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Books & Authors
Monday, June 8, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Nearly 20 years to the day that the Chinese government violently cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, author Di...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Author Fred Strebeigh discusses his new book Equal: Women Reshape American Law on Thursday, May...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library hosts A Conversation with Tobias Wolff, author of the Kansas City Big Read select...
Monday, May 11, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
As violence mounts in Afghanistan, confidence in the Karzai government wanes, and Taliban influence spreads, the Obama administration has committ...
Thursday, May 7, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library welcomes Leonard Mlodinow for a presentation based on his book The Drunkard's Walk: H...
Friday, May 1, 2009
9:00pm
In Person
On Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., local author Andrea Wa...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
The earliest deceit in Old School centers on a high school student who conceals his Jewish heritage from his classmates. To understand h...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
On Wednesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.,...
Monday, April 27, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Author and historian Lynne Olson discusses her new book Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to P...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
A National Endowment for the Arts initiative, The Big Read returns to Kansas City in April 2009 to bring reader...