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ABC Rhyme With Me & Sing by Joann Cervellino
Adaa's Story by Rachel J.E. Sprague
After You, My Dear by PJ Ellis
Alexander Finds A Home by Vicky Ann Meier
Amanita Dwellers, The by Katya Romanoff
Ambush by Robert Rosenbaum
Anointed Warriors in the Army of God by Dr. Don Bell
Artist’s Notes on Humans and the Universe, An by V. Nova
As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back by Alle C. Hall
Automobilia by Jason J. Marchi and Jeffrey L. Buford, Jr. 
Becoming American (2nd ed.) by Cary D. Lowe
Best Servant Story, The by Antonio Garcia
Beyond the Bukubuk Tree by Loretta Goldberg
Bridges Between Our Hearts by Jennifer Collins
Butcher on Colfax, The by J.T. Tierney
Choices, Changes, Chapter and Verse by Kathryn Grant
Concerto for an Empty Frame, A by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios
Controlled Flight by Mike Van Horn
Crucible: Refining Gold by Julie Cannata
Crystal Caverns by S. B. Andresen
Day I Had a Dinosaur, The by Ashley Wall
Diabetes — The Real Cause and the Right Cure, 2nd Edition by John M. Poothullil, M.D., FRCP
Diabetes-Free Cookbook & Exercise Guide, The by John M. Poothullil, M.D., FRCP with Chef Coleen Cackowski
Dogs Have Fish Tales Too! by Carol Ford
Don't Miss School on Mondays! by Pat James
Emma and the Big Blue Summer by Sharon Stamas
Emmeline Grant and the Monstrous Beesh by Janice Phelps Williams
EthosBot by S. Sky
Fireside Reflections by Alan Dahl
Force of Art, The – A Life for Painting by Juhani Murros
Fred Clayton by Frank Accettura
Free Will, Do You Have It? by Albertus Kra
Future of Our Nation, The by Alvin R. Ervin
Giant Lessons from David by Claybon Lea Jr., DMin, Ph.D
Gypsy Escapades by William J. Jackson
Halfways, The by Allision Sutter
Head First (2nd Edition) by David Tomen
Hellfires Shake the Blues by Peter Jacob Streitz
Hidden Treasures by Jennie Murphy
High Heels, Honey Lips, and White Powder by Dr. Rose Maria McCarthy Anding
History of Silence, A by Cynthia J. Bogard
How To Say What You Mean Without Being Mean by Jan D. Thomas
I Am Perfectly Flawsome by Tom Collins and Michele Molitor
I Could Have Been One by Donald Wm. Jeffries
I Will Always Love You by Darlene Porter
Journey in Grief, A by Diane Davies
Kings' Despair, The by Ed Cannon
Leaning Tower, The by Charles McNeill
Liberty-Loving Lafayette by Dorothea Jensen
Little Dandelion Seed That Hung On, The by Karyn Gwin
London Bridge by Steven Dhondt
Lots of Luck Noblesse Oblige Rentier by Ron Matejka and Marilyn McKenzie
Made & Unmade by J. G. Cope
Mary Magdalene by Rev. Dr. Bonnie Ring
Mary Alice: Gypsy Nurse by Cora Brantner
Maxym by Patrick C. Notchtree
Means of Keeping, The by Rich Marcello
Merna the Mermaid by Sandy Bennett-Holmes
Molly's Milestone by Marlys Beider
Mystic Prince by M. A. Richter
Night of the Hawk by Lauren Martin
No Words…Just News by Peter Jacob Streitz
No, You’re Crazy by Jeff Beamish
Notes on the Next Life by Gwen Chavarria
Oburoni and Other Stories by Andrew Rees
Oscar and Otto by Betty Cetas
Paradigms of Marriage with Companion Workbook by Robert O. A. Samms, Ph.D.
Paying Attention by Reverend Ronald Cole
Plot to Cool the Planet, The by Sam Bleicher
Prearranged Plan, The by Alyssa McBath
Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D’Agostino, MD
Richard Nixon: California Sin by Pau Carter
Rose of Washington Square, The by Pat Wahler
Ruan Lingyu by Patrick Galvan
Santa Clawziz Comin-2-Town by Michael Carter Griffin
Slaying Paradise by T.V. Holiday
Stalin Stain, The by William Mefford
Story I Told Myself, The by Arvashni Seeripat
Sun Tzu's Café by Eric Bornstein
Table by the Window, The by Paul Leon
Table by the Window (audiobook), The by Paul Leon
Teachable Moments by William Stephenson, PhD
Tidewater by Eric B. Miller
Tiger Cartoons by William W. Fortenbaugh
Time-Full Friendship by Sam Heidari
Trust and Confidence by Jim Lichtman
Two Brothers by Luke Roberts
Visitation by Art Perkins
Wall Street Lessons by James Demmert
Warrior, Queen, Scientist, Activist by Jan-Benedict Steenkamp
What’s Really Going On? by Peter Durbin
Zen and the Art of Astroturf by Bronwyn Rodden

 
 
 
 
