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Author Event: Roger Thompson
Roger Thompson talks about his latest book, No Word for Wilderness: Italy's Grizzlies and the Race to Save the Rarest Bears on Earth. In Italian, there is no word for wilderness. Yet in the mountains of Italy, brown bears not only exist, they are fighting to survive amid encroaching development, local and international politics, and the mafia. Thompson's book tells the stories of two populations of bears in Italy -- one the last vestige of a former time that persists…
Find out more »Find Waldo Local!
Where’s Waldo? In Duluth, of course! The iconic children’s book character in the red-and-white striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is visiting fifteen local businesses in our West Duluth community this July, including Beaner's Central, Damage Boardshop, Duluth Art Institute - West End, Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth Folk School, the Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth Pottery, Dungeon's End, Gannucci's, Little Neetcher's, Soul Sisters, Tortoise and Hare Footwear, the West Duluth Public Library and more. Find Waldo Local is a great summer vacation…
Find out more »Author Event: Curt Brown
On the centennial of the 1918 Cloquet-Moose Lake fires, Zenith Bookstore hosts Curt Brown, author of Minnesota 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State. It is a story of trauma, tragedy and perseverance in a year that proved to be a turning point in the making of modern America. In 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as…
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