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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 to read and rest!

In This Newsletter
TONIGHT: Emily St. John Mandel
Wednesday Night: Annie Barrows!
Thursday Night: Jason Matthews!
JUST ADDED: Sara Paretsky!
JUST ADDED: Filip Bondy!
JUST ADDED: Senator Claire McCaskill!
JUST ADDED: David Mitchell!
Great New Books arrive on our shelves each Week!
The Orbital Perspective Multimedia Enhanced Book Bundle!
HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!

Emily St. John Mandel, Monday, June 15

Annie Barrows, Wednesday, June 17

Jason Matthews, Thursday, June 18

Rinker Buck, Thursday, July 09

Jenny Milchman, Monday, July 20

Kathy Reichs, MD, Thursday, July 23

Sara Paretsky, Tuesday, July 28

Filip Bondy, Thursday, July 30

Paula McLain, Tuesday, August 11

Claire McCaskill, Sunday August 16

David Mitchell, Friday, November 06

Isabel Allende, Tuesday, November 17
Volume 746                               June 15, 2015

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On Wednesday, June 10th, John Berendt Introduced the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Metabook™ Multimedia App for Apple iPads and iPhones.  Also, John discussed his #1 New York Times Bestseller The City of Falling Angles and the history and magic of Venice with our Literary Tour of Italy Group.  Rainy Day Books and HEAR Now Co-Sponsored this Event.
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On Thursday, June 11th, Joe Posnanski did 3 Author Events for his New Hardcover The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus at The Carriage Club in the Morning, The Gallery Space at Noon, and Unity Temple on The Plaza at Night.  Joe scored a Hole In One at each of these 3 Author Events!  Joe thoroughly understands the Game of Golf, the Players, and the Score!
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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!
TONIGHT:  Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times Bestselling Author of Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, The New York Times Bestselling Author of Station Eleven will discuss her critically acclaimed book and answer audience questions.
 
Just SOME of the praise for Station Eleven
  • Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award
  • Winner of The Morning News Tournament of Books 
  • Finalist for the National Book Award
  • Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award 
  • Longlisted for the Bailey's Prize (formerly the Orange Prize) 
  • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction 
  • A New York Times bestseller 
  • An American Library Association Notable Book 
  • Named best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly and BookPage
This Event is Monday, June 15, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112.

Wednesday Night:  Annie Barrows In Conversation about her New Novel The Truth According To Us 
Annie Barrows, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, will be In Conversation about her New Novel The Truth According To Us.  This Book Club Evening will also include a presentation by Vivien Jennings, Founder & President of Rainy Day Books, of Reading Recommendations for Book Clubs.
 
This Event is Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.  The Book Club Presentation will begin at 6:30 PM, the Conversation with Annie Barrows will begin at 7:00 PM. 

Thursday Night:  Jason Matthews, Edgar Award-Winning Author of Red Sparrow will discuss the New Sequel Palace of Treason!
Jason Matthews, The New York Times Bestselling and Edgar Award-Wnning Author of Red Sparrow, will appear for the highly-anticipated sequel spy thriller Palace of Treason.
 

 
This Event is Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 7:00 PM, NOW at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205.

JUST ADDED:  Sara Paretsky, New York Times Bestselling Author of the V.I. Warshawski mystery novels will discuss her New Book  Brush Back!
Sara Paretsky, The New York Times Bestselling Author of the V.I. Warshawski mysteries will appear for the New Book Brush Back.
 
This OPEN HOUSE Event is Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Woodneath Library Center, 8900 NE Flintlock Road Kansas City, Missouri 64157.

JUST ADDED:  Filip Bondy will discuss The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball's Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy!
 
This Event is Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205.

JUST ADDED:  Senator Claire McCaskill will discuss her memoir Plenty Ladylike
Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator from Missouri, will discuss her memoir Plenty Ladylike.
 
This Event is Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

JUST ADDED:  Irish author David Mitchell will discuss his New Novel Slade House
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David Mitchell, Internationally Bestselling Author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks, will travel from his home in Ireland to discuss his New Novel Slade House.
 
This Event is Friday, November 6, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

Great New Books arrive on our shelves each Week!

 The President's Shadow

The President's Shadow

Brad Meltzer

Grand Central Publishing

 

There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I find those stories for a living. To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, D.C., he's responsible for safekeeping the government's most important documents . . . and, sometimes, its most closely held secrets. But there are a powerful few who know his other role. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year-old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with protecting the Presidency.Now the current occupant of the White House needs the Culper Ring's help. The alarming discovery of the buried arm has the President's team in a rightful panic. Who buried the arm? How did they get past White House security? And most important: What's the message hidden in the arm's closed fist? Indeed, the puzzle inside has a clear intended recipient, and it isn't the President. It's Beecher, himself. Beecher's investigation will take him back to one of our country's greatest secrets and point him toward the long, carefully hidden truth about the most shocking history of all: family history.

 

 Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

Robert Kurson

Random House

 

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men John Chatterton and John Mattera are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard's, more daring than Kidd's. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time.If Chatterton and Mattera succeed, they will make history it will be just the second time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified. Soon, however, they realize that cutting-edge technology and a willingness to lose everything aren t enough to track down Bannister's ship. They must travel the globe in search of historic documents and accounts of the great pirate's exploits, face down dangerous rivals, battle the tides of nations and governments and experts. But it's only when they learn to think and act like pirates like Bannister that they become able to go where no pirate hunters have gone before.

 

Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy

Christopher Reich

Doubleday Books

 

On a remote, dusty road forty miles outside of Austin, Texas, FBI agent Joe Grant and a confidential informant are killed in a deadly shootout. Left to pick up the pieces is Mary Grant, Joe's young wife and mother of their two daughters. The official report places blame for the deaths on Joe's shoulders . . . but the story just doesn't add up and Mary has too many troubling questions that need answers. How did Joe's final voice mail containing a cryptic warning for Mary, recorded moments before the fatal shooting disappear without a trace from her phone? Stonewalled by the FBI, Mary will be drawn into a deadly conspiracy that puts her in the crosshairs of the richest and most powerful men in America . . . and the newest and most terrifying surveillance system known to man.

 

The Rumor

The Rumor

Elin Hilderbrand

Little Brown and Company

 

Nantucket writer Madeline King couldn't have picked a worse time to have writer's block. Her deadline is looming, her bills are piling up, and inspiration is in short supply. Madeline's best friend Grace, is hard at work transforming her garden into the envy of the island with the help of a ruggedly handsome landscape architect. Before she realizes it, Grace is on the verge of a decision that will irrevocably change her life. Could Grace's crisis be Madeline's salvation? As the gossip escalates, and the summer's explosive events come to a head, Grace and Madeline try desperately to set the record straight--but the truth might be even worse than rumor has it.

The Orbital Perspective Multimedia Enhanced Book Bundle!

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A Rainy Day Books Exclusive Collaboration:


The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles by Astronaut Ron Garan, $27.95 Hardcover Bundled with the $16.99 Enhanced E-Book, for a Multimedia Book Bundle Price: $27.95 and that is a 38% Savings on buying Each item separately.  The Book and the Enhanced E-Book are full of Stories, Photos, and Videos from Space Shuttle launches to spectacular eye-popping perspectives from the International Space Station for an Overview Effect that hundreds of Astronauts experience.

Full Book Bundle details are available on our Website.  Order Your Book Bundle Now!
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. 
 
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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