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Kansas City Public Library, Central Library
Helzberg Auditorium
14 W 10th Street, Floor 5
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
7:00 PM
Book Ordering Information
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| Nathan Englander Event |
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Kansas City Public Library, Central Library
Helzberg Auditorium
14 W 10th Street, Floor 5
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
7:00 PM
Book Ordering Information
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| Thomas Cahill Event |
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Kansas City Public Library, Central Library
Helzberg Auditorium
14 W 10th Street, Floor 5
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Thursday, April 03, 2008
7:00 PM
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Our Weekly E-mail Newsletter
Newsletter Volume 368
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Monday, March 31, 2008
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Hello Cliford,
Featured Author
Event
Authors: The First Lady Laura
Bush and The First Daughter Jenna
Bush. Be one of the 1,000
lucky people to meet Laura and Jenna in
person.
Title: Read All About It!,
$17.99 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061560750, On Sale
Date: April 22, 2008.
Local Customers can Pick-Up their Tickets,
Wristbands and Books at Our Bookstore,
Tuesday, April 22 through Monday, April 28,
2008. Out-of-town Customers can
Pick-Up their Tickets, Wristbands and Books at Our
Author Event on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, beginning
at 6:00 PM. You are advised to Pick-Up your
Admission Packages of
Tickets, Wristbands and Books either at Our
Bookstore or at Our Author Event
because the time is too short to Ship them.
What: The First Lady
Laura Bush and The First Daughter Jenna
Bush will give us a
Multimedia PowerPoint Presentation about
their new book, Read All About It!
and the importance of reading for about 30 minutes
and then they will
autograph Single Copies of their new book,
Read All About It!,
purchased from Rainy Day Books,
on our website and / or at Our Author Event, that are
accompanied by a Stamped
Sequentially Numbered Ticket and a
Booksigning Line Wristband.
Still Photos with cameras and cell phones will be
allowed at a distance from individuals in the moving
Booksigning Line. Posed Photos hold up the
Booksigning Line and are
Prohibited. Personal Video is Absolutely
Prohibited.
When: Tuesday, April 29, 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
The United States Secret Service advises
that you bring Only
Yourself, Your Ticket, Your Wristband and
Your One (1) Copy of the
new book,
Read All About It! through the
Booksigning Line and that you
leave all other personal property in your vehicle or
home. Bring your
Photo Identification. Anticipate Security
Screening and Credential Checks
before Admittance. Any person in possession
of any Prohibited Item be Prohibited from the
Event.
Prohibited Items include, but are not limited
to: Weapons (of any kind, even
replicas),
Knives (of any size), Explosives,
Fireworks, Umbrellas, Canes, Poles, Sticks,
Containers (of any kind),
Bags, Backpacks, Briefcases, Sharp and/or
Pointed Objects (of any kind),
Leatherman or Similar Tools, Aerosols,
Mace (Pepper Spray), Banners, Signs,
Placards,
Noise-Makers (of any kind), Sealed
Envelopes and Sealed Packages.
Purses will
be screened to be allowed. The Event Staff
will not accept responsibility for
storage of any Prohibited Items.
Admission Packages are Limited to 1,000
lucky people
and they are only available from Rainy Day
Books.
Admission Package Per Person:
$17.99 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day
Books, One (1) Stamped Sequentially Numbered
Ticket, One (1)
Booksigning Line Wristband and One (1) Copy of
Read All About It! (Hardcover) to be
Autographed at the Author
Presentation. 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. You are advised to Pick-Up your
Admission Packages of
Tickets, Wristbands and Books either at Our
Bookstore or at Our Author Event
because the time is too short to Ship
them.
All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-
Returnable.
