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Santa is coming to the Bookloft for the 1st time. He will be here Sunday December 14th and will host a very special reading of "The Polar Express" at 2:45pm by the fireplace for the kids. You can meet personally with Santa and take pictures. So come all for a perfect afternoon with Santa

Christine and several other authors will read from a holiday anthology and conduct a book signing. Event will include a surprise appearance from Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.

Author: Jeanette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in the southwest and Welch, West Virginia. She graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York City for twenty years. Her previous book was the bestselling memoir The Glass Castle. She is married to writer John Taylor and ... (more)lives in Virginia. Title: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel, $26.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781416586289, On Sale Date: October 6, 2009 The author offers a novel based on the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, who learned to break horses in childhood, journeyed 500 miles on a pony as a teen to become a teacher, and ran a vast ranch in Arizona with her husband while raising two children, including Rosemary Smith Walls, portrayed in the author's acclaimed The Glass Castle. What: Jeannette Walls will discuss her powerful new novel, 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: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 7:00 PM Where: Unity Temple On The Country Club Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112. Admission Package (Click on the ADD TO SHOPPING CART button) next to the book jacket below: $25.99 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket (if needed) and One (1) Copy of HALF BROKE HORSES (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.

What: The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides; When: January 29, 2010, 7:00 PM; Where: Plaza Branch Library; 4801 Main Street, KC, MO 65112; Come join us in January, as we kick of the new year with a discussion of this classic work about an empire, over-extended in foreign engagements, locked in a ... (more)war it is destined to lose against an implacable enemy. Extra points if you can deliver the Funeral Oration by memory. ;)

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