Readings

Andrew Maraniss: Games of Deception

Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany By Andrew Maraniss Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525514633
Availability: This book is in stock at our warehouse and will be at the Raven within 3-5 Business Days, once they've shipped it to us.
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - November 5th, 2019

*"Rivaling the nonfiction works of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat....Even readers who don't appreciate sports will find this story a page-turner." --School Library Connection, starred review

*"A must for all library collections." --Booklist, starred review

Winner of the 2020 AJL Sydney Taylor Honor!  


Drunk in China at the Raven

Derek Sandhaus will launch his new book about Chinese alcohol and drinking culture, and discuss what it will take for the world to finally clink glasses with the Middle Kingdom.

Drunk in China: Baijiu and the World's Oldest Drinking Culture By Derek Sandhaus Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9781640120976
Availability: This book is in stock at our warehouse and will be at the Raven within 3-5 Business Days, once they've shipped it to us.
Published: Potomac Books - November 1st, 2019

2020 Gourmand Award in Spirits
Gold Medal winner in the Independent Book Publishers Awards

China is one of the world’s leading producers and consumers of liquor, with alcohol infusing all aspects of its culture, from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world, China’s most famous spirit, baijiu, remains a mystery.


Mic Supremacy 19

Mic Supremacy is an open mic for and by POC artists hosted by Tamiah Coffee.

Please note the new start time of 7 pm.

Christopher McDougall--Community Run & Book Presentation

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Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero By Christopher McDougall Cover Image
$27.95
This book is hard-to-find or out of print and we may not be able to get it. Email for more details.
ISBN: 9781524732363
Published: Knopf - October 15th, 2019

"A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog


Scott Thomas: VIOLET

Kansas native Scott Thomas returns to The Raven to share his latest novel, VIOLET. Books will be available for sale and signing.

Violet By Scott Thomas Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781947848368
Availability: This book is in stock at our warehouse and will be at the Raven within 3-5 Business Days, once they've shipped it to us.
Published: Inkshares - September 24th, 2019

Selected by Library Journal as one of the best horror books of 2019

"The sheer, skin-crawling fright is masterful. Thomas has crafted an indelible story...all wrapped in a supernatural shroud that unfurls from the heart of America. Whether or not thoughts can breathe, books certainly can, and Violet does exactly that." --Jason Heller, National Public Radio


Megan Phelps-Roper

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Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church By Megan Phelps-Roper Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780374275839
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - October 8th, 2019

The activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America


YAx3: Parker, Gratton, Cordova

Steel Tide (Seafire #2) By Natalie C. Parker Cover Image
$18.99
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ISBN: 9780451478832
Published: Razorbill - September 17th, 2019

The second book in a heart-stopping trilogy that follows the captain of an all-female ship intent on taking down a vicious warlord's powerful fleet.


Kevin Rabas

Watch Your Head By Kevin Rabas, Curtis Becker (Editor) Cover Image
By Kevin Rabas, Curtis Becker (Editor)
$12.00
ISBN: 9780578527604
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Published: Kellogg Press - August 17th, 2019

Poet Laureate of Kansas (2017-2019) Kevin Rabas teaches at Emporia State University, where he leads the poetry and playwriting tracks and chairs the Department of English, Modern Languages, and Journalism. He has eleven other books, including Lisa's Flying Electric Piano, a Kansas Notable Book and Nelson Poetry Book Award winner.


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