Ruth: 3308 books

After the death of her father, painfully shy and introverted Shelly finds her world turned upside down. She is forced to speak with people and she may even have to move from her comfortable apartment. Sorting through her father’s possessions at his house brings back many memories, including how...

A delightful story of a pony, Sassy, and a dog, Tough Enough, who run away from their veterinarian’s enclosure in an attempt to get back home to their owners, the Tatum family. Set in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the pair encounter some interesting people along...

In the summer of 1976, the first women were admitted to the United States Military Academy, and the first women to complete a four-year ROTC program were commissioned as second lieutenants. Lori, Maura, Anne, and Amelia’s journey into a male-dominated Army are chronicled in this exciting,...

Lilith Boot's life changes forever the night she drowns the flowers in her parents' garden. Frightened by their daughter's odd behaviour, and her recent pronouncements of psychic visions, the Boots send Lilith to a Vancouver mental hospital. It is there that she becomes pregnant, giving birth after...

Writing the Story is the 3rd Module in the series Fiction Writers WorkBook. The first 2 Modules dealt with Creating Characters and Plots & Tension.This Module deals with writing the first draft, chapters, voice, setting, style, the short story and rewriting. Language usage deals with narrative...

Here is a collection of one-act plays, shorter sketches, and monodramas (one-person plays) that can be used in Christian ministry. Simple to produce with single sets and casts of under ten characters, these pieces may be performed in just about any venue. I am making these scripts available free in...

The joy to be found in the discovery of Gods word is a lifelong journey that can begin at any age. This book is full of Bible studies that have been written specifically for use by people who have experienced life for a few years and their families. Willa Ruth Garlow is a gifted Bible teacher and...

When Nathaniel (Nate) Buford’s brother died, the title of Earl of Roderick passed to him, as did the duty to get an heir, a duty he doesn’t want. Now he must find a lady who suits him among the money-grubbing Ton and marry her, but it is not as easy as he would want. Fate is about to play him...

Eloquently interweaving ethnography and memoir, award-winning anthropologist Ruth Behar offers a new theory and practice for humanistic anthropology. She proposes an anthropology that is lived and written in a personal voice. She does so in the hope that it will lead us toward greater depth of understanding and feeling, not only in contemporary anthropology, but in all acts of witnessing.

Enjoyable, provocative, witty, compassionate - this sage book debunks the widespread relationship myth-information and identifies new superconscious habits with exercises such as The 100% Accurate Indicator of What is True for You and other book features including case histories, exercises, visualizations,...

Challenging the posthumanist canon that celebrates the preeminence of matter, Ruth Miller, in Flourishing Thought contends that what nonhuman systems contribute to democracy is thought. Drawing on recent feminist theories of nonhuman life and politics, Miller shows that reproduction and flourishing...

Jeremy Graham made a promise to Rebecca that he would never love another woman. After her death, he finds himself duty-bound to marry her sister, Jane. And Jane, who has always been shy and content to hide in the shadows, begins to stir up old feelings—feelings Jeremy isn’t prepared for. Will...

In this second Helen Mirkin novel, upon her return to Tel Aviv, Detective Inspector Helen Mirkin is tasked with finding opera singer Araceli Pena, who uncharacteristically has missed two Wozzeck rehearsals before opening night. When she is found dead in bed, the circumstances of her death are far...

Sahara comes from a poor family. Has two brothers. Father away a lot. She's given a gold coin, which becomes hot if touched by other people. Befriends a mystery friend named Finders. He's one of the little people who holds pots of gold. Has to give it up when caught. Sahara becomes his queen.