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5th Anniversary Sale

A Very Large selection of Used Books are 50% off the already low price. Don't miss this opportunity to stock up on some great reading material for your summer vacation. Check out our large selection of New Books, many at our everyday discounted prices. Join our frequent buyers club for free and start saving from day one. After you purchase $250 you get $15 off your next purchase (If you had to pay $20 to join you would then need to spend $200 before you broke even, and at $250 you would have only saved $5 instead of $15 with us).

Please mark the following events on your calendar as you will not want to miss any of them.

July 23rd 5 p.m. Author Susan Gregg Gilmore will be here with her new book “Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen”. The title tells you how much fun this will be. See the book trailer at http://vimeo.com/4875932

July 25th 2pm Russell Cutts -" Wildfire (Fire Making Art)" Don’t miss this talented local author.

August 1st 11 am Back to School Bash & Story time - Free Popcorn & Punch

August 6th 5 pm Richard Dowis - reception & signing "The River Lady Mystery"

This is a mystery for young readers. Boys will really love this book, but girls who enjoy a good mystery will also like this book.

Richard Dowis has an extensive background as a writer, editor, teacher, and public relations executive. He was with Manning, Selvage & Lee, the international public relations firm, almost twenty five years and was senior vice president in the firm*s Atlanta office until 1992, when he took early retirement to pursue a career in writing, consulting, and teaching. An award winning speech writer, he has written speeches for many business executives and political figures. In 1990 he was voted the best writer in the Georgia PR community.

Before joining Manning, Selvage & Lee, he was manager of publications for The CocaCola Company, where his publications won numerous national awards for excellence. Previously, he edited weekly and daily newspapers in Georgia and Alabama and was public relations director of a major textile manufacturer.

From 1991 through 2002 he was president and executive director of the Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature (SPELL)*an international organization of people who love language.

Hundreds of men and women from businesses and other organizations have attended his business writing seminar, which he has presented at Emory University, Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, and Reinhardt College and to groups in Atlanta, Washington, New York, Los Angeles, and other cities.

H e is the author or coauthor of seven published books: How to Make Your Writing Reader Friendly (1989), which has been used in writing courses at Northwestern University, the University of Alabama, West Georgia College, and Georgia State University; The Write Way (Pocket Books, 1995); Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay, a Book of the Month Club Selection (St. Martin*s Press, 2000); The Lost Art of the Great Speech, a how to book for speech writers and speakers, voted one of the thirty best business books of the year (AMACOM Books, 2000); Poor Farm Road, a novel (Publish America, 2001); The Motorbike Mystery, a children*s novel (Publish America, 2002); and The River Lady Mystery, a stand-alone sequel to The Motorbike Mystery (American Book Publishing, 2009)

He is a journalism graduate of the University of Alabama and was an army officer during the Korean War.

Dick and his wife live at Lake Arrowhead, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia, where Dick continues writing and consulting.

August 8th 1 p.m. Jackie Cooper - A great author with wonderful stories about growing up in south “The Sunrise Remembers: Memories from the Journey”. If you are interested in good story telling about the southern way of life, then don’t miss Jackie.

August 15th 1 p.m. Raymond Atkins - author of “The Front Porch Prophet” - he will be here with his new book “Sorrow Wood”. He was named Ga. Author of the Year by Georgia Writers Association. He is a great writer and storyteller. Ladies and guy alike will enjoy meeting Mr. Atkins.

Sept 24th 6 p.m. Gregory A. Freeman - We are so excited to have Greg coming to Yawns with his new book "Troubled Waters" His last book "The Forgotten 500" has sold to be made into a movie. He is a great Non-Fiction author.

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