Reviews for July 2024
ABC Rhyme With Me & Sing by Joann Cervellino
Amanita Dwellers, The by Katya Romanoff
Ambush by Robert Rosenbaum
And the Angels Speak by Rebecca J. Steiger
Anointed Warriors in the Army of God by Dr. Don Bell
Art of Being Human, The by Papa Joe Coslett
As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back by Alle C. Hall
Attenuating Puritan, The by Robert McGuiness
Automobilia by Jason J. Marchi and Jeffrey L. Buford, Jr. 
Becoming American (2nd ed.) by Cary D. Lowe
Bending Atmospheres by Glenn J. Butler with W.B. King
Big Healing, The by Christopher McKeon, M.Div.
Bridges Between Our Hearts by Jennifer Collins
California Dreamin' by Jose A. Meléndez
Castle Forks by Chris Cochrane
Chairman Biden and Dr. Fauci's Monster by Ronald Alfred Weitzman
Chaucer’s Toy Box by Lynn E. Lensmire
Christian: Label or Lifestyle by Thomas Fitzhugh Sheets
Come With Me by Geoffrey Zamboni
Companions by Larry Rhodes
Crucible: Refining Gold by Julie Cannata
Crystal Caverns by S. B. Andresen
Day I Had a Dinosaur, The by Ashley Wall
Diabetes — The Real Cause and the Right Cure, 2nd Edition by John M. Poothullil, M.D., FRCP
Dinglehopper Blueberry Belly-Button Snooter, The by Chris Cochrane
Dogs Have Fish Tales Too! by Carol Ford
Don't Miss School on Mondays! by Pat James
EthosBot by S. Sky
Future of Our Nation, The by Alvin R. Ervin
God's Grand Finale and the End of the Age by Gary Longbrake
Gypsy Escapades by William J. Jackson
Halfways, The by Allision Sutter
Hellfires Shake the Blues by Peter Jacob Streitz
Help Yourself! by Carlos I. Gutiérrez
Heron Legacy, The by Leona Francombe
Hidden Treasures by Jennie Murphy
High Heels, Honey Lips, and White Powder: third edition by Dr. Rose Maria McCarthy Anding
History of Silence, A by Cynthia J. Bogard
How To Say What You Mean Without Being Mean by Jan D. Thomas
I Will Always Love You by Darlene Porter
Inspirational Stories That Spark Our Emotions and Touch the Heart and Soul by Pam Fiecke
Iberian Rails by Fred Matthews
James Robertson by Bill Bays
Liberty-Loving Lafayette by Dorothea Jensen
Little Dandelion Seed That Hung On, The by Karyn Gwin
Lots of Luck Noblesse Oblige Rentier by Ron Matejka and Marilyn McKenzie
Made & Unmade by J. G. Cope
Mary Alice: Gypsy Nurse by Cora Brantner
Mary Magdalene by Rev. Dr. Bonnie Ring
Maxym by Patrick C. Notchtree
Means of Keeping, The by Rich Marcello
Merna the Mermaid by Sandy Bennett-Holmes
Molly's Milestone by Marlys Beider
Night of the Hawk by Lauren Martin
No School for Ben by Daphne Pang
Notes on the Next Life by Gwen Chavarria
Paying Attention by Reverend Ronald Cole
Prearranged Plan, The by Alyssa McBath
Purposeful by Mr. Rodney L. Kelley
Rise, Tomorrow Girl by Cara Martin
Rosa the Little Ant and the Great Big Elephant by Dainty Nix
Run Duck Hide! The Martians Are Coming? by Marion Carlson
Santa Clawziz Comin-2-Town by Michael Carter Griffin
Silvery Path, The by Dennis Scheel
Slaying Paradise by T.V. Holiday
Soul Set Free, A: Vol. 2 by KJ GoForth
Story I Told Myself, The by Arvashni Seeripat
Table by the Window, The by Paul Leon
Teachable Moments by William Stephenson, PhD
Tiger Cartoons by William W. Fortenbaugh
Visitation by Art Perkins
What’s Really Going On? by Peter Durbin
Why Didn't I Die by Fred W. Kirkpatrick

 
 
 
Focus Review
 
Water Music: A Cape Cod Story
by Marcia Peck
Sea Crow Press 

"Tides filled and emptied our small world and I tried to figure out who belonged to whom."
 
In the summer of 1956, eleven-year-old (soon to be twelve) Lily Grainger describes her family’s annual summer vacation at their undeveloped property on the shore of a salt pond on Cape Cod. As this coming-of-age novel progresses, it mirrors the Beaufort scale of wind velocities that mark each chapter heading with increasing speeds and potential damages, an apt reminder of the increasing tension in Lily’s parents’ marriage and the marriage of her forceful Uncle George and delicate Aunt Fanny. Lily describes this crescendo of life-changing events in the prologue: “All summer the storm gathered and gathered, took its breath from every direction we thought we knew, and lashed us into spindrift.” Interestingly, the summer of 1956 is meaningful historically as the shipwreck of the Andrea Doria happened nearby on a July evening. ... (read more)
 
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