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Author Charlie Gargiulo

Visit with long time Lowell resident Charlie Gargiulo as he remembers life in Little Canada. His memoir, Legends of Little Canda, is coming from Loom Press on September 30. Order your copy now.

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Legends of Little Canada: Aunt Rose, Harvey's Bookland, and My Captain Jack By Charlie Gargiulo Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780931507533
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Published: Loom Press - September 30th, 2023

Author Carla Panciera

Osborndale Ivanhoe was a bull who became an unlikely celebrity. He defied expectations and challenged long-established notions of what constituted a champion Holstein. But his fame was dependent on one man's stubborn insistence that the animal was, indeed, special.

Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir By Carla Panciera Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780931507489
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Loom Press - April 20th, 2023

Whose Stories Get Told? A discussion about representation in museums

Public historians Bob Forrant and Kevin Coffee, in conversation with lala's Laura Lamarre Anderson, will discuss the role of museums in telling our history. Through the years, evolving philosophies have guided acquisition and display policies, often resulting in one-sided views and the silencing of many voices.

All three worked on the new Lowell National Historic Park exhibit, One City, Many Cultures, and will discuss their own work in light of this public exhibit. 

Museums and Social Responsibility By Kevin Coffee Cover Image
$44.95
ISBN: 9781032120539
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
(This book cannot be returned.)
Published: Routledge - December 23rd, 2022

Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (Working Class in American History) By Robert Forrant (Editor), Mary Anne Trasciatti (Editor), Jim Beauchesne (Contributions by), Rebekah Bryer (Contributions by), Rebecca Bush (Contributions by), Conor Casey (Contributions by), Rachel Donaldson (Contributions by), Kathleen Flynn (Contributions by), Elijah Gaddis (Contributions by), Susan Grabski (Contributions by), Amanda Kay Gustin (Contributions by), Karen Lane (Contributions by), Rob Linné (Contributions by), Erik Loomis (Contributions by), Tom MacMillan (Contributions by), Lou Martin (Contributions by), Scott McLaughlin (Contributions by), Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan (Contributions by), Karen Sieber (Contributions by), Katrina Windon (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Robert Forrant (Editor), Mary Anne Trasciatti (Editor), Jim Beauchesne (Contributions by), Rebekah Bryer (Contributions by), Rebecca Bush (Contributions by), Conor Casey (Contributions by), Rachel Donaldson (Contributions by), Kathleen Flynn (Contributions by), Elijah Gaddis (Contributions by), Susan Grabski (Contributions by), Amanda Kay Gustin (Contributions by), Karen Lane (Contributions by), Rob Linné (Contributions by), Erik Loomis (Contributions by), Tom MacMillan (Contributions by), Lou Martin (Contributions by), Scott McLaughlin (Contributions by), Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan (Contributions by), Karen Sieber (Contributions by), Katrina Windon (Contributions by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780252086465
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University of Illinois Press - June 28th, 2022

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Mass Center for the Book 2023 Reading Challenge

How It Works

  1. Sign up at https://www.massbook.org/readingchallenge
  2. Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge
  3. After you read, fill out a short form to tell Mass Center for the Book all about it
  4. That's it!
    • If you read at least one book, you will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book
    • If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books and Massachusetts goodies

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