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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.
Mark Lee Gardner discusses To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
Time: Thursday March 4, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Location: Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Main Floor, Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 913-384-3126 to order books in advance, 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.
Author: Mark Lee Gardner is a professional historian and lives in Cascade, Colorado.
Title: To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West , $26.99 Hardcover, ISBN 9780061368271, On Sale Date: February 1, 2010
Western historian Gardner ("Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade") delivers a dual biography documenting Sheriff Pat Garrett's hunt for the iconic outlaw William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid. As Gardner sees it, the battle between the wily Kid and the determined Garrett is perhaps the greatest of our Old West legends. Digging beneath the myths and melodrama, he begins in Las Vegas during Christmas week, 1880, when the capture and confinement of Billy the Kid made national headlines. Gardner then details the Kid's daring daylight courthouse escape on April 28, 1881, in a hail of gunfire, leaving bloodied bodies behind. I am not going to leave the country, said the Kid, and I am not going to reform, neither am I going to be taken alive again. The chase began, with Garrett finally gunning down the Kid on July 14, 1881. Gardner concludes with a survey of the Kid's robust mythic afterlife in books and films. Gardner's extensive research and authoritative approach ground this compelling historical recreation.
What: Mark Lee Gardner 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: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 6:30 PM
Where: A Rainy Day Books Author Event at The Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Main Floor, 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.
Cornerstone Foundation at Unity Temple on The Plaza welcomes Donna Eden, a pioneer in the field of holistic healing. Donna is among the world’s most sought after, most joyous, and most authoritative spokespersons for energy medicine. Her abilities as a healer are legendary and her invigorating presentations are rich with audience participation and stunning demonstrations.
Friday evening's event is a Hands-On Introduction. Tickets are $20.00. For more information, visit Cornerstone Foundation online.
