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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!
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HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!
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Judith Fertig, Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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Rainy Day Books will honor Memorial Day with our Families & Friends and we will be away from our Bookstore on Monday, May 30th. Rainy Day Books will be OPEN again on Tuesday, May 31th at 10:00 AM. www.RainyDayBooks.com is OPEN 24/7. We hope you rest and reflect on the celebrations and sacrifices of life as we will. Memorial Day is for remembering our heroes.
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On Monday, May 23, John Hart, Edgar Award-Winning and New York Times Bestselling Author, was our Special Guest at our Rainy Day Books' Mystery Book Club May Meeting to Present his New Hardcover Redemption Road as he was In Conversation with Becci West, Manager at Rainy Day Books! John speaks with an articulate eloquent heartfelt style and our Customers wholeheartedly enjoyed their experience! We are all eager for John's return with his next Bestseller!
On Tuesday, May 24, Greg Hardin met with fans & readers and Celebrated the Publication of his New Hardcover Picture Book When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Jayhawk at a Reception & Booksigning at Rainy Day Books!☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂☂
Read and share our Weekly Author Events Newsletters!
We work smart & hard to create exciting and unique opportunities as we celebrate the beginning of 41 Years of bringing Authors, Books and Customers together for memorable experiences!
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Rupi Kaur, Canadian Debut Author, at Rainy Day Books for
Milk and Honey
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On Monday, May 23, Rupi Kaur, the Canadian Debut Author of Milk and Honey came to Rainy Day Books to meet Vivien & Roger and to Author Autograph her New Books. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look. It is accompanied by her own sketches, and the beautifully honest poems read like the everyday, collective experiences of today's modern woman. Rupi Kaur's New Book Milk and Honey is Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, Headquartered here in Kansas City.
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Vivien took Roger to
Timber Creek Retreat House!
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On Friday, May 27; Saturday, May 28; and Sunday, May 29; Vivien took Roger to Timber Creek Retreat House for the weekend for some R&R and to celebrate his upcoming Happy 65th Birthday! Timber Creek Retreat House is like their Home-Away-From-Home! Tom & Beth Jacobs, and Patty & Jeff Lowry provide luxury accommodations and gourmet healthy meals. Tom lead Meditations and gave rejuvenating Therapeutic Massages. Patty & Beth cooked nutritious organic meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Roger & Vivien took leisurely long walks through the Timbers to the Bridge across the Creek. Roger & Vivien made some new friends during their Retreat. Timber Creek Retreat House is a haven of peace, rest and serenity.
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Jack Jonathan is Celebrating his New Photo & Story Book
Egypt: The Eternal Spirit of Its People: Stories of an Exhibition
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 Jack Jonathan is an Artist-of-the-Book who has worked with his Team to create a Treasure: Egypt: The Eternal Spirit of Its People: Stories of an Exhibition, $27.95 Softcover. Turning the Pages, we enter the world of Cairo at the end of its "Golden Era" (1952). One reader, Mary Eisenhower, who has been in Egypt many times with the People to People organization, wrote, "Your eye truly catches the inner spirit of Egypt." Mr. Jonathan chose to Photograph his subjects in Black & White using a Rolleiflex single-lens Camera. Part of the appeal of this Collection, now Digitized and Printed in duo-tone Inkjet Prints, is that, using only shades of black the images have a three-dimensional quality that creates an emotional intimacy with the subject. Mr. Jonathan's 78-Year career has focused on creating Products that help people communicate with each other: first at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo as head of the Printing and Publications Department; then at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City Missouri; and finally at American Century Investments where he ended his career Writing and Publishing six Books in the Yes, You Can... Series. Mr. Jonathan has pursued his Photographic avocation for more than 70 Years. Now, he uses his Photographs in the service of Philanthropy. He has had several Exhibitions in Kansas City, the newest being an installation, "Healing Images," at Children's Mercy Hospital. Egypt: The Eternal Spirit of Its People: Stories of an Exhibition, Softcover $27.95 Mr. Jonathan can Author Autograph his Books for You!
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THURSDAY NIGHT
Whitney Terrell will be In Conversation
about his New Hardcover Novel
The Good Lieutenant
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Whitney Terrell, Kansas City's own Bestselling Author of The Huntsman and The King of Kings County, will be In Conversation with Crosby Kemper, III, Executive Director of Kansas City Public Library, about Whitney's New Hardcover Novel The Good Lieutenant. This Event is Co-Sponsored by Rainy Day Books & The Kansas City Public Library.
This Event is Thursday, June 02, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.
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Literally Experience Scotland
with Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design
this Summer!
