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Kansas City Public Library, Central Library
Helzberg Auditorium
14 W 10th Street, Floor 5
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
7:00 PM
Book Ordering Information
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Our Weekly E-mail Newsletter
Volume 356
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Monday, January 07, 2008
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Hello Cliford,
Author: Dave Isay is the
founder
of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound
Portraits Productions. Over the
past two decades his radio documentary work has
won nearly every award in
broadcasting, including five Peabody awards.
Dave has also received a
Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and
a United States Artists
Fellowship. He is the author (or co-author) of
four books based on Sound
Portraits radio stories, including Our America: Life
and Death on the South
Side of Chicago and Flophouse. He
and his wife, Jennifer Gonnerman,
live in Brooklyn, New York.
Dave Isay, legendary radio producer,
selects the most remarkable
stories from an astonishing trove of memories and
arranges them thematically
into a beautiful mosaic of American life. The
themes of the interviews in
this book remind us of the shared humanity that binds
us all: Home and Family,
Work and Dedication, Journeys, History and Struggle,
and Fire and Water (which
shares stories from September 11th and Hurricane
Katrina). The voices
heard in these interviews connect readers to real
people whose lives are filled
with extraordinary and ordinary experiences and who
remind us that no matter who
we are or where we come from, we all share this
journey of life.
StoryCorps is making history and
Listening Is an Act of Love
honors the participants of this revolutionary project
and reaches out to those
who now have the opportunity to share their lives
through storytelling.
The incredibly moving personal stories in this book
reveal the real individuals
who make up the American storybook and the
preciousness of each and every one of our
lives.
Title: Listening Is an Act
of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the
StoryCorps Project,
$24.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781594201400, On Sale
Date: November 01, 2007, also available in
other formats as eBooks and an AudioBook on
CDs
What: Dave Isay
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: Thursday, January 31,
2008, 7:00 PM
Where: A
KCUR 89.3 FM, Your
Source for NPR News
and Rainy Day
Books Author Event at
Unity Temple
on The
Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas
City, Missouri
64112
Admission Package: $24.95
plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books,
One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if
needed) and One (1) Copy of
Listening Is an Act of Love
(Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author
Presentation.
Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket
and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) 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.
Vivien Jennings gave her
Reading Recommendations of
five Books on
KSHB NBC 41
Kansas City LIVE on Monday, December
18,
2007, at about 10:15 AM.
During the program one lucky viewer won
all
five Books.
Rainy Day Books fills Author
Autographed Special Orders from our
Author Events Calendar
and we also sell
Author
Autographed Books in Special
Sections in our Bookstore
and on our
Website.
Author Autographed Books make great gifts
for Birthdays and Special
Occasions. Place your Special
Orders in Advance and Beat
the Rush.
Robert Frost
said, "There's absolutely no reason
to be rushed along with the rush." So,
avoid the last moment rush for
Admission Packages to our Author
Events and Order yours
Early.
Our
Updated
Author Events Calendar includes in
chronological order:
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Sara Paretsky, Wednesday, January 09,
2008, 7:00 PM
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Anthony Horowitz, Saturday, January 19,
2008, 11:00 AM
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Diane Williams, Wednesday, January 23,
2008, 7:00 PM
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In Honor of Ken Ferguson, Wednesday,
January 30, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Dave Isay, Thursday, January 31, 2008,
7:00 PM
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Deborah
Rodriguez, Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 6:30
PM
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Chris Bohjalian,
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 6:30 PM
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Joel Osteen, Friday, February 22, 2008,
12:00 PM, Noon
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Chip Kidd,
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Susan Vreeland,
Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 6:30 PM
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Christopher Rice,
Tuesday, April 01, 2008, 6:30 PM
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Lee Martin,
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 6:30 PM
Authors
range from Debut Authors to
International Bestsellers. Roger adds New
Author Events during the week as
Vivien commits to Dates and Venues. So, be
wise and
check our
Author Events Calendar regularly for
updates.
