Michigan Auto Company: Calumet’s First Auto Dealership and the Man Behind It by Kenneth C. Bracco

Book cover for "Michigan Auto Company: Calumet’s First Auto Dealership and the Man Behind It" featuring an old black-and-white photo of a man standing next to an early automobile outside a storefront.

Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Kenneth C. Bracco’s “Michigan Auto Company: Calumet’s First Auto Dealership and the Man Behind it” brought to life stages of the automobile industry and other life changing events from 1900 to the 1960s. Other places mentioned in the book were Detroit and Chicago besides the main location…

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Paint An Inch Thick / Eddie London Mysteries by Adam Dompierre

An easel holds a partially painted canvas showing a colorful, stylized lion's head with a mane made of geometric shapes. The background is light blue, and text above and below the artwork reads "PAINT AN INCH THICK" and "ADAM DOMPIERRE.

Review by Sharon Brunner Adam Dompierre’s Paint An Inch Thick revealed a madcap mystery in which the main character, Eddie London, encountered murder, greed, dark secrets and mind-boggling acts of deception. The story takes place in California during the 1980s. Other characters, who made multiple appearances throughout the book were…

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matwân cî …wondering about now and then and everything everywhere by Nia To there

A colorful illustration features various animals, Earth, and abstract elements on a gradient background. Text reads, "Wandering about now and then and everything everywhere: matwān... nia to go there CI." Illustrated by Stephanie Rittenhouse.

Reviewed by Sharon Brunner Nia To Go There’s matwân cî …wondering about now and then and everything everywhere poetry book portrays an innate intimacy between animals, birds, humans and inanimate objects between worlds. Stories, language, dances and visions exist and were experienced everywhere with everything. In other words, the time…

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