Vivien Jennings gave her
Reading Recommendations of
five Books on
KSHB NBC 41
Action News on Saturday, March 08,
2008, at about 8:45 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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Christopher Rice,
Tuesday, April 01, 2008,
7:00 PM
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Nathan Englander, Wednesday, April 02,
2008, 7:00 PM
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Thomas Cahill,
Thursday, April 03, 3008, 7:00 PM
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Cynthia Cooper,
Tuesday, April 08, 2008, 11:30 AM
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Trisha Yearwood, Saturday, April 12, 2008,
11:00 AM
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Elizabeth Noble, Thursday, April 17, 2008,
11:45 AM
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Scott Heim,
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Richard Louv,
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Karen Adler and
Judith Fertig, Monday, April 28, 2008, 6:00
PM
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Lee Martin,
Tuesday, April 29, 2008,
7:00 PM
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Laura Bush and Jenna Bush, Tuesday,
April 29, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Debbie Macomber,
Saturday, May 03, 2008, 3:30
PM
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Ted Kerasote, Tuesday, May 06, 2008,
7:00 PM
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Stephenie Meyer, Thursday, May 08, 2008,
7:00 PM
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Chef Bobby Flay,
Friday, May 09, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Jane Isay, Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00
PM
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Elizabeth Berg,
Thursday, May 22, 2008, 12:00 PM, Noon
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Tony Horwitz,
Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 7:00 PM
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Leif Enger,
Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 7:00 PM
Authors
range from Debut Authors to
International Bestsellers. Roger adds New
Author Events during the week as
Vivien commits to Dates and Venues. Watch
and read our
Author Events Calendar on
our website
for exciting Author Events and updates to be added as
commitments and
confirmations occur. Be among the first people
to know who
Rainy Day Books will be hosting in the
Heartland. You will be well advised, informed
and wise to
order your Admission Packages
early.
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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Christopher Rice will join us for his new book:
Blind Fall
Author: Christopher Rice,
New York Times Bestselling Author
Title: Blind Fall,
$26.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780743293990, On Sale
Date: March 01, 2008
What: Christopher
Rice
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.
When: Tuesday, April 01, 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
Christopher Rice's books for
Sale at this Author Event.
Book Ordering Information
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Nathan Englander will join us for his new book:
The Ministry of Special Cases
Author: Nathan
Englander.
Set in mid-1970s Argentina, Nathan
Englander's new novel The Ministry of
Special Cases, tracks
the lives of Kaddish and Lillian Poznan after their son
is "disappeared" by the
government. The Los Angeles Times
described the book as a "mesmerizing
rumination on loss and memory" while Publishers
Weekly called it "unique
in its layering of Jewish tradition and totalitarian
obliteration . . .
haunting." Englander's renowned short story
collection For The Relief of
Unbearable Urges won the PEN/Faulkner
Malamud Award for Excellence in Short
Fiction and the Goldberg Foundation Prize. His
fiction has been published in
The New Yorker, Story, American Short
Fiction and The
Atlantic Monthly. He has won a Pushcart
Prize; the American Academy of Arts
& Letters, Sue Kauffman Prize; and the Bard
College Fiction Prize. He lives in
New York City.
Title: The Ministry of
Special Cases, $14.95 Softcover, ISBN
9780375704444, On Sale Date:
April 01, 2008. Rainy Day Books will
have Nathan Englander's
books for sale at this Author Event.
What: Nathan
Englander
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.
When: Wednesday, April 02,
2008, 7:00 PM
Where:
Kansas City Public Library, Central
Library, Helzberg Auditorium,
14 W 10th Street, Floor 5, Kansas City, Missouri
64105, Reservations Phone: 816-701-
3407
Admission: All Writers
At Work Events are Free and Open to the
Public. Please Call 816-701-3407
for Reservations. Writers At Work Series Author
Events are produced in
partnership with
Chris Davis, University of
Missouri -
Kansas City - English Department, the
Kansas City Public
Library and
Rainy Day Books.
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Thomas Cahill will join us for his new book:
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Author:
Thomas Cahill is best known
for The Hinges of
History series, a prospective seven-volume
series in which the author
recounts formative moments in Western
civilization. To date, the series
includes the following five best-selling
books:
- Mysteries of the Middle
Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science,
and Art from the Cults of Catholic
Europe (2006)
- Sailing the Wine Dark Sea:
Why The Greeks Matter (2004)
- Desire of the Everlasting
Hills: The World Before and After
Jesus (2001)
- The Gifts of the Jews: How a
Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way
Everyone Thinks and Feels
(1999)
- How the Irish Saved
Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's
Heroic Role from the Fall of
Rome to the Rise of Medieval
Europe (1996)
Title: Mysteries of the
Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern
World, $19.95 Softcover, ISBN
9780385495561, On Sale Date:
March 04, 2008. Rainy Day Books will have
Thomas Cahill's for
Sale at this Author Event.
What: Thomas Cahill
will give us a Multimedia PowerPoint
Presentation, 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.
When: Thursday, April 03, 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,
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, Central
Library at 816-701-3407 for
Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have
Thomas Cahill's for
Sale at this Author Event.
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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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