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Introducing Dr. Mary Ann Gibson, Ed.D., an incredible woman with a remarkable journey that led her from the cotton fields of Georgia to the pinnacle of academic achievement. As a devoted educator, Dr. Gibson lovingly dedicated over three decades of her life to shaping young minds and cultivating the potential of generations to come. Dr. Gibson earned the distinguished doctorate degree in Educational Leadership in 2009. Her early life was root...

Introducing Dr. Mary Ann Gibson, Ed.D., an incredible woman with a remarkable journey that led her from the cotton fields of Georgia to the pinnacle of academic achievement. As a devoted educator, Dr. Gibson lovingly dedicated over three decades of her life to shaping young minds and cultivating the potential of generations to come. Dr. Gibson earned the distinguished doctorate degree in Educational Leadership in 2009. Her early life was root...

ALL THE COLORS START TO FADE is a collection of writings from the first decade of Ra Press' operations. Chapbooks and short stories with Adirondack themes, seven writers work has now been transferred from a regional audience to the world... A magical anthology!

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Set in 1920s London, this new novel from the author of "Custard Tarts & Broken Hearts" is the story of Kate Goss's struggle against poverty, hunger and cruel family secrets.

Kate struggles against poverty, hunger and the weight of family secrets in this saga set in 1920s London. Based on a true story of the Bermondsey Bookshop.

Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835-1905' shows, for the first time, how science fiction writing developed in India years before the writings of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. The five stories presented in this collection, in their cultural and political contexts, help form a new picture of English language writing in India and a new understanding of the connections among science fiction, modernity and empire.Speculative fiction developed ea...

The starving Ruby goes without food to keep her younger brothers fed in thirties Bermondsey, and is eventually forced to go to the Methodist Mission for free food - a decision that splits her family and sets the course of her life.

The starving Ruby goes without food to keep her younger brothers fed in thirties Bermondsey, and is eventually forced to go to the Methodist Mission for free food - a decision that splits her family and sets the course of her life.

The "Factory Girls" series is reissued here, exploring the experiences of working class women in the home fronts of both World Wars and in the inter-war years, drawing heavily on stories from the author's own family. Fans of Maureen Lee and Katie Flynn will be particularly inclined towards Gibson's world of female determination and romance blossoming in adversity.

In 1920s London, three sisters struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from the violence of their father.

Factory girls fight for their loves, lives and rights in World War I Bermondsey.

From the author of "Custard Tarts & Broken Hearts", comes a saga novel that tells the story of three very different women struggling against incredible hardship in post-war South London. For fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, these women will form a lifelong bond to overcome grief, prejudice and post-war deprivation in order to find hope for themselves and their children.

The joy that comes from success, the despair that arises from isolation and failure-these feelings will be familiar to anyone who has ever tried to pursue that elusive, time-honored thing, the American Dream. Mary E. Matury Gibson's first memoir, Remembering Strawberry Fields, beautifully captures the struggles of growing up as a first-generation American. Ranging from her father's fascinating life as a Sicilian movie star to Gibson's attempts...

Anyone who's ever wondered what goes on inside the complex world of a hospital will be engrossed by Mary E. Matury Gibson's second memoir, Entrusted with Their Care: A Nurse's Story. A critical care nurse and nurse practitioner for over fifty years, Mary Gibson pulls back the curtain on the way nursing has-and has not-changed since she began her career in the 1960s. A fascinating read that interweaves a courageous female nurse's struggle to ch...

In 1920s London, three sisters struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from the violence of their father.

Eighteen stories about home and its significance to contemporary Southerners.