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R. M. Gibson

R. M. Gibson

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Born during the 20th Century’s Great Depression, R. M. Gibson spent his early years in rural, north central Indiana.  After a diverse and interesting career including, amongst other things, serving on a minesweeper during the Korean conflict, working for the company that built the Apollo spacecraft, and later having key roles with New York companies, he settled in Europe and now lives in Luxembourg with his educator wife. His hobbies are as varied as his career path has been and include classical music, travel, gardening, photography and more.

As well as writing for himself, Mr. Gibson has taken the rough draft of a dear departed friend and skillfully turned it into a collection of vignettes about a New York saloon which encompass humour, seriousness, and at times, sadness.  With its colourful array of characters weaving in and out, it’s a book suitable for all readers.

The Golden Rule Coloring Book

The Golden Rule Coloring Book

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<p>What if you treated others the way you’d like to be treated? If everyone did that, what kind of world could there be? Please join the children’s quest to discover how to follow the Golden Rule and to share it with others. </p><p>This coloring book version of Sherrill S. Cannon’s best-selling children’s story, The Golden Rule, allows kids to enjoy reading in rhyme, as well as illustrating their own version of how children can help us be kind to each other.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoBodyTextIndent2"><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><em><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">In this book, which is at times funny, serious and sad, we meet many characters who visit The Guardsman, a pub that could have inspired the T.V. programme “Cheers”.<br /><br /></span></strong></em></span><span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><em><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">Among the regulars you will observe the varying traits in people and learn the hilarious, not to be missed, story behind a curious needlepoint hanging. I was very pleased to see a book that was a collection of sketches or vignettes.<span>  </span>This allows readers to pick up and put the book down at will.<br /><br /></span></strong></em></span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">I enjoyed this book as I could “dip in and dip out”.<span>  </span>I admired the skill of the author in his close observations of his characters and his ability to produce laughter, feelings of poignancy and anger in the reader.<span>  <br /><br /></span></span></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">I would recommend this book to all readers.</span></strong></span></em></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">Mary Mansell – Oxford<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">This is a part-fictional collection of short stories based around a Saloon called The Guardsman in an area of New York City. It is a collection of short stories linked together by the same backdrop, The Guardsman – a nostalgic trip down memory lane.<br /><br /></span></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">The author’s love and affection for the saloon is obvious and quite becoming, and I can feel the passion and sentimentality coming from the writer.<span>  </span>I have no doubt had I been there and experienced what he did, I would have loved it just as much, and have just as fond thoughts and unforgettable stories, as he has.<br /><br /></span></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">Anyone who enjoys reminiscing about certain eras in their life, particularly those spent in a favourite pub/saloon will identify with this.<span>  </span>The writing is consistent, well-linked, good sentence structure and good grammar and I would recommend this book primarily for the older generation.</span></strong></span></em></p> <p></p><em><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"><strong><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:14px;">Angela Christian – London</span></strong></span></em>