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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: Matthew Desmond!
Tuesday Night: Cassandra Clare will Present her New Hardcover, Lady Midnight!
JUST ADDED: John Hart, Edgar Award-Winning Mystery Writer will join our Rainy Day Books Mystery Book Club for a discussion of his New Hardcover Novel, Redemption Road!
JUST ADDED: Jonathan Safran Foer will Present his New Novel Here I Am!
Literally Experience Scotland with Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design this Summer!
Great New Books arrive each Week!
HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!

Matthew Desmond, Monday, March 14, 2016

Cassandra Clare, Tuesday, March 15, 2016

William Anderson, Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Thomas Frank, Thursday, March 24, 2016

Helen Simonson, Thursday, April 07, 2016

Matthew Quirk, Monday, April 18, 2016

Lesley Stahl, Friday, April 29, 2016

Stewart O'Nan, Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Scott Simon, Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Tom Vanderbilt, Tuesday May 03, 2016

Mark Zwonitzer, Thursday, May 05, 2016

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Susan Branch, Wednesday, May 18, 2016

John Hart, Monday, May 23, 2016

Whitney Terrell, Thursday, June 02, 2016

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Jonathan Safran Foer, Friday, September 16, 2016
Volume 786                              March 14, 2016
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 4:00 PM, our entire Staff will leave our Bookstore so that they can be In Service at our Cassandra Clare Author Event at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum.

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On Friday, March 11, Amber Tamblyn, Actress, Celebrity, Poet, and Critically-Acclaimed Author of Free Stallion and Bang Ditto, walked off the pages of PEOPLE and onto the Stage of a Rainy Day Books Author Event to Present her New Poetry Collection Dark Sparkler at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Charles Fillmore Chapel.  This Author Event was Co-Sponsored by Rainy Day Books & Middle of The Map Fest: A Production of Ink Magazine. Amber Tamblyn for Dark Sparkler at Unity Temple Chapel 03112016





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We work smart & hard to create exciting and unique opportunities as we celebrate the beginning of 41 Years of bringing Author, Books and Customers together for memorable experiences!
TONIGHT  
Matthew Desmond will Present his New Hardcover  
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies at Harvard University, will Present his New Hardcover Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityThis Complimentary OPEN HOUSE Author Event is Co-Sponsored by Rainy Day Books & The Kansas City Public Library.


This Event is Monday, March 14, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Public Library, Central Branch, Helzberg Auditorium, 14 W 10th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105. 

TUESDAY NIGHT
Cassandra Clare will Present her New Hardcover
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book One
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 4:00 PM, our entire Staff will leave our Bookstore so that they can be In Service at our Cassandra Clare Author Event at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum.

Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Mortal Instruments Series, will Present New Hardcover Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book OneThis Author Event is Co-Sponsored by Rainy Day Books, Kansas City Public Library & Mid-Continent Public Library.

This Event is Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.  Reservations are Required.

Cassandra Clare will Author Autograph Books purchased exclusively from Rainy Day Books for this Author Event.  The Booksigning requires a Ticket.  Sequentially Numbered Booksigning Line Tickets are distributed in the order Books are purchased.  Order your Hardcover of Lady Midnight from Rainy Day Books NOW!  Also, Rainy Day Books will have Cassandra Clare's Books and Booksigning Tickets for Sale in the Library Lobby before, during, and after her Presentation.

John Hart will join our Rainy Day Books Mystery Book Club for a discussion of his New Hardcover Novel 
Redemption Road
John Hart, The New York Times Bestselling Author of The King of Lies, Down River, Iron House and The Last Child, will discuss his New Hardcover Novel Redemption RoadThis is the May Meeting of the Rainy Day Books Mystery Book Club.

This Event is Monday, May 23, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205. 

Jonathan Safran Foer will Present his New Novel 
Here I Am
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Jonathan Safran Foer, The New York Times Bestselling Author of Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, will Present his New First New Novel in 11 Years Here I Am.  This Event is Co-Sponsored by Rainy Day Books & Middle of the Map Fest: A Production of Ink Magazine.

This Event is Friday, September 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112. 

Literally Experience Scotland
with Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design
this Summer!  
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Literally Experience Scotland with
Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design
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Sunday, June 19 through Saturday, July 02, 2016 

Scotland, home of the rugged, with a multitude of Castles, and Internationally Bestselling Authors, like Ian Rankin!  Come Travel with us this Summer in Scotland for a rare adventure and experience where Castles and great scenery merge with History & Literature!

      Literally Experience Scotland with us and we will:
  • Visit the Home of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns in Ayrshire.
  • Walk in the footsteps of Claire & Jamie from The Outlander TV Series.
  • Stay 3 Nights in the Palatial Glenapp Castle Hotel with glorious Gardens near the beautiful Ayrshire Coast.
  • Ride the "Harry Potter Hogwarts Express" Jacobite Steam Train in the Highlands, and also visit a renowned Scotch Whiskey Distillery.
  • Tour the spectacular Eileen Donan Castle and Balmoral Castle!
  • Visit Scotland's magnificent Cities of Glasgow, and Edinburgh, the City of Literature, with Exclusive Author Events!
  • Stay 4 Nights at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh where JK Rowling completed her Internationally Bestselling Harry Potter Series.
  • Please note most of the 26 Gourmet Meals during our Tour are included in the Base Tour Cost as well as Round-Trip Airfare from Kansas City or your Home Airport to & from Scotland.
  • The United States Dollar is at a favorable Exchange Rate for the United Kingdom Pound.
  For Tour details, please inquire to [email protected]
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Great New Books arrive on our shelves each Week! 

