Rainy Day Books- Fairway2706 W 53rd Street Fairway, KS 66205United States 913-384-3126; mailbox rainydaybooks.com New/Used: Not set Web site: http://rainydaybooks.com Events: http://rainydaybooks.com/NASApp/… (updated February 14) Description: Monday 10:00-6:00 Tuesday 10:00-6:00 Wednesday 10:00-6:00 Thursday 10:00-7:00 Friday 10:00-6:00 Saturday 10:00-5:00 Sunday Closed Added by: HelloAnnie. Contacted: Not contacted. Venue ID: 2792 FavoritesComment wall | Upcoming events
John Irving for Last Night in Twisted River (November 11 at 7:00pm) Author: John Irving, International Bestselling Author of Until I Find You (2005), The Fourth Hand (2001), A Widow for One Year (1998) (made into a 2004 Major Motion Picture Titled: The Door in the Floor), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1996)(made into a 1998 Major Motion Picture Titled: Simon Birch), The ... (more)
John Irving for Last Night in Twisted River (November 12 at 7:00pm) Author: John Irving, International Bestselling Author of Until I Find You (2005), The Fourth Hand (2001), A Widow for One Year (1998) (made into a 2004 Major Motion Picture Titled: The Door in the Floor), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1996)(made into a 1998 Major Motion Picture Titled: Simon Birch), The ... (more)
Bradley Trevor Greive for Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats (November 13 at 11:45am) Since the debut of his best-seller The Blue Day Book, Bradley Trevor Greive has become an international publishing sensation. His books have sold more than 18 million copies in 115 countries. In his latest book, Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats, Greive teams us with world renowned photographer Rachael Hale ... (more)
Book-Signing with author Christin Ditchfield (November 14 at 11:00am) Author Christin Ditchfield will be here to sign copies of her latest picture book, “Shwatsit!”
Mark Weiss discusses and signs The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry (November 15 at 3:00pm) Mark Weiss. Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is very excited to welcome Mark Weiss to the shop to discuss and sign the anthology of poetry he edited, The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry. Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally ... (more)
Ree Drummond for The Pioneer Woman Cooks (November 16 at 11:00am) Rainy Day Books & Will Wyatt's Cowboy Couture Present Ree Drummond forThe Pioneer Woman Cooks Author: Join Ree Drummond, as she greets the public and signs her New Cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From An Accidental Country Girl, $27.50 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061658198, On Sale Date: November ... (more)
Ree Drummond for The Pioneer Woman Cooks (November 16 at 7:00pm) Rainy Day Books & Will Wyatt's Cowboy Couture Present GIRLS' NIGHT OUT with Ree Drummond for The Pioneer Woman Cooks Author: Join Ree Drummond, as she greets the public and signs her New Cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From An Accidental Country Girl, $27.50 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061658198, ... (more)
Alison Larkin for The English American (November 18 at 7:00pm) Alison Larkin. Author: Alison Larkin was adopted at birth in Washington, D.C., by British parents and raised in England and Africa. After graduation from the University of London and the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she became a regular on the British stage with appearances on Broadway, a ubiquitous voice-over ... (more)
David Plouffe for The Audacity to Win (November 19 at 7:00pm) David Plouffe. Author: David Plouffe was the Campaign Manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 Presidential Campaign. David is credited with the Campaign's successful overall strategy in the race (primarily against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton) for the Democratic Party Presidential Nomination, to focus on the ... (more)
Book-Signing with author Giuliano Hazan (November 21 at 10:00am) Giuliano Hazan. Critically acclaimed chef, Giuliano Hazan, will be here to sign copies of his latest cookbook, Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes.
David Swanson discusses and signs Daybreak (November 22 at 3:00pm) David Swanson. Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present David Swanson as he discusses and signs his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. Swanson holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and ... (more)
Nigella Lawson discusses Nigella Christmas (December 7 at 7:00pm) Author: Nigella Lawson , Nigella Lawson's bestselling books, How to Eat, How to be a Domestic Goddess, Nigella Bites and Forever Summer, together with her TV programs, have made her a household name all over the world. She writes occasionally for various publications and is a regular contributor to the ... (more)
Santa (December 13 at 2:00pm) 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
Jeannette Walls discusses Half Broke Horses (January 7 at 7:00pm) 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)
Past eventsElizabeth Noble for Things I Want My Daughters to Know (April 17 at 11:45am) Author: Elizabeth Noble, Bestselling Author of Alphabet Weekends: Love on the Road from A to Z, The Friendship Test and The Reading Group Title: Things I Want My Daughters to Know, $22.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061122194, On Sale Date: April 01, 2008. Attendees will receive One (1) Autographed ... (more)
Richard Louv for Last Child in the Woods (April 23 at 7:00pm) Author: Richard Louv directly links the lack of exposure to nature in the lives of today’s youth with some of the most disturbing childhood trends, including the rise in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. He presents reasons why nature is no longer the child-raising environment of choice. ... (more)
Karen Adler and Judith Fertig for Barbecue Bash (April 28 at 6:00pm) Karen Adler. Author: Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, The Barbecue Queens Title: Barbecue Bash: The Be-All, End-All Party Guide, from Barefoot to Black Tie, $16.95 Softcover, ISBN 9781558323490, On Sale Date: April 01, 2008, and $29.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781558323483, On Sale Date: April 01, 2008. With 100 delicious ... (more)
Lee Martin for River of Heaven (April 29 at 7:00pm) Author: Lee Martin was one of two Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with The Bright Forever Title: River of Heaven, $24.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780307381248, On Sale Date: April 15, 2008 What: Lee Martin will talk about his new book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he ... (more)
Debbie Macomber for Twenty Wishes (May 3 at 3:30pm) Author: Debbie Macomber, International Bestselling Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, 74 Seaside Avenue, as well as Back on Blossom Street, A Good Yarn, Susannah’s Garden and 6 Rainier Drive, has become a leading voice in women’s fiction worldwide. Her work has appeared on every major ... (more)
Ted Kerasote for Merle's Door (May 6 at 7:00pm) Author: Ted Kerasote and Merle pose for a photo atop Sheep Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming. Merle climbed the mountain 13 times with Ted. Merle’s Door, the National Bestselling Book, tells the story of Ted Kerasote's chance meeting with a reddish Golden Retriever & Labrador mix, named Merle, ... (more)
Santa Montefiore for Sea of Lost Love (May 8 at 10:30am) Author: Santa Montefiore's Bestselling novels have been translated into twenty languages and have sold multi-million copies in the UK and Europe: thSetupPlayer("thPlayer5", "ss_smontefiore_8"); The Gypsy Madonna (2006) The Last Voyage of the Valentina (2005) The Swallow and the Hummingbird (2004) The ... (more)
Bobby Flay for Bobby Flay's Grill It! (May 9 at 7:00pm) Author: Bobby Flay is the Celebrity Chef of the Iron Chef America: The Series and host of Food Network's FoodNation and Boy Meets Grill, just before the 1991 opening of the now-celebrated Mesa Grill. Since then the flame-haired man from Manhattan has earned critical acclaim, including Gael Greene's ... (more)
Jane Isay for Walking on Eggshells (May 15 at 7:00pm) Author: Jane Isay grew up in New York City, the daughter of a columnist for The New York Post and a psychiatrist. In 2004, Jane left her job as Editor-in-Chief at Harcourt Trade Books to embark on a new career as a writer. Walking on Eggshells is the result. She lives in Manhattan with her husband. ... (more)
Elizabeth Berg for The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted (May 22 at 12:00pm) Author: Elizabeth Berg, New York Times Bestselling Author of Dream When You're Feeling Blue (2007), We are All Welcome Here (2006), The Year of Pleasures (2005), The Art of Mending (2004), Open House (2000), Range of Motion (1995) and Talk Before Sleep (1994). Title: The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: ... (more)
