyage of discovery where no one has gone before... but one day someone will. In 2003, General Wesley Clark set the nation a challenge to produce the technology that would enable new pioneers to explore the galaxy. That challenge is tough - the greatest we've ever faced. But taking on the final frontier does not have to be a fantasy. In a time of recession, escapism is always popular - and what greater escape from the everyday can there be than the chance of leaving Earth's bounds and exploring the universe? With a rich popular culture heritage in science fiction movies, books and TV shows, this is a subject that entertains and informs in equal measure.

 


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