Author\: Acclaimed financial journalist and Emmy Award-winning TV personality Jane Bryant Quinn is one of America’s most trusted and popular experts on personal finance. Her mega-bestseller\, Making the Most of Your Money\, first published in 1991 and updated in 1997\, was named the best personal finance book on the market by Consumer’s Union and has never been out of print.
Now\, in the aftermath of the financial earthquake of 2008\, it’s time to go back to the basics on money management to rebuild your finances in the risky new economy. The best place to start is Quinn’s recently updated all-inclusive A-to-Z financial guide\, Making the Most of Your Money Now\:The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy. The book addresses today’s most pressing financial concern\: getting your spending\, your investments and your retirement plan back on track.
Quinn’s career includes a syndicated column in 250 newspapers\, a bi-weekly column in Newsweek magazine\, regular reports on the CBS Morning and Evening News\, and an online column at Bloomberg.com. This program is sponsored by The Central Exchange Education Foundation and offered in partnership with Rainy Day Books.
Title\: Making The Most Of Your Money Now\, $35.00 Hardcover\, ISBN 9780743269964\, On Sale Date\: December 29\, 2009. Rainy Day Books will have Jane Bryant Quinn's Books for Sale at this Author Event.
What\: Jane Bryant Quinn will talk about her Book\, address the tough economic issues facing the individual\, 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.
When\: Wednesday\, January 13\, 2010\, 11\:45 AM to 01\:30 PM\, Luncheon
Where\: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at The Central Exchange\, Downtown\, 1020 Central Street\, Suite 100\, Kansas City\, Missouri 64105\, Phone\: 816-471-7560
Admission Package\: Includes a delicious Lunch and one copy of Making The Most Of Your Money Now. $30.00 for Central Exchange Members and $45.00 Per Person for Non-Members. Reservation Registrations\: Click on Admission Package or Call The Central Exchange at 816-471-7560. All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T130017Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100119T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100120T010000Z UID:http://www.rainydaybooks.com/Gill URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.rainydaybooks.com/Gill SUMMARY:Michael Gates Gill discusses How To Save Your Own Life DESCRIPTION:Michael Gates Gill discusses How To Save Your Own Life
Time\: Tuesday\, January 19\, 2010 6\:30 p.m.
Location\: Kansas City Public Library\, Plaza Branch\, Truman Forum\, Kansas City\, MO 64112
Phone\: 913-384-3126 to order books in advance\, 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.
Author\: Michael Gates Gill is the son of "\;New Yorker"\; writer Brendan Gill and he was a creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising where he was employed for over 25 years. He currently lives in New York within walking distance of the Starbucks store where he works\, and has no plans to retire from what he calls the best job he's ever had. His previous book was the bestselling memoir How Starbucks Saved My Life.
Title\: How To Save Your Own Life\, $20.00 Hardcover\, ISBN 9781592405213\, On Sale Date\: December 29\, 2009
Michael Gill's lemons-to-lemonade memoir chronicled his transformative years working at Starbucks after losing his high-powered job\, his marriage\, and his health (he developed a brain tumor). In response to overwhelming requests from readers who wanted to know how they\, too\, could weather downturns\, he has distilled his lessons into fifteen meaningful lessons\, including\:
A-Leap...With Faith\: Sometimes it pays to leap without looking and say yes without thinking (Gill accepted the Starbucks job immediately\, on a whim).
A-Let Yourself...Be Helped\: Pride is even more paralyzing than fear.
A-Look...with Respect at Every Individual You See\: Gill was raised to avoid eye contact with those who were different\, cloistered in a privileged world. Now he realizes the potential in all who cross his daily path.
A-Lose...Your Watch (and Cell Phone and PDA!)\: Our obsession with productivity produces madness\, not gladness.
Offering living proof that extraordinary happiness is found in ordinary moments\, "\;How to Save Your Own Life"\; provides empowering words and hope for anyone facing a reversal of fortune. True fortune\, Gill discovered\, lies not in fate but in discovering the innate capacity we all possess to rescue ourselves.
What\: Michael Gates Gill will discuss his new work\, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his books purchased from Rainy Day Books\, on our website and / or at our Author Event.
When\: Tuesday\, January 19\, 2010\, 6\:30 PM
Where\: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at The Kansas City Public Library\, Plaza Branch\, Truman Forum\, 4801 Main Street\, Kansas City\, Missouri 64112
Admission Package\: This event is open to the general public. Call 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.
All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120521T130017Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100120T233000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100121T010000Z UID:http://www.rainydaybooks.com/Rubin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.rainydaybooks.com/Rubin SUMMARY:Gretchen Rubin discusses The Happiness Project DESCRIPTION:Gretchen Rubin discusses The Happiness Project
Time\: Wednesday\, January 20\, 2010 6\:30 PM
Location\: Kansas City Public Library\, Plaza Branch\, Truman Forum\, 4801 Main Street\, Kansas City\, MO 64112
Phone\: 913-384-3126 to order books in advance\, 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.
Author\: Gretchen Craft Rubin received her undergraduate and law degrees from Yale and was editor in chief of the "\;Yale Law Journal."\; She clerked on the United States Supreme Court for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and served as counsel to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt. She took off a year in college to work on a U.S. Senate campaign and on Capitol Hill. Rubin teaches at Yale's law and management schools. She lives with her husband\, Jamie\, and toddler\, Eliza\, in New York City. Her previous books include Power\, Money\, Fame\, Sex\; Forty Ways To Look At Winston Churchill\; and Forty Ways To Look At JFK.
Title\: The Happiness Project\, $25.99 Hardcover\, ISBN 9780061583254\, On Sale Date\: January 1\, 2010
Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places\: a city bus. "\;The days are long\, but the years are short\,"\; she realized. "\;Time is passing\, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter."\; In that moment\, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.
In this lively and compelling account of that year\, Rubin carves out her place alongside the authors of bestselling memoirs such as "\;Julie and Julia\,"\; "\;The Year of Living Biblically\,"\; and "\;Eat\, Pray\, Love."\; With humor and insight\, she chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages\, current scientific research\, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier.
Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself\, nor did she really want to\; instead she focused on improving her life as it was. Each month she tackled a new set of resolutions\: give proofs of love\, ask for help\, find more fun\, keep a gratitude notebook\, forget about results. She immersed herself in principles set forth by all manner of experts\, from Epicurus to Thoreau to Oprah to Martin Seligman to the Dalai Lama to see what worked for her--and what didn't.
Her conclusions are sometimes surprising--she finds that money can buy happiness\, when spent wisely\; that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness\; that "\;treating"\; yourself can make you feel worse\; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them\; that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference--and they range from the practical to the profound.
Written with charm and wit\, "\;The Happiness Project"\; is illuminating yet entertaining\, thought-provoking yet compulsively readable. Gretchen Rubin's passion for her subject jumps off the page\, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire you to start your own happiness project.
What\: Gretchen Craft Rubin will discuss her new work\, answer audience questions and she will autograph copies of her books purchased from Rainy Day Books\, on our website and / or at our Author Event.
When\: Wednesday\, January 20\, 2010\, 6\:30 PM
Where\: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at The Kansas City Public Library\, Plaza Branch\, Truman Forum\, 4801 Main Street\, Kansas City\, Missouri 64112
Admission Package\: This event is open to the general public. Call 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.
All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.
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