John Perkins for The Secret History of the American Empire (May 29 at 7:00pm) Author: John Perkins is the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, a startling expose of international corruption that spent over a year on The New York Times Bestseller Lists and has been published in more than thirty languages. ... (more)
Leif Enger for So Brave, Young and Handsome (June 10 at 7:00pm) Author: Leif Enger, Bestselling Author of Peace Like a River. Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio for nearly twenty years. Leif grew up and lives on a farm in Minnesota with his wife and two sons. Leif Enger's Peace Like ... (more)
John Prendergast for Not on Our Watch (June 12 at 7:00pm) Author: John Prendergast, New York Times Bestselling Author and an expert on the Darfur region and author of eight books on Africa, will speak about his recent book, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, Co-Authored with actor and activist, Don Cheadle. During the Clinton Administration, ... (more)
David Sedaris (June 16 at 7:00pm)
Jana Kohl for A Rare Breed of Love (June 25 at 7:00pm) Author: Jana Kohl is a writer, artist, psychologist and an animal welfare advocate. She worked for the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. She is concerned with how cruelty becomes sanctioned by society. Jana is the daughter of the family ... (more)
Michael Kodas for High Crimes (June 26 at 7:00pm) Author: Michael Kodas,Mountain Climber and Author of the Bestselling Book, High Crimes. ... (more)
John Mark Eberhart for Broken Time (July 8 at 6:30pm) John Mark Eberhart. From Jazz to Verse at Kansas City Public Library, Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium The Kansas City Star Book Editor John Mark Eberhart and his brother, Ken Eberhart, present From Jazz to Verse, a fusion of poetry and music on Tuesday, July 08, 2008, at 6:30 PM, at Kansas City Public Library, Central ... (more)
Deborah Crombie for Where Memories Lie (July 10 at 7:00pm) Author: Deborah Crombie was born and educated in Texas. After living in both England and Scotland, she wrote her first Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid / Sergeant Gemma James novel. A Share in Death [Scribner, 1993], was subsequently given Agatha and Macavity nominations for Best First Novel ... (more)
Craig Glazer for The King of Sting (July 10 at 7:00pm) Author: Craig Glazer, Local Author and Debut Book. Title: The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw, $24.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781602392496, On Sale Date: July 01, 2008. Craig Glazer will talk about his new book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will ... (more)Event location: Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112
Eoin Colfer via the Internet for Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (July 15 at 7:00pm) Author: Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father (an elementary school teacher, historian and artist of note) and mother (a drama teacher). He first developed an interest in writing in ... (more)
Jackie Collins will join us for her new book Married Lovers (July 26 at 4:00pm) Author: Jackie Collins, a Literary Icon, has written twenty-five New York Times bestselling novels spanning three decades. Many of Jackie's works have been turned into movies and TV mini-series, featuring some of today’s biggest superstars. Title: Married Lovers, $24.95 Hardcover, ISBN: 9780312341817, ... (more)
Jennifer Haigh for The Condition (July 29 at 7:00pm) Author: Jennifer Haigh is a novelist and short story writer. Her first book, Mrs. Kimble, won the 2004 PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her second, Baker Towers, was a New York Times Bestseller and won the 2006 PEN/L.L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Both have been ... (more)
Thomas M. Block for Stand for the Best (July 30 at 7:00pm) Thomas M. Bloch. Author: Thomas M. Block, now Local Author and Local Math Teacher, thirteen years ago, was the Chief Executive Officer of H&R Block, the groundbreaking and world's largest Income Tax preparation organization. The son of the company’s founder, he was a happily married 41-year-old executive, but something ... (more)
Breaking Dawn Midnight Book Release Party (August 1 at 11:00pm) Our Breaking Dawn Midnight Book Release Party for Stephenie Meyer's New Book, Number 4 in the Twilight Saga, will begin on Friday, August 01, 2008, at 11:00 PM, and continue when Books are Released at Midnight and into the early hours of Saturday. Watch for our E-mail Newsletters and our Website for ... (more)
Thomas Frank for The Wrecking Crew (August 22 at 7:00pm) Author: Thomas Frank, Author of What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, Published: May 01, 2005 and One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy, Published: October 01, 2000. Born on the wild plains of ... (more)
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Uptown Theater Green Festival (August 23 at 10:00am) Author: Jim Marrs, New York Times Bestselling of Rule by Secrecy will give a lecture about his new book, The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America, $25.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061245589, on Saturday, August 23, 2008, 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, at Uptown Theater, ... (more)
T. Boone Pickens for The First Billion is the Hardest (September 8 at 11:30am) NewsRadio 980 KMBZ, UMB and Rainy Day Books Welcomes T. Boone Pickens to the next Business Forum Join NewsRadio 980 KMBZ for the next Business Forum Presented by UMB and Rainy Day Books with guest speaker T. Boone Pickens, Monday, September 08, 2008, 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM, at the Marriott Kansas City ... (more)
Steven Pinker for The Stuff of Thought (September 9 at 7:00pm) Author: Steven Pinker, Bestselling Author of The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, appeared on The Colbert Report and here is a hyperlink so that you can watch it. Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University. He ... (more)
Ethan Canin for America America (September 10 at 7:00pm) Author: Ethan Canin’s new novel, America America, follows the presidential campaign of Henry Bonwiller, a fictional Democratic senator, during the historic elections of 1972. “We've waited a long time for a worthy successor to Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men,” declares The Washington ... (more)
Philip Roth for Indignation (September 16 at 7:00pm) Indignation Day Special Event Philip Roth will appear at Rainy Day Books via a Live Audio Video Feed. Author: Philip Roth won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with American Pastoral. Also, in 1998 he received the National Medal of Arts at the White House and in 2002 the highest award of the American ... (more)
Brisingr for Breakfast (September 20 at 8:30am) Rainy Day Books will OPEN early this Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Breakfast Time at 8:30 AM, for the much anticipated release and On Sale Date of Christopher Paolini's New Book, Brisingr: Inheritance, Book III, $27.50 Hardcover, ISBN 9780375826726. Place Your Advance Order Now for In-Store Pick-Up ... (more)
Gioia Diliberto for The Collection (September 23 at 7:00pm) Gioia Diliberto. Fall Book Club Kick-Off Author: Gioia Diliberto has been a newspaper reporter and a magazine journalist and has written biographies of Jane Addams, Hadley Hemingway, and Brenda Frazier, and a novel, I am Madame X. She lives in Chicago with her husband Richard Babcock, the editor of Chicago Magazine, ... (more)
Jennet Conant for The Irregulars (September 25 at 7:00pm) Author: Jennet Conant is the acclaimed author of two books about World War II, one about the invention of RADAR, Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II, a New York Times Bestseller, and the other about the building of the atomic bomb, ... (more)
If You Give A Cat A Cupcake Book Release Party (October 4 at 1:00pm) Laura Joffe Numeroff. Join Little Bookworms to celebrate the release of If You Give A Cat A Cupcake,the newest book in Laura Numeroff's If You Give A...series. We plan to have storytime, cupcake arts and crafts, pin the frosting on the cupcake game, and a cupcake decorating station where kids can take a plain cupcake and ... (more)
Anne Enright for Yesterday's Weather (October 7 at 7:00pm) Author: Anne Enright, the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize for The Gathering, presents a series of deeply moving glimpses into a rapidly changing Ireland; a land of family and tradition, but also, increasingly, of organic radicchio, cruise-ship vacations, and casual betrayals. Title: Yesterday's ... (more)
Nicholas Sparks for The Lucky One (October 8 at 7:00pm) Author: Nicholas Sparks, Author of the Bestselling Book, The Notebook, that was made into a major motion picture, will join us for a Girls' Night Out Event. Title: The Lucky One, $24.99 Hardcover, ISBN 9780446579933, On Sale Date: September 30, 2008. In his 14th book, Bestselling Author Nicholas ... (more)
