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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Death’s Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913 (Second Edition) by Steve Lehto

Cover of the book "Death's Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913" by Steve Lehto, Second Edition. Features a sepia-toned photograph of a cross-shaped shadow in a doorway.

Reviewer: Sharon Brunner Steve Lehto’s “Death’s Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913 (Second Edition)” offers a detailed account of the 1913 Christmas Eve mayhem and the corruption behind the strike in the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan. The peninsula is located in the northwestern…

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