Janet Ruth: 19 books

The haunting account of a teen boy who volunteers at a suicide hotline and falls for a troubled caller. As her life spirals out of control, Jenney’s calls become more desperate, more frequent. Billy, struggling with the deteriorating relationship with his depressed father, is the only one...

Everyone has disturbing thoughts sometimes. But for seventeen-year-old Dani Solomon, strange thoughts have taken over her life. She loves Alex, the little boy she babysits, more than anything. Then one day she envisions harming him. The images are so gruesome, she can’t get them out of her mind....

Explore your experiences, relationships, and feelings through this guided tour of journal-keeping in Jewish tradition. Journaling has been, and remains, an inherently Jewish activity. From the Kabbalist mystics who recorded their practices of reaching altered states of consciousness, to the...

Like Einstein’s famous equation, E = mc2 , there exists in the supernatural a corollary; a simple math equation that gives you access to God’s perfect love and infinite power. All you need is faith the size of a single grain of mustard seed (about the size of a grain of rice)! Sounds easy? It...

Power kills, money burns, beauty fades. But when it comes to the secret, God-lit side of human desire, the bliss of heaven awaits.In 1887, moments before being brutally murdered by cannibals in the Amazon jungle, missionaries John and Bernice Solomon leave their three month old son, Peter,...

Damien Granger has been living a fairy tale life. His movie star boyfriend is everything he’s ever dreamed of. The only problem is their relationship has to be secret. After gently suggesting it’s time for his actor boyfriend to come out, a complete stranger shows up and tells Damien the relationship...

Lisa and her little brother Jon enjoy collecting stamps. But when their father holds a contest to decide which child will get a new large stamp album, Lisa has to solve a difficult problem.This chapter book for ages 8 to 12 (grades 3 to 6) takes place around 1960 and portrays a Jewish family...

when i am well i will take you At first Billy's father just seemed distant, as if he had something on his mind. Then he stopped listening to music, saying it hurt his ears. After a while he stopped eating and sleeping. And after that he just stopped. Stopped being Billy's father and his friend...

In Ruth Ann Nordin's story The Purchased Bride: Ada Wilcox never thought her brother would answer a mail-order bride ad on her behalf.  Worse, he's sold her--sight unseen--to a complete stranger.  As she travels to Nebraska, she doesn't know whether to be angry with her brother or...

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...

“The bible of home canning, preserving, freezing, and drying.”—The New York Times For decades, Putting Food By has been the one-stop source for everything the home cook needs to know about preserving foods—from fruits and vegetables to meat and seafood. Now, this classic is fully up-to-date...

New collaborative models of health care service delivery are contributing to quality and cost improvements, especially in treating children and families. At the same time, deficits in communication between systems sharing patients can not only lead to confusion and waste, but also to increased risk...

Drawing extensively on personal experiences, this important volume looks at sexuality and relationships in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, painting a genuine picture of the range of sexualities and relationships people want. Honest and reflective, it shows how sexuality...

The Bride's Choice: Shy and clumsy Jack Warren has finally found the woman of his dreams, but her father wants her to marry his brother instead. When the Whistle Blows: Hugh Warren makes a deal to marry someone's daughter as part of a land agreement. But when he meets the perfect lady, he must find a way out of the agreement, even if it means a little matchmaking