Mary M : 367 books
Texans on the Brink
Threatened and Endangered Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.
Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...
by Mary M Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
From acclaimed writer/historian Mary M Talbot and graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot comes Rain, a chronicle of the growing relationship of two young women, one an environmental activist, set against the backdrop of the disastrous 2015 floods in northern England.
The wild Brontë moorlands...
by Mary M. Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
From acclaimed writer Mary M. Talbot and graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot comes The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia, a portrait of revolutionary feminist Louise Michel, who took up arms against a French regime that executed thousands. Deported to a penal colony, Michel joined the cause of the...
Beyond Nurses Notes
A Journey to Choose Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Beyond Nurses Notes A Journey to Choose Life by Mary M. Hale (RNC, MSN, SRN, SCM), intertwines her stories from Pediatrics and Obstetrics over a period of 27 years of her service at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. She includes several anecdotes from her 10-year career working...
by Mary M. Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A story of loyalty, love, and courage, Sally Heathcote, Suffragette follows a common housemaid swept up in the feminist militancy of Edwardian Britain. Costa Award winners Mary and Bryan Talbot and acclaimed illustrator Kate Charlesworth craft a gripping inside story of depth, drama, and detail that...
by Mary M. Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Wisconsin is famous for the Packers and homebrews, but the state offers so much more. This handy guide by Mary M. Bauer covers hundreds of unique attractions all around the Badger State. Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that catch your interest. Sections are...
by Mary M. Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2017
Clare Davis is stuck in her job, her relationship, and in a deep depression that governs her life. She has no idea she's a powerful healer with a coldblooded enemy.Ransom Mayes is Clare's guardian, but convincing her she's in grave danger and needs his round-the-clock protection...
by Mary M. Fern
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Mary M Fern’s NEVER SAY GOODBYE is an authentic look into a family’s grief, as atragedy compelled them to take an unwelcome and unwanted journey that leads them from despair to healing.NEVER SAY GOODBYE allows you to walk with, but not in the footprints of a family living the ultimate tragedy...
The Green Library Planner
What Every Librarian Needs to Know Before Starting to Build or Renovate
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Green buildings are better buildings. In fact, buildings use 36% of the energy in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so green buildings that use less energy help to address the very real challenges of reliance on fossil fuel and climate change. More than only being...
Inspiring Dialogue
Talking to Learn in the English Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inspiring Dialogue helps new English teachers make dialogic teaching practices a central part of their development as teachers, while also supporting veteran teachers who would like new ideas for inspiring talk in their classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the book follows novice teachers as they build...
Playing with Purpose
Adventures in Performative Social Science
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work. They present a unique exploration of the origins of performative social science and provide an intellectually rich overview of...
It Draws Me
The Art of Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The need for contemplative values today is great, as we are often swept up into the demands of family, work, and community. Daily, we make decisions with lightning speed, without seeking insight to understand the word of God and his will for our lives.
In It Draws Me: The Art of Contemplation,...
On Uganda's Terms
A Journal by an American Nurse-Midwife Working for Change in Uganda, East Africa During Idi Amin's Regime
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
On Uganda's Terms is the gripping tale of the author's experiences as an American nurse during the vicious and brutal reign of Idi Amin. Ms. Hale tells the story of the struggles she faced while striving to improve the Ugandan health care system in the 1960s - 70s. Recalling a saying from the Talmud—"If...
by Mary M. Talbot
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes contrasts two comingofage narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations and gender politics, thwarted ambitions...