Beginning August 1, patrons can stock their bookshelves with summer reading selections as the Claremont Helen Renwick Library bookstore, 208 N. Harvard Ave., kicks off its month-long half-price book sale.

Everything on burgundy shelves and carts in the bookstore space is eligible for a 50% discount, including a variety of new and old literature in paper or hardback. In addition, CDs, DVDs, audio books, video tapes and LP records will also be available.

In the library foyer are books about sports, the arts, health and wellbeing, religion, how-to guides, and nonfiction. Along the walls are autographed works, a large history section, biographies and memoirs, travel, cookbooks, and much more.

The sale runs through Wednesday, August 31. The library is open Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information call (909) 621-4902.