 Private Paris

Private Paris

James Patterson and Mark Sullivan

Little Brown and Company

 

When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after getting a call from his client Sherman Wilkerson, asking Jack to track down his young granddaughter, who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer. Before Jack can locate her, several members of France's cultural elite are found dead-murdered in stunning, symbolic fashion. The only link between the crimes is a mysterious graffiti tag. As religious and ethnic tensions simmer in the City of Lights, only Jack and his Private team can connect the dots before the smoldering powder keg explodes.

 

 The Total Package

The Total Package

Stephanie Evanovich

William Morrow

 

Heartthrob star quarterback Tyson Palmer has a million-dollar arm and the promise of a Super Bowl ring. But football's biggest star is the ultimate comeback kid. After addiction derailed his career, Tyson recovered his talent and won back the fans. But one person remains unconvinced: Dani Carr, an ambitious sports journalist. Years ago she and Tyson shared a passionate night but never spoke again. Tyson doesn t realize that the bombshell covering his games is the girl whose heart he broke. Will Tyson make a comeback with Dani? Can he use his million-dollar moves to get past her defenses or will she sideline him for good?

 

Two If by Sea

Two If by Sea

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Simon & Schuster

 

Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank's own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the boy home to the Midwestern farm where he grew up. Not long into their journey, Frank begins to believe that Ian has an extraordinary, impossible telepathic gift; but his only wish is to protect the deeply frightened child. As Frank struggles to start over, training horses as his father and grandfather did before him, he meets Claudia, a champion equestrian and someone with whom he can share his life and his fears for Ian. Both of them know that it will be impossible to keep Ian's gift a secret forever. Already, ominous coincidences have put Frank's police instincts on high alert, as strangers trespass the quiet life at the family farm. The fight to keep Ian safe from a sinister group who want him back takes readers from the ravaged shores of Brisbane to the middle of America to a quaint English village. Even as Frank and Claudia dare to hope for new love, it becomes clear that they can never let Ian go, no matter what the cost.

 

As Close to Us as Breathing

As Close to Us as Breathing

Elizabeth Poliner

Lee Boudreaux Books

 

In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with children in tow and weekend-only husbands who arrive each Friday in time for the Sabbath meal. During the weekdays, freedom reigns. Ada, the family beauty, relaxes and grows more playful, unimpeded by her rule-driven, religious husband. Vivie, once terribly wronged by her sister, is now the family diplomat and an increasingly inventive chef. Unmarried Bec finds herself forced to choose between the family-centric life she's always known and a passion-filled life with the married man with whom she's had a secret years-long affair. But when a terrible accident occurs on the sisters' watch, a summer of hope and self-discovery transforms into a lifetime of atonement and loss for members of this close-knit clan. Seen through the eyes of Molly, who was twelve years old when she witnessed the accident, this is the story of a tragedy and its aftermath, of expanding lives painfully collapsed. Can Molly, decades after the event, draw from her aunt Bec's hard-won wisdom and free herself from the burden that destroyed so many others?

 

An Unrestored Woman

An Unrestored Woman

Shobha Rao

Flatiron Books

 

1947: the Indian subcontinent is partitioned into two separate countries, India and Pakistan. And with one decree, countless lives are changed forever.  An Unrestored Woman explores the fault lines in this mass displacement of humanity: a new mother is trapped on the wrong side of the border; a soldier finds the love of his life but is powerless to act on it; an ambitious servant seduces both master and mistress; a young prostitute quietly, inexorably plots revenge on the madam who holds her hostage. Caught in a world of shifting borders, Rao's characters have reached their tipping points. In paired stories that hail from India and Pakistan to the United States, Italy, and England, we witness the ramifications of the violent uprooting of families, the price they pay over generations, and the uncanny relevance these stories have in our world today.

 

Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?

Listen Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?

Thomas Frank

Metropolitan Books

  

Thomas Frank will Present his New Hardcover Listen Liberal on Thursday, March 24, 2016!

 

It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Thomas Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.

 

Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America

Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America

Douglas Brinkley

Harper

 

Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways from scratch. Through his leadership, pristine landscapes such as the Great Smokies, the Everglades, Joshua Tree, the Olympics, Big Bend, and the Channel Islands were forever saved.

 

50 Great American Places: Essential Historic Sites Across the U.S.

50 Great American Places: Essential Historic Sites Across the U.S.

Brent D. Glass

Simon & Schuster

 

From Massachusetts to Florida to Washington to California, 50 Great American Places takes you on a journey through our nation's history. Sharing the inside stories of sites as old as Mesa Verde (Colorado) and Cahokia (Illinois) and as recent as Silicon Valley (California) and the Mall of America (Minnesota), each essay provides the historical context for places that represent fundamental American themes: the compelling story of democracy and self-government; the dramatic impact of military conflict; the powerful role of innovation and enterprise; the inspiring achievements of diverse cultural traditions; and the defining influence of the land and its resources. Expert historian Brent D. Glass explores these themes by connecting places, people, and events and reveals a national narrative that is often surprising, sometimes tragic, and always engaging complete with photographs, websites for more information, and suggestions for other places nearby worth visiting. Sites you would expect to read about in Boston, New York, and Washington, DC are here, as well as plenty of surprises, such as the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, or Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, or the Village Green in Hudson, Ohio; less obvious places that, together with the more well-known destinations, collectively tell the story of America. For families who want to take a trip that is both educational and entertaining, for history enthusiasts, or anyone curious about our country's greatest places, this book is the perfect guide.

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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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