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Welcome to The Avid Reader! |
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We are happy to have the opportunity to introduce you to our stores in Davis and Sacramento. Enjoy exploring The Avid Readers through our website! The Avid Reader in Davis has been in business over twenty years and holds awards for best bookstore, best customer service, and best independent retailer. The Avid Reader in Sacramento is located in the old Tower bookstore location and is the largest independent in the Central Valley. The store will celebrate its one year anniversary this April. The stores have local owners who are on-site daily. Alzada Knickerbocker is the owner in Davis. Stan Forbes and Alzada Knickerbocker are the owners in Sacramento. Services in both stores include overnight special ordering (with free shipping), direct to home shipping, and online ordering. Teachers receive a 20% discount for classroom orders. The Davis store also offers fast searches for used, difficult to obtain, and out of print books. Both store host their own Bookclubs. The Davis bookclub meets on the fourth Monday of every month (with the exception of May which will be the third Monday), the Sacramento bookclub on the fourth Wednesday of every month. Each is always open to new members. The book choice for that month is offered at 20% off for anyone interested in the title.
Both stores have significant children's book areas, the Children’s Book Loft in Davis and a central space in the Sacramento store. Each is a popular destination for young readers. Both stores are recognized for staffs that are fast, friendly and knowledgeable, extensive book selections including the best in print for the readers of Davis and Sacramento, in-store events, strong support of local authors, contributions to local organizations, and sponsorships of community programs. The two stores welcome opportunities to provide books for offsite events such as children's bookfairs, author programs, lectures, and conferences.
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Our stores offer book signings, author appearances and other special events. We also have Bookclubs which meet every month. Check out what we have scheduled this year. Title of Event: Grammar for the Soul by Lawrence Weinstein
When: Sunday, May 18, 2008 5:00 PM
Location: The Avid Reader at the Tower
Description: Please join us as author Lawrence Weinstein discusses his new book, Grammar for the Soul.
In Grammar for the Soul, Lawrence Weinstein shows that simple grammar such as syntax and punctuation can be utilized as tools for change and growth, just as yoga and the martial arts are used for self-improvement. He compares the realm of grammar to the king of psycho-social gymnasium, where – instead of weights, a treadmill, mats, and a balance beam – one finds active verbs, passive verbs, periods, and a thousand other pieces of linguistic equipment, each of which, when properly deployed, can provide exercise for the spirit.
Weinstein offers scores of connections between grammar and well-being, some pronounced, and others subtle. “Conceivably,” he writes, “every attribute a person might desire – from decisiveness in an emergency, to trust and generosity and the ability to tolerate uncertainty – stands to benefit from changes in one’s verbal conduct.”
With a nod to linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf, Weinstein demonstrates how language molds our thinking and how changing the language we use can change our lives. His prose is packed with witty anecdotes and clear examples, as well as with enlightening metaphors like this: “There are people how would just as soon colonize a foreign nation as they would ‘colon-ize’ a sentence. To them, that two-pointed mark is a double-barreled shotgun; they keep it locked away.”
Lawrence Weinstein taught expository writing at Harvard University from 1973 to 1983 and co-founded Harvard’s Writing Center. He is currently a member of the English Department at Bentley College. His book Writing at the Threshold is a bestseller of the National Council of Teachers of English.
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