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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
Thursday Night: Sara Gruen!
Sunday Afternoon: Philip Kerr!
PLANETARY Documentary Film VIP Screening Event!
SPECIAL EVENT: Continuing Legal Education (CLE) featuring Steve Berry
SPECIAL EVENT: Books & Boutiques 2015 featuring Laura McBride
Literary Tour to Italy 2015
New books arrive on our shelves each week!
HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!

Sara Gruen, Thursday, April 09

Philip Kerr, Sunday, April 12

Malcolm Gladwell, Wednesday, April 15


Elizabeth Berg, Thursday, April 23

Melissa & Dallas Hartwig, Tuesday, April 28


Jan-Philipp Sendker, Tuesday, May 05

Peter Slevin, Thursday, May 06

Jen Lancaster, Wednesday, May 13

Chuck Palahniuk, Friday, May 29

Judith Fertig, Tuesday, June 02

Nick Offerman, Thursday, June 04

Joe Posnanski, Thursday, June 11

Annie Barrows, Wednesday, June 17
Volume 736                             April 06, 2015

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We enjoyed a Happy Easter and Passover with our family and friends this past Weekend and we hope that you all did the same.  We hope that everybody found all their Easter Eggs.  Sundays are our Families & Friends Day and celebrating a Holiday is a special treat.

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On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Emily Giffin, Bestselling Author, entertained, engaged and motivated the Customers that experienced her presentation of her New Softcover The One & Only at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary.  We all enjoyed a memorable Event and we will wholeheartedly welcome Emily back for her next Bestselling Book. 

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On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Joseph Kanon, Edgar Award-Winning Author intrigued our Customers with the details of his New Hardcover Leaving Berlin at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Chapel.  Listening to Joseph and reading his Books can take you on a journey and leave you believing that you experienced life in his stories.
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On Wednesday, April 01, 2015, Scott Martelle, an Editorial Writer for The Los Angeles Times discussed in detail his intriguing story in his New Hardcover The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth at Rainy Day Books with a group of fans, historians & readers that hung on his every word.  Our Customers asked Scott a lot of very interesting questions!
Scott Martelle for The Madman and the Assassin at Rainy Day Books 04012015

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Read our Weekly Author Events Newsletters!  We work smart & hard to create exciting and unique opportunities as we celebrate 40 Years of bringing Author, Books and Customers together for memorable experiences!
THURSDAY NIGHT:  Sara Gruen!

 
Sara Gruen, The New York Times #1 Bestselling Author of Water for Elephants, will return to Rainy Day Books!  Sarah will be In Conversation with Vivien Jennings, Founder & President of Rainy Day Books for Sara's New Novel At the Water's Edge.

 
This Event is Thursday, April 09, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.
 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON:  Philip Kerr!

 
Philip Kerr, The New York Times and Internationally Bestselling Author of the Bernie Gunther Mysteries, will travel all the way from his home in London to Rainy Day Books! Philip will be In Conversation with Vivien Jennings, Founder & President of Rainy Day Books about Philip's 10th Bernie Gunther Novel The Lady from Zagreb.
 
This Event is Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.
 
PLANETARY Documentary Film VIP Screening Event
on Saturday, May 09, 2015 at The Folly Theater

Rainy Day Books, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology & A Great Collaboration Invite you, your families & friends, young & elderly, to participate in an historic Special Event!
 
"We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." ~ David Brower, Environmentalist  
 
We are all related in the past, present and future.  What will our children and grandchildren inherit from us.  We can collaborate for their future!
 
Purchase your VIP and/or General Admission Tickets to this Special Event before it is SOLD OUT on Saturday, May 09, 2015 at 7:00 PM at The Folly Theater!
 
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Join us for A Planetary Evening featuring a Documentary Film, music and panel discussions about our profound relationship with planet Earth.  The evening will include a Screening of the highly acclaimed Documentary Film PLANETARY; a stunning visual portrait of our Earth, taking us on a journey across Continents: from the African savannah to the Himalayas, and from the heart of Tokyo to a view of our fragile Planet from orbit.  Fresh from its cinematic debut at South By Southwest, this is a special one-night-only VIP Screening for Kansas City at the famous Folly Theater.  Following the Screening will be a panel discussion with Director Guy Reid & featured Astronaut Ron Garan.  In addition, Hemispheres will put on an immersive multimedia performance, brought to you by the Quixotic Team.  The first in many collaborative experience Events, this is surely one to be experienced!  Brought to you by: A Great Collaboration.

Rainy Day Books is the Official Bookseller of
A Great Collaboration

SPECIAL EVENT:  Steve Berry, Bestselling Author, will present The Patriot Threat at a Continuing Legal Education Program 

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Rainy Day Books and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association present New York Times #1 Bestselling Author Steve Berry of The Patriot Threat for a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program: Adding a Little Fiction to Your Legal Writing.
 
This Special Event is Friday, April 17, 2015 at Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Conference Center.
 
SPECIAL EVENT:  Books & Boutiques 2015 featuring bestselling author Laura McBride, author of We Are Called To Rise 

We Are Called To Rise by Laura McBride

Books & Boutiques on Friday, May 01, 2015 at Overland Park Convention Center  
Rainy Day Books is a proud Founding Sponsor of Books & Boutiques 2015, benefiting Women's Breast Health at Saint Luke's South Hospital.  Laura McBride, Bestselling Author, will present her New Softcover We Are Called To Rise and give the Keynote Address.
 
This Special Event is Friday, May 01, 2015 at Overland Park Convention Center.
 
Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design present:
Literary Tour to Italy 2015
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Join Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren of Rainy Day Books for our Literary Tour of Italy this Summer!  Monday, June 22 through Sunday, July 05, 2015.  The Tour will be filled with amazing experiences as we explore Authors of the past and present who have been inspired by the beauty of Italy!  We will also discover great art throughout Italy.  One fantastic experience is seeing the wonders of the Vatican Museums in Rome after-hours and exclusively with just our group!  We have secured the services of the best tour guide in Rome who will lead us through the halls and to see Michelangelo's masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel!  Experience a once in a lifetime opportunity!

Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design present:

Literary Tour to Italy:
Monday, June 22 through Sunday, July 05, 2015


Travel with Vivien, Roger & Lisa and Discover Authors of the past & present inspired by the spectacular beauty of Italy!
Enjoy magnificent scenery, great art and architecture, gourmet foods & wines and explore ancient and modern Italy!

A Custom Tour encompassing the Best of Italy!

Venice
(4 Nights)

Tuscany Countryside and Florence
(5 Nights)

Rome
(3 Nights)

For a detailed Itinerary and more information about
our Literary Tour of Italy, please contact Lisa Ball.

Lisa Ball Travel Design
Tele/Text:  816-820-4351
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Great new books arrive on our shelves each week!

 I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

Courtney Maum

Touchstone Books

 

In this reverse love story set in Paris and London, which The Wall Street Journal "hailed as "funny and soulful...immediately appealing," 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.

 

Emma: A Modern Retelling

Emma: A Modern Retelling

Alexander McCall Smith

Pantheon Books

 

The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury to prepare for the launch of her interior design business. As she cultivates grand plans for the future, she re-enters the household of her hypochondriac father, who has been living alone on a steady diet of vegetables and vitamin supplements. Soon Emma befriends Harriet Smith, the naIve but charming young teacher's assistant at an English-language school run by the hippie-ish Mrs. Goddard. Harriet is Emma's inspiration to do the two things she does best: offer guidance to those less wise in the ways of the world and put her matchmaking skills to good use. Happily, this summer presents abundant opportunities for her to do just that, as many friends, both old and new, are drawn into the sphere of Emma's occasionally injudicious counsel: Frank Churchill, the attractive stepson of Emma's former governess; George Knightley, Emma's brother-in-law and dear friend; the charming yet self-important Philip Elton; and, of course, the perfect (and perfectly vexing) Jane Fairfax.

 

The Water Museum: Stories

The Water Museum: Stories

Luis Alberto Urrea

Little Brown and Company

 

From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called "wickedly good" (Kansas City Star), "cinematic and charged" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and "studded with delights" (Chicago Tribune). Examining the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice.

 

Blood on Snow

Blood on Snow

Jo Nesbo

Knopf Publishing Group

 

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels--a fast, tight, darkly lyrical stand-alone novel that has at its center the perfectly sympathetic antihero: an Oslo contract killer who draws us into an unexpected meditation on death and love. This is the story of Olav: an extremely talented "fixer" for one of Oslo's most powerful crime bosses. But Olav is also an unusually complicated fixer. He has a capacity for love that is as far-reaching as is his gift for murder. He is our straightforward, calm-in-the-face-of-crisis narrator with a storyteller's hypnotic knack for fantasy. He has an "innate talent for subordination" but running through his veins is a "virus" born of the power over life and death. And while his latest job puts him at the pinnacle of his trade, it may be mutating into his greatest mistake.

 

My Journey with Maya

My Journey with Maya

Tavis Smiley

Little Brown and Company

 

Tavis Smiley and Maya Angelou met in 1986, when he was twenty-one and she was fifty-eight. For the next twenty-eight years, Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley, and they talked often of art, politics, history, music, religion, and race. In My Journey with Maya, Smiley beautifully recounts a friendship filled with conversation that began when he, a recent college graduate and a poor kid from a big family in the Midwest, accompanied the revered writer on a sojourn to Ghana. Smiley stumbled into a relationship with her that shaped his future and affected the man he became. Like a mother to him, she was generous, challenging, and inspirational--as she was to so many. Here he shares his portrait of Angelou--a highly complex individual who left an indelible imprint on American culture.

 

The Folded Clock: A Diary

The Folded Clock: A Diary

Heidi Julavits

Doubleday Books

 

Like many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin, and hoped to discover the early evidence of the person (and writer) she'd since become. Instead, "The actual diaries revealed me to possess the mind of a paranoid tax auditor." The entries are daily chronicles of anxieties about grades, looks, boys, and popularity. After reading the confessions of her past self, writes Julavits, "I want to good-naturedly laugh at this person. I want to but I can't. What she wanted then is scarcely different from what I want today." Thus was born a desire to try again, to chronicle her daily life as a forty-something woman, wife, mother, and writer. The dazzling result is The Folded Clock, in which the diary form becomes a meditation on time and self, youth and aging, betrayal and loyalty, friendship and romance, faith and fate, marriage and family, desire and death, gossip and secrets, art and ambition. Concealed beneath the minute obsession with "dailiness" are sharply observed moments of cultural criticism and emotionally driven philosophical queries. In keeping with the spirit of a diary, the tone is confessional, sometimes shockingly so, as the focus shifts from the woman she wants to be to the woman she may have become.

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

Since November 04, 1975, we have pursued our Legacy of Literacy:  40 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. 
 
Get Directions to Rainy Day Books and our Author Event venues by Clicking Here.
 
Store Hours: 
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; Saturdays: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; and Sundays we read, rest and enjoy time with 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 with their Books

 

Life is Good and it just keeps getting Better, 

 

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