Here
is some wise advice: Go
ahead and Buy your Books from Rainy Day Books so if
and when the Authors of
those Books come for Author Events you will
automatically be offered 1 or 2
Admission Tickets per Event and you will already
have your Books in hand. Our
Admission Packages include 1 or 2 Tickets and 1
New
Book. Rainy Day Books
produces 300+ Author Events each year and we offer
an Open Forum for Authors
with all kinds of messages and stories. We do
it all for your benefit and
enjoyment. Our Author Events are an
investment in the well-being of our
community. Our Author Events are where you
can meet & greet the Authors of the
Day, up-close-and-personal, day in & day
out.
Rainy Day Books' Pricing Information:
Admissions Packages are Sold
at Admission Package Prices. Our Book
Prices are listed at the Publisher's
Suggested Retail Price. Our Loyal Customer
10% Savings are applied to your
Personal and Professional In-Stock In-Store Book
Purchases and Online Orders and
at the time of Sale. Special Orders are sold at
the Publisher's Suggested
Retail Price plus the Incoming Shipping & Handling
costs. Outgoing Shipping &
Handling costs are added to your purchases when
applicable. We provide full
service, knowledgeable recommendations and
priceless Author Event experiences,
all at a fair price.
Our Best to you,
Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren
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Sara Paretsky will join us for her new book:
Bleeding Kansas
Author: Sara Paretsky is
well known for her V.I. Warshawski detective
novels.
Title: Bleeding
Kansas,
$25.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9780399154058, On Sale
Date: January 01, 2008
What: Sara Paretsky
will talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer
audience questions and
she will autograph copies of
his new book purchased from Rainy Day
Books,
on our website and / or at our Author Event.
When: Wednesday, January 09,
2008, 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
Admission: Complimentary
and Open to the
General Public. Please Call the Kansas
City Public Library, Central
Library at 816-701-3407 for
Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have
Sara Paretsky's books for
Sale at this Author Event.
Book Ordering Information
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Anthony Horowitz will join us for his new book:
Snakehead
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.
Title: Snakehead:
Alex Rider Adventures #7, $17.99 Hardcover,
ISBN 9780399241611,
On Sale Date: November 13, 2007
What goes up must come down, and when
we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can being
outer space. When he
crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian
Secret Service recruits
him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating
across South East Asia.
Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs,
weapons, and worst of all, people.
Alex accepts the assignment, in part for the chance to
work with his godfather
and learn more about his parents. What he
uncovers, however, is a secret
that will make this his darkest and most dangerous
mission yet and that his old
nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.
From the slums of
Bangkok to the Australian Outback to the middle of the
Timor Sea, Snakehead is
Alex Riders most action-packed adventure
yet.
What: Anthony
Horowitz
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: Saturday, January 19,
2008,
11:00 AM
Where: A Rainy Day
Books Author Event at
Unity Temple
on The
Plaza, Chapel, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas
City, Missouri
64112
Admission Package: $17.99
plus
Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books,
One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if
needed) and One (1) Copy of
Snakehead
(Hardcover) to be Autographed after the Author
Presentation.
Please specify your need for One (1) Stamped Ticket
and One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) 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.
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About Us...
Vivien L. Jennings is the Founder
& President of Rainy Day Books, Inc.
Since
Vivien opened the doors on November 04, 1975,
Rainy Day Books has provided the Greater Kansas
City community with a gathering place, a wellspring
for ideas and creative thought, and an ongoing voice
for
literacy and awareness. Rainy Day Books is
the major independent bookseller in Kansas City,
recognized locally and nationally profiled by The
Kansas City Star and Publishers Weekly
for its community Author
Events, which average 300 plus per year.
Rainy Day Books recommends selections to over 140
book clubs in the area. Vivien and her
romantic partner Roger Doeren support many
local charitable and
civic organizations in raising both funds and
awareness through many of the community Author
Events. Their philosophy is: "Bigger
Isn't Better. Better Is Better. We are
interested not so much in what we have done, but
more in what we still want to do. It is thrilling
to watch people leave our
Events with the knowledge that authors and their
books can expand their awareness, improve their
health, make them laugh, touch their hearts, and
encourage them to achieve a better life in a better
world. This is truly the spirit of the 'Legacy of
Literacy' that we hope to contribute to the
community."
Phone:
913-384-3126
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