Grass Roots Books
227 SW 2nd St.
Corvallis, OR

Today’s fast-paced world leaves us little time to spend with the timeless questions, such as how to live a meaningful life in harmony with the world around us. Nonetheless we yearn for answers — and answers are to be found in the Tao Te Ching, a book written twentyfive hundred years ago that resonates with people everywhere as though it had been written yesterday. In Harmony with the Tao, includes the complete text of Stephen Mitchell’s work Tao Te Ching: A New English Version accompanied by Francis Pring-Mill’s illuminating commentaries on each chapter. In a skillful rendition of ancient wisdom reimagined for modern times, In Harmony with the Tao reveals the common threads weaving through the eighty-one brief chapters. In Harmony with the Tao will appeal to anyone keen to understand the ideas contained in, and especially between, the lines of the Tao Te Ching.

Francis Pring-Mill presents ideas in understandable ways to help others gain insights.  He has been fascinated by the Tao Te Ching since discovering a copy in a secondhand store as a teenager.  In this book he applies skills developed as a professional facilitator, course developer and instructor, and communicator to offer the reader a guided journey into a densely written ancient spiritual text.

In Harmony with the Tao is the product of analytical thinking combined with a creative talent for explaining ideas.  The result will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the ideas contained in the Tao Te Ching and in applying them to daily life in the modern world.

Francis Pring-Mill has a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he also won a postgraduate scholarship which funded three years of doctoral research.  He then held a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto.  In the business world, his roles have included government statistician, software engineer, and director in an IT professional services firm.

He has published in the fields of zoology, software engineering, and methodology.  His writing is characterized by success at analyzing, simplifying, and presenting ideas to make them easier to understand and apply.  In this book, he brings the same skills to a new subject.

This event is free and open to the public. Grass Roots will be selling books at this event. 

LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th St.
Corvallis, OR

Insights Into Gardening is a fun, day-long educational conference for anyone interested in gardening -- from beginners to experienced gardeners. Sponsored by the Benton County Master Gardener Association, it provides participants with up-to-date, research-based gardening information. This fun day of classes on edibles, ornamentals, and general garden topics includes book sales, exhibitors, and a raffle. Tickets can be purchased here. Grass Roots will be selling books at this event.
 

Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd St.
Corvallis, OR

Linda Carroll's first book, Love Cycles, describes the five stages of intimate relationships in detail, illuminating the behaviors associated with each stage and strategies for successfully navigating them. This companion workbook, Love Skills, is a practical guide to creating and maintaining a loving relationship. Exercises, activities, self-assessments, and other concrete tools allow readers to understand where they are in their relationship. Her well-researched practices help keep love alive in the midst of seemingly intractable differences, and specific, effective solutions to couples' most common struggles provide a clear map for moving forward.

Linda Carroll, MS, is a writer, therapist, seminar leader, keynote speaker, and private coach to couples, individuals, and families. Carroll lives in Corvallis, Oregon, with her husband of 35 years and their Jack Russell terrier. She has five children and nine grandchildren. This event is free and open to the public.