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, The Yarn Harlot for Free-Range Knitter (October 13 at 7:00pm) Author: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, The Yarn Harlot is coming from her home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Rainy Day Books and only four other Booksellers across America. Stephanie is looking forward to meeting & greeting each and every knitter in her Booksigning Line at our Author Event. Stephanie ... (more)
Clare Langley-Hawthorne discusses and signs The Serpent and the Scorpion (October 19 at 3:00pm) EVENT TIME CORRECTION!The correct event time is 3pm, and not noon as it had been originally posted. Join Clare Langley-Hawthorne at Diesel Bookstore as she presents the second book in her fantastic new historical mystery series! Featuring the strong, outspoken, intelligent and sassy Ursula Marlow, THE ... (more)
Charles Simic for the Midwest Poets Series (October 23 at 6:30pm) Author: Charles Simic, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States (2007-2008), was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1n 1938, and immigrated to the U.S. at age 15. A poet, essayist and translator, Charles has written numerous collections of poems, among them: My Noiseless Entourage (2005); Selected Poems: 1963-2003 ... (more)
Laura Numeroff for If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (October 27 at 7:00pm) Author: Laura Numeroff is the International Bestselling Author of many books for young readers in addition to the If You Give Series, including The Chicken Sisters and Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide To Living With Your Monster. She lives in Los Angeles, California, where she loves to ride horses, ... (more)
William Least Heat-Moon for Roads to Quoz (October 29 at 7:00pm) Author: William Least Heat-Moon, Author of the Bestselling Classic Books, Blue Highways: A Journey Into America (1982), Prairyerth: A Deep Map (1991) and River-Horse: A Voyage Across America (1999). William Least Heat-Moon chose Rainy Day Books to produce his National Bookselling & Booksigning Tour ... (more)
Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa for Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics (October 30 at 11:00am) Back to Basics with The Barefoot Contessa Author: Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa, Bestselling Cookbook Author and Party Planner, will join us for a Special Back to Basics Bookselling & Booksigning Event. Title: Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients, $35.00 Hardcover, ... (more)
Ina Garten for Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics (October 30 at 12:00pm) Back to Basics with The Barefoot Contessa Author: Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa, Bestselling Cookbook Author and Party Planner, will join us for a Special Back to Basics Bookselling & Booksigning Event. Title: Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients, $35.00 Hardcover, ... (more)
Scott Bradley and Mitch Brian for The Book of Lists: Horror (October 30 at 7:00pm) Author: Scott Bradley and Mitch Brian for a Night of Horror! The Book of Lists: Horror Co-Editor, Scott Bradley, a University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) graduate and former Kansas City resident will be there as well as graphic novelist Jason Aaron (Scalped, The Other Side, Ghostrider), Valancourt ... (more)
Greg Kincaid for A Dog Named Christmas (November 5 at 7:00pm) Greg Kincaid. Author: Greg Kincaid, Debut Author, is also an Attorney Partner with Norton, Hubbard, Ruzicka, Kreamer & Kincaid, L.L.C in Olathe. In this heartwarming novel, Author Greg Kincaid tells the tender story of how one very special dog changed the lives of his adoptive family and an entire town; forever. "Todd, ... (more)
Baxter Black for The World According to Baxter Black (November 8 at 7:00pm) Baxter A. Black. Author: Baxter Black, National Public Radio (NPR) Cowboy Humorist & Poet, Large Animal Veterinarian and Author of Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride? (2005) and Horseshoes, Cowsocks & Duckfeet: More Commentary by NPR's Cowboy Poet & Former Large Animal Veterinarian (2002), will be Appearing Live. Title: ... (more)
Legendary surfer Laird Hamilton discusses & signs Force of Nature (November 9 at 3:00pm) DIESEL, A Bookstore in Malibu is excited to welcome legendary surfer and Malibu resident, Laird Hamilton to the store! As one of the most famous big-wave surfers today, Laird is known for his physical and mental toughness when out on the waves, and has achieved worldwide fame for his accomplishments. He'll ... (more)
Mia Leonin for Unraveling the Bed (November 20 at 6:30pm) Mia Leonin. Author: Mia Leonin graduated from Rockhurst University in 1990 and attended the University of Miami for a master of fine arts degree. Her two books of poems are Unraveling the Bed (Anhinga 2008, the Van K. Brock Florida Poetry Series) and Braid (Anhinga Press, 1999). Her prose memoir will come ... (more)
Governor Mike Huckabee for Do the Right Thing (November 21 at 12:00pm) Author: Governor Mike Huckabee will come to Rainy Day Books in the Heartland for 1 Hour on his 50 City National Bookselling & Booksigning Tour during a 3 Week period. Title: Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Back Common Sense to America, $25.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9781595230546, ... (more)
Kevin Sink for Illuminating Kansas City (December 11 at 6:30pm) Kevin (Photog.) Sink. Author: Kevin Sink, Local Photographer Extraordinaire and Author of his extraordinarily beautiful Photography Books. To learn more about Kevin Sink and his Photography, visit his Website at www.KevinSink.com Title: Illuminating Kansas City, Photography by Kevin Sink and Edited by Laurie Bomba, ... (more)
Kim Cunningham is ABSOLUTELY WILD (December 13 at 11:00am) Dennis Webster. SATURDAY DECEMBER 13TH AT 11 AM – KIM CUNNINGHAM autographing and discussing ABSOLUTELY WILD , wacky winsome and wild rhymes written by her father and fully illustrated with her handcolored linoleum prints.
D. Quincy Whitney to share the stories you don't know about New Hampshire. (December 20 at 11:00am) Quincy will be on hand just in time with the perfect stocking stuffer for your finicky reader. "Hidden History of New Hampshire" is packed with behind-the-scenes stories like the "American Inferno" ski race held on Mt. Washington, or the Shaker Meetinghouse -built in a single day in complete silence! ... (more)
Carolyn Jessop for Escape (January 22 at 5:00pm) Author: Carolyn Jessop. When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Meet Carolyn Jessop at our Author Event and listen to her story after you read her Book. Title: Escape by Carolyn Jessop and Laura ... (more)
Carolyn Jessop for Escape (January 22 at 7:00pm) Author: Carolyn Jessop. When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Meet Carolyn Jessop at our Author Event and listen to her story after you read her Book. Title: Escape by Carolyn Jessop and Laura ... (more)
Poetry Flash presents John Isles for Inverse Sky (January 25 at 3:00pm) John Isles. DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland and Poetry Flash proudly present poet John Isles as he reads from & signs Inverse Sky.
Project Censored 09 Event featuring Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff (January 29 at 7:00pm) DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome the editors of the Project Censored series, Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff, as they discuss and sign Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007-08.
Azar Nafisi for Things I've Been Silent About (February 3 at 7:00pm) Author: Azar Nafisi, the Bestselling Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, teaches at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. To learn more about Azar Nafisi, her life and her work, visit her website at www.AzarNafisi.com Title: Things I've Been Silent About: Memories, ... (more)
Dana Canedy for A Journal for Jordan (February 4 at 7:00pm) Author: Dana Canedy, a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editor for The New York Times, is the widow of Charles Monroe King. In 2005, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King began to write what would become a two-hundred-page journal for his son in case he did not make it home from the war in Iraq. Charles Monroe King, ... (more)
Barbara Delinsky for While My Sister Sleeps (February 17 at 7:00pm) Author: Barbara Delinsky, Bestselling Author of The Secret Between Us, will launch her New Book for her National Bookselling & Booksigning Tour at our Girls' Night Out Author Event! Cardiac Health is so very important. Heart attacks are now the Number 1 cause of death for women, more than all types ... (more)
Sam Lipsyte for a Writers at Work Event (February 19 at 7:00pm) DATE: Thursday, February 19, 2009 AUTHOR: Sam Lipsyte (Writers At Work Series sponsored by Chris Davis, the Kansas City Public Library, UMKC, and Rainy Day Books) TIME: 7:00 PM LOCATION: Kansas City Public Library, Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium, 14 W 10th Street, Floor 5, Kansas City, ... (more)
Breakfast With Buddha Discussion (February 21 at 2:00pm) The Valley Reading Association is sponsoring this discussion of Roland Merullo's novel Breakfast with Buddha. Come join us!
