Roberts san jose bookstore

Every year, from December through February, the sisters would work seven days a week and 10 to 12 hours a day. They want vacations. So the lights at what used to be a crowded book emporium on South 10th Street will go out sometime after May 25, after more than half a century as a staple of Spartan life. Members of fraternities and sororities from colleges in San Francisco, and from UC Santa Cruz, Stanford University and Santa Clara University, make pilgrimages to Roberts for the tiny, wooden Greek letters the store began selling 20 years ago.

The letters are glued to paddles, which are a key component of certain ritualistic adolescent savageries during pledge season.

Even in its heyday, there was little of the romance of an independent bookstore — its shelves brimming with literary fiction, a calico cat sunning itself in the window. The store was always a willing captive to class curriculum. The seminar was great. I learned a lot about the mind….

From Business: LifeWay Christian Stores is a nationwide bookstore chain serving communities and offering Bibles, Bible studies, books, music, movies, and gifts for all ages -…. I like the fact that they have…. Sign in to let us know how Roberts Bookstore was? Recency Popularity. Nov November 21, 3 Roberts Bookstore good service but expensive.

Was this review helpful to you? November 04, 4 Roberts Bookstore Good little college book store. Oct October 29, 4 Roberts Bookstore a lot of books for a tiny store. Sep September 16, 3 Roberts Bookstore Pretty good.