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Our Tour is about to SELL OUT
Reservations must be made by
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Some Photos by Roger Doeren in June 2009
Literally Experience Scotland with
Rainy Day Books & Lisa Ball Travel Design!
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 J.K. 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.
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Great New Books arrive on our shelves each Week!
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Grand Central Publishing
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs-the painter-and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members--including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot--the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage. Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.
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Ballantine Books
A princess of Spain, Catalina is only sixteen years old when she sets foot on the shores of England. The youngest daughter of the powerful monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Catalina is a coveted prize for a royal marriage and Arthur, Prince of Wales, and heir to the English throne, has won her hand. But tragedy strikes and Catalina, now Princess Katherine, is betrothed to the future Henry VIII. She must wait for his coming-of-age, an ordeal that tests her resolve, casts doubt on her trusted confidantes, and turns her into a virtual prisoner. Katherine's patience is rewarded when she becomes Queen of England. The affection between Katherine and Henry is genuine, but forces beyond her control threaten to rend her marriage, and indeed the nation, apart. Henry has fallen under the spell of Katherine's maid of honor, Anne Boleyn. Now Katherine must be prepared to fight, to the end if God wills it, for her faith, her legitimacy, and her heart.
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Riverhead Books
Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring.Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing fifty, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adult lives suddenly begins to unravel, and the secrets and revelations that are finally let loose about themselves, and about the famous fourth band member who soared and fell without them can never be reclaimed.
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William Morrow
All Summer Long follows one charming New York couple glamorous interior designer Olivia Ritchie and her husband Nicholas, a true southern gentleman from Charleston as they are swept up into the world of the ultra-rich and travel the globe with a cast of zany eccentrics over one tumultuous, hot summer, and find themselves pondering the next step of their lives. This is a story of how plans evolve and lives change in unexpected ways, how even those who have everything are looking for something more to fulfill them and even the most successful can often struggle to get things together. It asks the ultimate question: can money buy happiness? From Sullivans Island to Necker Island to the beaches of Southern Spain, we ll come to recognize the face of true love, the kind that deepens and endures but only because one woman makes a tremendous leap of faith. And that leap changes them all.
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Blue Rider Press
The night that Jane and Bonnie meet on a college campus sets them on paths forever entwined. Bonnie, the wild and experimental one, always up for anything, has spent the past two decades bouncing between ill-fated relationships, while Jane's seemingly perfect life, perfect husband, and perfect children have all but materialized out of a fantasy. But these appearances contradict the quiet, inescapable doubt Jane feels about her life. One night, in the middle of her own Christmas party, she steps outside into the snow, removes her clothing and shoes, and lies down in the backyard. When she is discovered, nothing is the same for anyone. As Jane begins to have visions and retreat into a private inner world, Bonnie finds herself drawn inevitably into an affair with Jane's husband.
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Hachette Books
Meet Abbey Lahey . . . Overworked mom. Underappreciated publicist. Frazzled wife of an out-of-work landscaper. A woman desperately in need of a vacation from life--and who is about to get one, thanks to an unexpected tumble down a Nordstrom escalator. Meet Abbey van Holt . . . The woman whose life Abbey suddenly finds herself inhabiting when she wakes up. Married to handsome congressional candidate Alex van Holt. Living in a lavish penthouse. Wearing ball gowns and being feted by the creme of Philadelphia society. Luxuriating in the kind of fourteen-karat lifestyle she's only read about in the pages of Town & Country. The woman Abbey might have been . . . if she had said yes to a date with Alex van Holt all those years ago.
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Nanette O'Hare is an unassuming teen who has played the role of dutiful daughter, hardworking student, and star athlete for as long as she can remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of "The Bubblegum Reaper"--a mysterious, out-of-print cult classic--the rebel within Nanette awakens. As she befriends the reclusive author, falls in love with a young but troubled poet, and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that rebellion sometimes comes at a high price.
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Sarah Crichton Books
America's national parks are breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why more than 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the environmental classic Refuge and the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary celebration of our national parks, an exploration of what they mean to us and what we mean to them. From the Grand Tetons in Wyoming to Acadia in Maine to Big Bend in Texas and more, Williams creates a series of lyrical portraits that illuminate the unique grandeur of each place while delving into what it means to shape a landscape with its own evolutionary history into something of our own making. Part memoir, part natural history, and part social critique, The Hour of Land is a meditation and a manifesto on why wild lands matter to the soul of America.
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Thank You for Supporting Your Community Bookseller, Rainy Day Books, Since 1975!
Since November 04, 1975, we have pursued our Legacy of Literacy: 41 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!
Life is Good and it just keeps getting Better,
Vivien & Roger and all of your friends at Rainy Day Books
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