Azar Nafisi for Things I've Been Silent About (February 25 at 7:00pm) Author: Azar Nafisi, the Bestselling Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, teaches at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. To learn more about Azar Nafisi, her life and her work, visit her website at www.AzarNafisi.com Title: Things I've Been Silent About: Memories, ... (more)
Tom Clavin for The Last Stand of Fox Company (February 26 at 6:30pm) Author: Tom Clavin and Bob Drury and the Bestselling Authors of eight Books, including: Halsey’s Typhoon and Dark Noon: The Final Voyage of the Fishing Boat Pelican. Title: The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat, $25.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780871139931, On Sale Date: ... (more)
Tom Clavin for The Last Stand of Fox Company (February 26 at 7:00pm) Author: Tom Clavin and Bob Drury and the Bestselling Authors of eight Books, including: Halsey’s Typhoon and Dark Noon: The Final Voyage of the Fishing Boat Pelican. Title: The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat, $25.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780871139931, On Sale Date: ... (more)
Daniyal Mueenuddin discusses and signs In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (March 1 at 1:00pm) Please join DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland for acclaimed author Daniyal Mueenuddin, as he reads and discusses his wonderful new collection of stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Please note that this event starts earlier than normal, at 1 pm.
Stephanie Kallos for Sing Them Home (March 3 at 7:00pm) Author: Stephanie Kallos, Bestselling Author of her debut novel, Broken for You, will join us for a Book Club Event. Stephanie Kallos returns to Rainy Day Books in the Heartland with her triumphant new novel, Sing Them Home. A Top Reading Recommendation by Vivien, Geoffrey and Elizabeth, Sing ... (more)
Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire (March 16 at 6:30pm) March 1st marks the 15th anniversary of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning open gays from the military. New attention has focused on this explosive culture war issue, as Democrats renew promises to lift the ban, perhaps as soon as this year. With UNFRIENDLY FIRE: How the Gay Ban Undermines ... (more)
Temple Grandin for Animals Make Us Human (March 16 at 7:00pm) Author: Temple Grandin, World Famous Animal Advocate and Bestselling Author of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior and Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism. One of the most accomplished and well-known adults with autism in the ... (more)
Frank Delaney for Shannon (March 19 at 7:00pm) Author: Frank Delaney, BBC Reporter now based in New York City and Author of the Irish Bestseller, Ireland: A Novel, Published: February 01, 2005. We are calling this Author Event, "It's a Great Time to be Irish!" Title: Shannon, $26.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400065257, On Sale Date: February ... (more)
Jeff Guinn for Go Down Together (March 26 at 7:00pm) Author: Jeff Guinn, Bestselling Author, combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. Their timing ... (more)
Richard B. Myers for Eyes on the Horizon (April 6 at 6:30pm) Author: Richard B. Myers, General, Unites States Air Force, Retired, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the curcial four years following September 11, 2001, looks back over his career and provides a candid, revealing insider's view of the war on terror and proposing a bold new plan that ... (more)
Walter Kirn for a Writers at Work Event (April 9 at 7:00pm) DATE: Thursday, April 09, 2009 AUTHOR: Walter Kirn (Writers At Work Series sponsored by Chris Davis, the Kansas City Public Library, UMKC, and Rainy Day Books) TIME: 7:00 PM LOCATION: Kansas City Public Library, Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium, 14 W 10th Street, Floor 5, Kansas City, ... (more)
Come join us for Comfort Food with author Kate Jacobs! (April 11 at 7:00pm) Join us for Kate Jacobs signing "Comfort Food". The event is co-sponsored by The Woolery and yummerific comfort food prodived by The Black Forest. Let the power of a good book and good food draw you in.
Jon Ginoli of Pansy Division at Lambda Rising! (April 12 at 6:30pm) At the height of their career, just off their successful tour with Green Day, Pansy Division dropped by Lambda Rising’s DC bookstore, set up their instruments in our front window, and honored us and our customers with a raucous, rocking free concert. Now founding Pansy Jon Ginoli returns to Lambda ... (more)
Malibu Book Group discusses Three Cups of Tea (April 15 at 7:00pm) Malibu Book Group meets to discuss Greg Mortenson's best-selling life-changing book Three Cups of Tea. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Paula Deen for Paula Deen's, The Deen Family Cookbook (April 20 at 7:00pm) Paula H. Deen. A Conversation with Paula Deen Author: Paula Deen, Chef Proprietor of the famous The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, Food Network star of Paula's Home Cooking and Paula's Party and Bestselling Author of Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin' (2006), Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes ... (more)
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Annette Sym for Symply Too Good to Be True (April 22 at 7:00pm) Annette Sym. Author: Annette Sym is a Bestselling Author, Low Fat Cooking Expert, Award Winning businesswoman and media identity. With no tertiary education or previous business experience, she has turned the triumph over her own weight loss and health struggles into a multi-million dollar business in just ten ... (more)
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche for Joyful Wisdom (April 23 at 7:00pm) Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Author: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is the Author of The New York Times Bestselling Book, The Joy of Living. Yongey Mingyur Rinpocheis one of the world's most celebrated Buddists among the new generation of Tibetan Meditation Masters, whose teachings have influenced people of all faiths around the world. ... (more)
John Pedersen reads and discusses his first novel, Scroll and Curl (April 26 at 3:00pm) John Pedersen. Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local author, Marin resident and 2007 banjo champ John Pedersen, as he discusses and signs his first novel, Scroll and Curl. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!About the Book: When the old time string band "Sweet Evening ... (more)
Lee Woodruff for Perfectly Imperfect (April 28 at 11:30am) Books and Boutiques Featuring Lee Woodruff Benefiting the Goppert Center for Breast Care at Saint Luke's South Author: Lee Woodruff is the Author of the Bestselling Book, In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing and an ABC News Good Morning America Contributing Editor. In her acclaimed ... (more)
Lama Tsultrim Allione discusses and signs Feeding Your Demons (April 28 at 7:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu is thrilled to present Lama Tsultrim Allione as she discusses and signs her new book Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict. Tsultrim Allione brings an eleventh-century Tibetan woman's practice to the West for the first time with Feeding Your Demons, ... (more)
Rupert Isaacson for The Horse Boy (April 30 at 7:00pm) Author: Rupert Isaacson, devoted and loving Father & Family Man, tells his encouraging and inspirational true life story of helping and healing his son, Rowan, with autisum, connect with their Horse, Betsy, and improve the quality of life with Horse & Rider Therapy, thus becoming The Horse Boy [Watch ... (more)
Writing Down Your Soul an experiential Introduction with author Janet Conner (May 3 at 1:00pm) Janet Conner. This is an interactive workshop. Bring a journal and come prepared to write.Co-sponsored with Body Mind and Soul and Spectrum Center.Here's all you will learn in this workshop:Learn how Writing Down Your Soul the practice and the book came to be (Janet’s story)What is writing down your soul? ... (more)
Suzy & Jack Welch for 10-10-10 (May 5 at 11:30am) KC Small Business Magazine Presents Thinking BIGGER Speaker Series. The Welchs appear coutesy of Rainy Day Books. Author: Suzy & Jack Welch are both Bestselling Authors. Suzy will be interviewed about her New Book, 10-10-10, by her husband, Jack Welch. Title: 10-10-10: A Life-Transforming Idea, ... (more)
Barbara Graham for Eye of My Heart (May 6 at 11:00am) Barbara Graham. Mother's Day Celebration Coffee Author: Barbara Graham with Guest Contributor, Mary Pipher, PhD. Barbara Graham is the Author of Women Who Run with the Poodles, an acclaimed satire of the self-help movement. She is a frequent contributor to O: The Oprah Magazine and has also written for Glamour, ... (more)
