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Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren

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.

Author:  Diane Williams is the author of Romancer Erector Excitability, The Stupefaction, Some Sexual Success Stories Plus Other Stories in Which God Might Choose to Appear, and This Is About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate.  She is the editor of the literary annual Noon.

Title:  It Was Like Me Trying to Have a Tender-Hearted Nature: A Novella and Stories, $17.95 Softcover, ISBN 9781573661409, On Sale Date:  September 19, 2007

What:  Diane Williams will talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer audience questions and she will autograph copies of her 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, January 23, 2008, 7:00 PM

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

Admission Package (Click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART button):  $17.95 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket and One (1) Copy of It Was Like Me Trying to Have a Tender-Hearted Nature (Softcover) 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:  Dr. Pauline W. Chen attended Harvard University and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and completed her surgical training at Yale University, the National Cancer Institute (National Institutes of Health), and UCLA, where she was most recently a member of the faculty.  In 1999, she was named the UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year.  Dr. Chen's first nationally published piece, Dead Enough? The Paradox of Brain Death, appeared in the fall 2005 issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review and was a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award.  She is also the 2005 co-winner of the Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction and was a finalist for the 2002 James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing.  She lives near Boston with her husband and children.

Title:  Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality, $13.95 Softcover, ISBN 9780307275370, On Sale Date:  January 08, 2008.  "Final Exam is a revealing and heartfelt book.  Dr. Pauline W. Chen takes us where few do.  Her tales are also uncommonly moving, most especially when contemplating death and our difficulties as doctors and patients in coming to grips with it." ~ Atul Gawande, author of Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science.  Dr. Pauline W. Chen's book, Final Exam, does extremely well not only with support staff, but anyone who has ever had a family member in long term care or palliative care.  Most the letters that Pauline has received have been from relatives of end-of-life patients, writing her to thank her for having such compassion.

What:  Dr. Pauline W. Chen will talk about her new book, her life, her work, answer audience questions and she will autograph copies of her new book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.

When:  Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 7:00 PM

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

Admission Package (Click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART button):  $13.95 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of Final Exam (Softcover) 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.  Ticketed Seating is Limited to 40 so purchase your Admission Packages early.  All 40 Ticketed Seats will be filled by 7:00 PM, and Stand-By Seating will be possible only if there are any Vacancies.  Thank you.  Book Orders can be shipped worldwide.  All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non- Returnable.