Vivien has been recommending a hot new book, Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book, $12.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9780761147633, that is galloping out of our bookstore.  You have to see these new Scanimation images move right before your eye like nothing you have ever seen before.  People of all ages pick them up and have to have them and give them as gifts.  There's never before been a book like Gallop!  Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves.  It's impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and again.  A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the page.  A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters.  Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six- phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement.  It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1888, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action--or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen.

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Author:  Richard Rhodes, International Bestselling Author and Pulitzer Prize- winner for The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Published: February 01, 1987; Bestselling Author of: Dark Sun:  The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (Sloan Technology Series) , Published: August 01, 1996; Deadly Feasts:  Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague, Published: May 01, 1998; Why They Kill:  The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist, Published: October 01, 2000; Visions of Technology:  A Century of Vital Debate about Machines Systems and the Human World, Published: December 01, 2000; Masters of Death:  The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust, Published: August 01, 2003; and John James Audubon:  The Making of an American, Published: October 01, 2004.  Richard Rhodes grew up in Kansas City.  Visit www.RichardRhodes.com for more background information.

Title:  Arsenals of Folly:  The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race, $28.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9780375414138, On Sale Date:  October 09, 2007.  Rainy Day Books will have Richard Rhodes' books for Sale at this Author Event.

What:  Richard Rhodes will talk about his new book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.

When:  Wednesday, December 05, 2007, 7:00 PM

Where:  A Rainy Day Books and Kansas City Public Library Author Event at Kansas City Public Library, Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium, 14 W 10th Street, Floor 5, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, Reservation Phone:  816-701-3407, Reception at 6:30 PM, Discussion at 7:00 PM, and Booksigning at 8:00 PM.

Admission:  Complimentary and Open to the General Public.  Please Call the Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 for Reservations.  Rainy Day Books will have Richard Rhodes' books for Sale at this Author Event.

Author:  Tom Brokaw, Living Legend, World Renown Journalist and Bestselling Author.  Tom Brokaw is a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science.  He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966.  Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC.  He's been the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983.  Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys.  He lives in New York and Montana.

Rainy Day Books has hosted during the past thirteen years these famous News Icons:  Walter Cronkite, Katharine Graham, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Jim Lehrer, Joan Lunden, Anna Quindlen, Cokie Roberts and Lynn Sherr, to list a few.

Title:  Boom!: Personal Reflections on the Sixties and Today, $28.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400064571, On Sale Date:  November 06, 2007

What:  Tom Brokaw will join us at a NewsRadio 980 KMBZ Business Forum 2007 presented by UMB, NewsRadio 980 KMBZ and Rainy Day Books and discuss his new book, Boom!: Personal Reflections on the Sixties and Today.  Attendees will receive a Book with their Admission Package.  Rainy Day Books will be setup to sell additional Books at this Event.  Tom Brokaw will autograph the books.

When:  You are encouraged to join us at our Business Forum Luncheon with UMB, NewsRadio 980 KMBZ and Rainy Day Books Author Event on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM.  Rainy Day Books will produce another Event with Tom Brokaw at Unity Temple on The Plaza at 7:00 PM.

Where:  A UMB, NewsRadio 980 KMBZ and Rainy Day Books Author Event at Marriott Kansas City Downtown, Muehlebach Tower, Imperial Ballroom, 200 W 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, Phone: 816-421- 6800

Admission Package:  $50.00 includes a copy of the new Book, Lunch and Parking.  Order Admission from NewsRadio 980 KMBZ or Call 913-744-3633.  Rainy Day Books will have Books available for Purchase at the Event.  Tickets will be mailed to those who Register prior to Wednesday, December 05, 2007, at 5:00 PM.  Registrations received thereafter will be available for Pick-Up at Will-Call the Day of the Event.  Limited Seating will be available for the Special Event.  Advance Registration is Recommended.  Lunch will begin promptly at Noon.

Author:  Tom Brokaw, Living Legend, World Renown Journalist and Bestselling Author.  Tom Brokaw is a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science.  He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966.  Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC.  He's been the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983.  Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys.  He lives in New York and Montana.

Rainy Day Books has hosted during the past thirteen years these famous News Icons:  Walter Cronkite, Katharine Graham, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Jim Lehrer, Joan Lunden, Anna Quindlen, Cokie Roberts and Lynn Sherr, to list a few...

Title:  Boom!: Personal Reflections on the Sixties and Today, $28.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400064571, On Sale Date:  November 06, 2007

What:  Tom Brokaw will talk about his new book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.

Come in '60s style cloths to help get in the mood.  We will play '60s Flower Power music from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM, to help get in the mood as our Event starts.

When:  Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 7:00 PM.  Tom Brokaw will be at a NewsRadio 980 KMBZ Business Forum 2007 at 11:30 AM.

Where:  A Rainy Day Books Author Event at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

Admission Package:  $28.95 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Copy of Boom! (Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation.  Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket in the Notes field of your Online Order.  If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order.  Thank you.  Book Orders can be shipped worldwide.  All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non- Returnable.

Author:  William H. Colby, Award-Winning Author of Unplugged in Hardcover, Senior Fellow with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Washington, D.C., is the lawyer who represented the family of Nancy Cruzan in the family's right-to-die case, the first such case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Author of the landmark book, Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan, Published:  October 01, 2002

"Unplugged is an insightful and unsentimental examination of the Terri Schiavo case.  Bill Colby, who represented Nancy Cruzan's family, explains why it is so hard for our physicians and families to stop using medical technology (especially feeding tubes) when we are near the end of our lives, and tells us what we can do to improve our lives and the lives of our family members."  George J. Annas, Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights at Boston University School of Public Health, and author of The Rights of Patients

What:  William H. Colby will Meet & Greet you and talk with you about his new book, Unplugged, his life, his work, answer questions as he autographs copies of his books purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and/or at our In-Store Author Event.  Complimentary High Quality Holiday Gift Wrapping will be available as time permits.  Good things are worth the wait.  Shop the other fine Fairway Shops while you wait and come back later to pick up your Gift Wrapped Books.

When:  Saturday, December 15, 2007, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Where:  Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205

Admission Package (Walk-Ins are Welcome):  $17.95 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Copy of Unplugged (Softcover) to be Autographed on a First Come, First Served Basis, while supplies last.  If you choose Option 1 for In-Store Pick-Up, then you can specify At-Event Pick-Up in the Notes field of your Online Order.  Thank you.  Book Orders can be shipped worldwide.  All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.

Author:  Anthony Horowitz is one of the busiest writers in England.  In addition to The New York Times Bestselling Alex Rider books, he is also the creator of the popular TV crime series Foyle's War, which airs in the United States on PBS.

A near-permanent presence on The New York Times series Bestseller List and voted "best series" by booksellers for Publishers Weekly's annual Cuffie Awards, the Alex Rider series has been garnering rave reviews and sales of 4 million in the U.S. alone, indicating that the spy thriller series is the next publishing phenomenon.  In 2006, the first title in the series, Stormbreaker, was released as a major motion picture by The Weinstein Company starring: Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Missi Pyle, Andy Serkis, Alicia Silverstone and Mickey Rourke, with a screenplay by Anthony Horowitz.  The newest book in the Alex Rider adventures, Snakehead, will be published November 13, 2007.

In addition to the Alex Rider adventures, Anthony Horowitz is the author of The Diamond Brother mysteries and of the bestselling Raven's Gate.  Anthony lives in England with his wife and two sons.