Clancy Martin for How to Sell (May 12 at 7:00pm) Clancy Martin. Author: Clancy Martin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UMKC. He works on 19th and 20th Century European philosophy after Kant, the intersections of philosophy and literature, and the ethics of advertising and selling. Clancy has authored, coauthored and edited several books in philosophy, ... (more)
Clancy Martin for How to Sell (May 13 at 7:00pm) Clancy Martin. Author: Clancy Martin is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UMKC. He works on 19th and 20th Century European philosophy after Kant, the intersections of philosophy and literature, and the ethics of advertising and selling. Clancy has authored, coauthored and edited several books in philosophy, ... (more)
Karen Essex for Stealing Athena (May 14 at 7:00pm) Karen Essex. Book Club Evening Event Author: Karen Essex, the Internationally Bestselling Author of Leonardo's Swans and Kleopatra, traverses the centuries into the hearts of two extraordinary women to reveal the passions, ambitions, and controversies surrounding the Elgin Marbles. The Elgin Marbles have been ... (more)
Annie Barrows for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (May 19 at 7:00pm) Mary Ann Shaffer. Book Club Evening Author: Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer, are the Co-Authors of the Internationally Bestselling Book, now avaialble in Softcover, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, one of Vivien's favorite and most Recommended Books. Title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel ... (more)
Michael Pollan for In Defense of Food (May 20 at 7:00pm) Michael Pollan. Author: Michael Pollan, Author of the Bestselling Book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. Michael Pollan is a Contributing Editor at Harper's magazine, where he served for many years as Executive Editor, and a Contributing Editor and Writer for The New York Times Magazine. He has written two Award-Winning ... (more)
Kristin Tegtmeier Oertel for Bleeding Borders (May 21 at 7:00pm) Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel. Author: Kristin Tegtmeier Oertel, Associate Professor of History, teaches classes in early American history and specializes in courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, African American history, Colonial America and the History of Sexuality. Her research focuses on race and gender in the 19th ... (more)
Lee Child for Gone Tomorrow (June 2 at 7:00pm) Author: Lee Child is the New 2009 President Elect of the Mystery Writers of America, the Author of ten Jack Reacher thrillers, including The New York Times Bestseller, Persuader, the Barry Award Winner, The Enemy, and One Shot, which has been optioned for a major motion picture by Paramount Pictures. ... (more)
The Socrates Café meets (June 3 at 7:00pm) The Socrates Cafe, hosted by Rick Branch, meets for thoughtful reflection on the first Wednesday each month. Drop-ins always welcome. Call or stop by for details.
Susan Compo discusses Warren Oates: A Wild Life (June 7 at 3:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to present local resident and UCLA professor Susan Compo to the store in celebration of her new book, Warren Oates: A Wild Life, the first biography of a man who, though never reaching lead actor status, became known as one of the most memorable supporting ... (more)
Ardie Davis and Chef Paul Kirk for America's Best BBQ (June 8 at 6:30pm) Ardie A. Davis. Author: Ardie A. Davis, PhB and Chef Paul Kirk, CWC, PhB, BSAS. Straight out of barbecue country in Kansas City, Missouri, Ardie Davis is the founder of the renowned American Royal International BBQ Sauce, Rub, and Baste Contest, as well as the Great American Barbecue Sauce, Baste, and Rub Contest. ... (more)
Eats, Knits & Leaves (June 8 at 7:00pm) Bring your knitting project and join hostess Patty Poisson for an informal evening of chatting, knitting and tea. Exquisite tea is generously provided by Danielle Beaudette of The Cozy Tea Cart in Brookline. (www.thecozyteacart.com). Please note that the group is open to all experienced knitters. They ... (more)
Michael Perry for COOP (June 9 at 7:00pm) Author: Michael Perry, Author of Population: 485, is that nowadays rare memoirist whose eccentric upbringing inspires him to humor and sympathetic insight instead of trauma mongering and self-pity. His latest essays chronicle a year on 37 acres of land with his wife, daughters and titular menagerie ... (more)
David O. Stewart for Impeached (June 10 at 6:30pm) Author: David O. Stewart, Historian and Author of The Summer of 1787, will discuss his New Book, Impeached. Title: Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy, $27.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781416547495, On Sale Date: May 12, 2009. Rainy Day Books will have ... (more)
Cheryl Wagner discusses and signs Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around (June 11 at 7:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is excited to present NPR's This American Life contributor Cheryl Wagner to the store to discuss and sign her new memoir about returning home to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around.The cliché "New Orleans gets into people's blood" happens ... (more)
Alice Hoffman for The Story Sisters (June 16 at 7:00pm) Author: Alice Hoffman is the Bestselling Author of nearly twenty acclaimed Novels beloved by teens and adults, including: Aquamarine and Practical Magic, both made into major motion pictures, as well as The Foretelling, Green Angel, The Ice Queen, and Here on Earth (an Oprah Book Club selection). ... (more)
The Classics Crowd meets (June 18 at 7:00pm) This is the regular meeting of the Classics Group. Reading choice for May: "Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot; June: "Three Daughters of Madame Liang" by Pearl Buck. New readers are always welcome to join!
The Grey Ghost author Julie Hanke here to sign her new book! (June 20 at 11:00am) Julie Hahnke. Join us in welcoming Julie Hanke with her new book "The Grey Ghost". She'll be here with the clamor sword. So come on down, meet Julie, get your picture taken and pick up this Indie Books kids pick! http://www.indiebound.org/kids-indie-...
Gregg Hurwitz discusses and signs Trust No One (June 23 at 7:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to present Gregg Hurwitz as he discusses and signs his new novel, Trust No One. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!About the Author:Gregg Hurwitz is the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of The Tower, Minutes ... (more)
Gary M. Pomerantz for The Devil’s Tickets (June 24 at 7:00pm) Gary M. Pomerantz. Author: Gary M. Pomerantz earned acclaim with his two previous books: Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn, a multigenerational biography of Atlanta and its racial conscience, was named a 1996 Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, and "Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds" (2001), the true story ... (more)
Lisa See for Shanghai Girls (June 26 at 11:45am) Author: Lisa See, New York Times Bestselling Author of Peony in Love and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Title: Shanghai Girls, $25.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781400067114, On Sale Date: May 06, 2009 A stunning new novel from Lisa See about two sisters who leave Shanghai to find new lives in 1930s Los ... (more)
Gary Crooker with is new book New Hampshire Old Home Celebrations (June 27 at 1:00pm) Gary Crooker. Join Gary Crooker as he talks about his new Book "New Hampshire Old Home Celebrations". See how your town used to celebrate old home day!
Norman Ollestad discusses and signs Crazy for the Storm (June 28 at 3:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu is excited to welcome Norman Ollestad to the shop to discuss and sign his book, Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Faye and Aliza Kellerman for Prism (June 29 at 6:30pm) Faye Kellerman. Author: Faye and Aliza Kellerman. Faye is the Author of 25 novels, including 19 New York Times Bestselling mysteries that feature the husband & wife team of Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus. Prism is Faye's first novel written with her daughter Aliza that is written for teens. Title: Prism, $16.99 ... (more)
Steve Forbes for Power, Ambition, Glory (June 30 at 11:30am) Steve Forbes. NewsRadio 980 KMBZ, Barber Financial Group and Rainy Day Books welcomes Steve Forbes to the next Business Forum Join NewsRadio 980 KMBZ for the next Business Forum Presented by Barber Financial Group and Sponsored by Rainy Day Books with Guest Speaker, Steve Forbes, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 11:30 AM to ... (more)
The Socrates Café meets (July 1 at 7:00pm) The Socrates Cafe, hosted by Rick Branch, meets for thoughtful reflection on the first Wednesday each month. Drop-ins always welcome. Call or stop by for details.
Robin Abrahams for Miss Conduct's Mind Over Manners (July 8 at 7:00pm) Robin Abrahams. Author: Robin Abrahams is the Miss Conduct columnist for The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and writes the Socially Scientific column for the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research. A research associate at Harvard Business School, she has also worked as a stand-up comedian and holds a ... (more)
Christabel Zamor for Hooping (July 9 at 7:00pm) Christabel Zamor. Author: Christabel Zamor is the Creator of the HoopGirl® Workout with Ariane Conrad. "Get fit, feel sexy, have fun!" For background information on the benefits of Hooping, visit www.Hooping.org Recently featured in O Magazine! Imagine an exercise that works every major and minor muscle group, ... (more)
Milford High School history team to visit. (July 11 at 11:00am) The team is back from the National competition in Washington, DC and to thank us (and you the community) for the support vital to their journey, they've brought in some of the displays for you to peruse and maybe even quiz them on history!
Alexandria Peary to sign her new book. (July 18 at 2:00pm) Join us for a book signing and discussion with poet Alexandria Perry, author of "Fall Foliage Called Bathers and Dancers". Discover how poems can be dreams, and dreams poems in her off-kilter, but surprising world.
Gillian Flynn for Dark Places (July 23 at 7:00pm) Author: Gillian Flynn is the Author of the critically acclaimed debut novel, Sharp Objects Title: Dark Places, $24.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780307341563, On Sale Date: May 05, 2009 What: Gillian Flynn will talk about her New Book, Dark Places, her life, her work, answer audience questions and she ... (more)
Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott signs her novel for middle school readers. (July 25 at 1:00pm) Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott. Please meet the author of the new book "Poneasequa: Goddess of the Waters". Native American McKenzie Jones embarks on a journey of self-discovery when she's asked to do a presentation to her class about her heritage; something she know little about. -Recommended by bestselling author Joseph Bruchac.
Chris Christie and his book "RoadKill". (July 25 at 4:00pm) Chris Christie. Chris will visit in support of his nonfiction book, "RoadKill", about his being struck and dragged by an 18 wheeler while riding his motorcycle. Learn to survive and thrive in this harrowing real life adventure.
Sarah Dunant for Sacred Hearts (July 27 at 1:00pm) Author: Sarah Dunant is the International Bestselling Author of The Birth of Venus and In the Company of the Courtesan, which have received major acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her earlier novels include three Hannah Wolfe crime thrillers, as well as Snowstorms in a Hot Climate, Transgressions, ... (more)
Sarah Dunant for Sacred Hearts (July 27 at 7:00pm) Author: Sarah Dunant is the International Bestselling Author of The Birth of Venus and In the Company of the Courtesan, which have received major acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her earlier novels include three Hannah Wolfe crime thrillers, as well as Snowstorms in a Hot Climate, Transgressions, ... (more)
Janelle Orsi & Emily Doskow discuss The Sharing Solution (July 29 at 7:00pm) Emily Doskow. Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local attorneys Janelle Orsi & Emily Doskow to the store to discuss and sign their new book, The Sharing Solution: Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Build Community. Sharing, that good ole virtue we learned as kids can help us live more sustainably, ... (more)
Pat Antonopoulos, Patti Dickinson, Shawna Samuel & Jo Ann Stanley Four Ordinary Women (July 30 at 7:00pm) Pat Antonopoulos. Authors: Pat Antonopoulos, Patti Dickinson, Shawna Samuel and Jo Ann Stanley. "Four Ordinary Women exemplifies the resilience of the human spirit. These essays are forged of grit and honesty and speak to all of us." ~ Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th ... (more)
Poetry Flash with Lucille Lang Day & Roz Spafford (August 2 at 3:00pm) Lucille Lang Day. Lucille Lang Day's new book of poems is The Curvature of Blue; Alicia Ostriker enthuses about it, "Intelligence enjoying itself, awareness at play, attentiveness dancing through life's minefields smiling at itself in its new black car. . . a wonderful book and I feel lucky to have read it." Lucille Day ... (more)
The Socrates Café meets (August 5 at 7:00pm) The Socrates Cafe, hosted by Rick Branch, meets for thoughtful reflection on the first Wednesday each month. Drop-ins always welcome. Call or stop by for details.
Christie Garton for U Chic (August 6 at 7:00pm) Author: Christie Garton, Author and College Life Consultant. Christie is the Founder and President of www.UniversityChic.com An advocate of women's issues, Christie works through her Company and Website to give young women a voice in the media. She is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania ... (more)
Chef Gale Gand for Gale Gand's Brunch (August 9 at 12:00pm) Author: Gale Gand, is the Award-Winning Executive Pastry Chef & Partner at the Renown Tru Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Recognized in 2001 as Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year by The James Beard Foundation and Bon Appetit magazine and in 1994 as one of Food & Wine’s Top Ten Best New Chefs, Executive ... (more)
Eats, Knits & Leaves (August 10 at 7:00pm) Bring your knitting project and join hostess Patty Poisson for an informal evening of chatting, knitting and tea. Exquisite tea is generously provided by Danielle Beaudette of The Cozy Tea Cart in Brookline. (www.thecozyteacart.com). Please note that the group is open to all experienced knitters. They ... (more)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Discussion Group (August 12 at 7:00pm) The SF&F discussion group, meets every 2nd & 4th Wednesday monthly, talks about the books they have read recently. Open to older teens and adults. Ends around 8:30 p.m.
Joe Scarborough for The Last Best Hope (August 13 at 11:30am) NewsRadio 980 KMBZ, Barber Financial Group and Rainy Day Books welcome Joe Scarborogh to the Business Forum Join NewsRadio 980 KMBZ for the Business Forum Presented by Barber Financial Group and Sponsored by Rainy Day Books with Guest Speaker, Joe Scarborough, on Thursday, August 13, 2009, 11:30 AM to ... (more)
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Joe Drape for Our Boys (August 24 at 6:30pm) Joe Drape. Author: Joe Drape, a native of Kansas City, an Award-Winning Sportswriter for The New York Times and the Author of The Race for the Triple Crown. Joe won the Eclipse Award for extraordinary achievement in Horse Racing Writing. Joe lives New York City. Title: Our Boys: A Season on the Plains with ... (more)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Discussion Group (August 26 at 7:00pm) The SF&F discussion group, meets every 2nd & 4th Wednesday monthly, talks about the books they have read recently. Open to older teens and adults. Ends around 8:30 p.m.
The Socrates Café meets (September 2 at 7:00pm) The Socrates Cafe, hosted by Rick Branch, meets for thoughtful reflection on the first Wednesday each month. Drop-ins always welcome. Call or stop by for details.
Book-Signing with author Deborah Sharp (September 4 at 6:00pm) Mama's fixin' to get hitched to Husband #5. But first, she coerces her daughter, Mace, to saddle up for some country-gal bonding on the Florida Cracker Trail. The trek takes a deadly turn when Lawton Bramble—wealthy rancher and one-time beau of Mama's—keels over in his Cow Hunter Chili. Lawton had ... (more)
Richard Wolffe for Renegade (September 9 at 6:30pm) Author: Richard Wolffe, Senior White House Correspondent for Newsweek, NBC Political Analyst and Author. Richard has covered President Barack Obama since the Primaries, traveling with him throughout the campaign. He also covered President George W. Bush throughout his two terms in office. He ... (more)
Bill Tammeus & Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn for They Were Just People (September 10 at 6:30pm) Bill Tammeus. Authors: Bill Tammeus and Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn traveled extensively in the U.S.A. and Poland to interview some of the few remaining Polish Holocaust survivors and their rescuers. These gripping narratives of Jews who survived against all odds and courageous non-Jews who risked their own lives ... (more)
David Bacon discusses and signs Illegal People (September 10 at 7:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present David Bacon as he discusses and signs the paperback release of his new book, Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. For two decades veteran photojournalist David Bacon has documented the connections between ... (more)
Even Higher, A Rosh Hashanah Story Illistrator Jill Weber here! (September 12 at 3:00pm) Come meet local childern's book illustrator Jill Weber with her new book, "Even Higher, a Rosh Hashanah Story" written by Eric Kimmel.
John Clayon with his book Remembering Manchester (September 12 at 7:00pm) John Clayton. Local author and Union Leader columinist, John Clayton will be speaking about his lastest book, "Remembering Manchester: Towering Titans and Unsung Heroes
Poetry Flash with Jenny Browne and Cheryl Dumesnil (September 13 at 3:00pm) Cheryl Dumesnil. Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present another installment of Poetry Flash, this time with Cheryl Dumesnil and Jenny Browne. Jenny Browne's most recent book of poems, her third, is The Second Reason; Nick Flynn says of it, "...wild and beautiful and surprising. In this poet's hands the ... (more)
Tom Vanderbilt for Traffic (September 14 at 6:30pm) Tom Vanderbilt. Author: Tom Vanderbilt is the Bestselling Author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and of Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America. Tom writes about culture, science and technology for Wired, Slate, The New York Times and other publictions. Tom has given lectures at colleges ... (more)
Eats, Knits & Leaves (September 14 at 7:00pm) Bring your knitting project and join hostess Patty Poisson for an informal evening of chatting, knitting and tea. Exquisite tea is generously provided by Danielle Beaudette of The Cozy Tea Cart in Brookline. (www.thecozyteacart.com). Please note that the group is open to all experienced knitters. They ... (more)
The Deen Bros.: Jamie and Bobby for Take It Easy (September 15 at 7:00pm) Bobby Deen. Authors: The Deen Bros.: Jamie and Bobby The Deen Bros.: Jamie and Bobby, know a lot about cooking good food fast. Their "Secret Ingredient" is "Love." They hosted the Food Network hit Road Tasted, appear regularly on Good Morning America, and are Co-Owners (with their Mom, Paula Deen) of Savannah's ... (more)
Jackie Battenfield for The Artist's Guide (September 17 at 7:00pm) Author: Artist and Author Jackie Battenfield maintains her own career as a visual artist and teaches professional development classes at Columbia University and the Creative Capital Foundation. Title: The Artist's Guide: How To Make A Living Doing What You Love, $17.95 Softcover, ISBN 9780306816529, ... (more)
Katrina Kenison shares The Gift of an Ordinary Day (September 20 at 2:00pm) On Sunday, Sept. 20, starting at 2:00 p.m., Katrina Kenison will sign and talk about her new book, The Gift of an Ordinary Day, an intimate memoir of a family in transition - boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, an attempt to find a deeper sense of place, and a slower pace ... (more)
Local Contributors discuss and sign Who's Your Mama? (September 20 at 3:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local writers Kathy Briccetti, Meilan Carter, and Jasmine Dawson as they discuss their contributions to the national anthology, Who's Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers. Kathy Briccetti has published essays, poetry, and criticism ... (more)
Chef Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr. for Jasper's Kitchen Cookbook (September 21 at 6:30pm) Jr. Mirabile. Rainy Day Books & Jasper's Ristorante Present Jasper's Kitchen Cookbook Dinner! Join Chef Jasper J. Mirabile, Jr., for the Premier Booksigning of his New Cookbook, Jasper’s Kitchen Cookbook: Italian Recipes and Memories from Kansas City’s Legendary Restaurant, $19.99 Softcover, ISBN 9780740778629, ... (more)
Joseph O'Neill for Netherland (September 22 at 6:30pm) Joseph O'Neill. Book Club Evening Author: Joseph O'Neill is the Author of the Bestselling Book, Netherland, now available in Softcover. Joseph O'Neill was born in Ireland and raised primarily in Holland. He received a law degree from Cambridge University and worked as a barrister in London. He writes regularly ... (more)
Dylan Landis discusses and signs Normal People Don't Live Like This (September 22 at 7:00pm) Dylan Landis. DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to have local author Dylan Landis as she discusses and signs Normal People Don't Live Like This. This event is free and all are welcome! Normal People Don't Live Like This will be published Sept. 8 by Persea Books. It is a debut collection of ten linked stories—praised ... (more)
David Murray for Borrowing Brilliance (September 23 at 11:30am) KC Small Business magazine, Rainy Day Books, UMB Bank and Hot! Talk 1510 welcome Dave Murray to the next Thinking Bigger Speaker Series Join KC Small Business magazine for the next Thinking Bigger Speaker Series Event Presented by UMB Bank and Hot! Talk 1510 and Sponsored by Rainy Day Books with Guest Speaker, ... (more)
Anita Shreve for A Change in Altitude (September 23 at 7:00pm) Author: Anita Shreve began writing fiction while working as a high school teacher. Although one of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting, was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1975, Anita felt she couldn't make a living as a fiction writer so she became a journalist. She traveled to ... (more)
Sara Paretsky for Hardball (September 24 at 6:30pm) Author: Sara Paretsky is well known for her V.I. Warshawski detective novels and for Bleeding Kansas. Title: Hardball, $25.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780399155932, On Sale Date: September 01, 2009. Rainy Day Books will have Sara Paretsky's Books for Sale at this Author Event. What: Sara Paretsky will ... (more)
Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo discusses and signs Daughters of Aquarius (September 27 at 3:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is delighted to welcome local author and professor of history Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo to the store to discuss and sign Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture. It was a sign of the sixties. Drawn by the promise of spiritual and creative freedom, thousands ... (more)
Joe Posnanski for The Machine: The Story of The 1975 Cincinatti Reds (September 29 at 7:00pm) Author: Joe Posnanski is a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated. He was sports columnist at The Kansas City Star from 1996 to 2009, and during that time he was twice named the best sports columnist in America by The Associated Press Sports Editors. He was also nominated for twenty-one awards by the ... (more)
A.J. Jacobs for The Guinea Pig Diaries (September 30 at 6:30pm) A. J. Jacobs. Author: A.J. Jacobs s the Editor of What It Feels Like and the Author of The Two Kings: Jesus and Elvis and America Off-Line. He is the Senior Editor of Esquire and has written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, New York Magazine, New York Observer and other publications. ... (more)
Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor for Traveling with Pomegranates (October 1 at 7:00pm) Sue Monk Kidd. Author: Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor. Traveling with Pomegranates is Sue's first novel written with her daughter Ann. Sue Monk Kidd’s debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, that was made into a major motion picture was a The New York Times Bestseller 2 Years. She is also the Author of several ... (more)
366 Tips For a Successful Job Search author Cynthia Wright (October 3 at 11:00am) Cynthia Wright. Cynthia Wright will be talking about the best way to go about a job search as well as signing her book "366 Tips For a Successful JOb Search".
Grace Lin here with her new book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. (October 3 at 3:30pm) Grace Lin is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen picture books, including THE UGLY VEGETABLES and DIM SUM FOR EVERYONE! Also an author of middle grade fiction, Grace's most recent novel WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON was released with glowing praise garnering 3 starred reviews and was ... (more)
Richard Christian Matheson shares Dystopia, Created By and Scars (October 4 at 3:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu is delighted to host an afternoon with psychological horror and suspense writer Richard Christian Matheson as he discusses and signs Dystopia, Created By, and Scars. Richard Christian Matheson is an acclaimed novelist, short story writer and screenwriter/producer. He has ... (more)
Sharon Creech for The Unfinished Angel (October 5 at 7:00pm) Author: Sharon Creech is the author of the Newbery Medal winner "Walk Two Moons" and the Newbery Honor Book "The Wanderer". Her other work includes the novels "Hate That Cat", "The Castle Corona", "Replay", "Heartbeat", "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup", "Ruby Holler", "Love That Dog", "Bloomability", "Absolutely ... (more)
Robert Hicks for A Separate Country (October 6 at 6:30pm) Author: Robert Hicks. Rainy Day Books hosted Robert back on September 13, 2005, at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, for his debut novel, The Widow of the South, $24.95 Hardcover, ISBN 9780446500128, based on the story of Carrie McGavock, and the five-hour bloodbath Civil War Battle of Franklin ... (more)
Ruth Reichl for Gourmet Today (October 7 at 6:30pm) Ruth Reichl. Author: Ruth Reichl, is the Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine. Ruth Reichl joined Gourmet as Editor in Chief in April 1999. Reichl began writing about food in 1972, when she published Mmmmm: A Feastiary. Since then, she has authored the critically acclaimed, best-selling memoirs Tender at the Bone, ... (more)
The Socrates Café meets (October 7 at 7:00pm) The Socrates Cafe, hosted by Rick Branch, meets for thoughtful reflection on the first Wednesday each month. Drop-ins always welcome. Call or stop by for details.
Jane Smiley discusses The Georges And The Jewels (October 10 at 2:00pm) Author: Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, grew up in St. Louis, and studied at Vassar and the University of Iowa, where she received her Ph.D. She is the author of eight other works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres She lives in central California. Title: The ... (more)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Party (October 12 at 3:00pm) Be one of the first to get your copy of Dog Days, the fourth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Activities will include create your own comic strip, trivia games, snacks, and a scavenger hunt! Save 10% when you pre-order your copy today and receive a free bookmark.
Michael Connelly for Nine Dragons (October 15 at 7:00pm) Author: Michael Connelly is a former Journalist and the Author of the Bestselling Series of Harry Bosch novels and the Bestselling Novels: Chasing the Dime, The Poet, Blood Work and Void Moon. Michael Connelly has won numerous Literary Awards for his Journalism and Novels, including an Edgar Award. ... (more)
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"Haunted Hikes of NH" author Marriann OConner (October 17 at 12:00pm) Ever hear something behind you as make your way down the trail, maybe you're on a haunted trail. Or are you looking for a scare? How about hiking a hauted trail. Maryanne OConnor has them all mapped out in her book "Haunted Hikes of NH".
Where the Wild Things Are Rumpus (October 17 at 2:00pm) Let the wild rumpus start! Celebrate like Max and the Wild Things as we commemorate this classic children’s book. Activities will include storytime, arts & crafts, music, snacks, and a Wild Things parade around the fountain. Prizes will be awarded to anyone who comes dressed up as Max or a Wild Thing! ... (more)
Taije Silverman discusses and signs Houses Are Fields (October 18 at 3:00pm) Taije Silverman. Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local author Taije Silverman to the store to celebrate the publication of her first book of poetry, Houses Are Fields. Join us!
John Besh for My New Orleans (October 19 at 6:30pm) John Besh. Rainy Day Books & Jasper's Ristorante Present My New Orleans: The Cookbook Dinner! Join Chef John Besh, to celebrate the publication of his New Cookbook, My New Orleans: The Cookbook, $45.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780740784132, On Sale Date: August 18, 2009, from Andrews McMeel Publishing. My New Orleans ... (more)
Michael Chabon for Manhood for Amateurs (October 20 at 7:00pm) Author: Michael Chabon. Michael's previous books include: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (winner of The Pulitzer Prize), The Yiddish Policemen's Union (winner of The Hugo and Nebula Awards and an Edgar Award Finalist), Wonder Boys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and the story collection, ... (more)
Captain Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger for Highest Duty (October 21 at 11:30am) NewsRadio 980 KMBZ, Barber Financial Group and Rainy Day Books welcome Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger to the next Business Forum Join NewsRadio 980 KMBZ for the next Business Forum Presented by Barber Financial Group and Sponsored by Rainy Day Books with Guest Speaker, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, ... (more)
Captain Chesley Sullenberger for Highest Duty (October 21 at 7:00pm) Author: Chesley Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is an American airline transport pilot, safety expert, and accident investigator from Danville, California, who successfully carried out the emergency ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, offshore from Manhattan, New York City, ... (more)
David Sedaris will perform at The Midland (October 21 at 8:00pm) Author: David Sedaris will perform at The Midland. Rainy Day Books will be there to Sell David's Books. During David's performance, he will "champion" the Book, Our Dumb World by The Onion. With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humor ... (more)
Trenton Lee Stewart reveals The Prisoner's Dilemma (October 22 at 6:30pm) Author: Trenton Lee Stewart , graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and author of the The Mysterious Benedict Society, lives in Arkansas with his wife and two sons. Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, $16.99 Hardcover, ISBN 9780316045520, On Sale Date: October 6, 2009 ... (more)
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Nina LaCour Book Launch Party for Hold Still (October 23 at 7:00pm) Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pumped to present former Diesel employee and local high school English teacher Nina LaCour in celebration of her first novel, Hold Still!!
Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson-Cannino for Picking Cotton (October 27 at 5:30pm) The Midwest Innocence Project presents a benefit presentation and discussion with Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson-Cannino. The program will highlight the injustice of wrongful convictions and how eyewitness identification can go horribly wrong. Tickets: $10.00 per person, all proceeds go to benefit ... (more)
Marisa Acocella Marchetto for Cancer Vixen (October 27 at 6:00pm) Marisa Acocella Marchetto. Author: Marisa Acocella Marchetto lives in New York City and is a cartoonist for "The New Yorker" and "Glamour," and her work has appeared in "The New York Times" and "Modern Bride," among other publications. She is also the author of Just Who the Hell Is She Anyway? Title: Cancer Vixen: A True ... (more)
Taylor Branch for The Clinton Tapes (October 27 at 7:00pm) Author: Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian and Bestselling Author. Taylor is the author of a grand three-volume work that is both a biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a history of the Civil Rights Movement under his leadership. Taylor received the Pulitzer Prize, the National ... (more)
Lidia Bastianich for Lidia Cooks From The Heart Of Italy (October 29 at 11:45am) Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. Author: Lidia Bastianich is the author of three previous books: La Cucina di Lidia and the best-selling Lidia’ s Italian Table and Lidia’ s Italian-American Kitchen– also the names of her nationally syndicated public television series. She is the owner of the very successful New York City restaurant ... (more)
David Wroblewski for The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (November 3 at 7:00pm) Author: David Wroblewski grew up in rural central Wisconsin, not far from the Chequamegon National Forest, where his debut novel, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, is set. He earned his master's degree from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Over the years he has lived in La Crosse, Minneapolis, ... (more)
John Hodgman provides More Information Than You Require (November 6 at 7:00pm) John Hodgman. Author: John Hodgman , Famous Minor Television Personality ("The Daily Show" as "Resident Expert" and the "PC" in the iconic Apple ads) picks up exactly where his first book left off. In fact, the new volume is in every way a continuation of "Areas of My Expertise," except in the ways it's clearly superior. ... (more)
Jane O'Connor + Robin Preiss Glasser for Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas (November 8 at 2:30pm) Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas Dress Ball Author: Jane O'Connor (Author) and Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator) are a Number 1 New York Times Bestselling Team with a collection of Bestselling Childrens Books. Title: Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas, $17.99 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061235900, ... (more)
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