Ruth: 3308 books

What would you do if fear no longer stood in your way? What would happen if you were no longer afraid to dive in, head first, and go after your dreams, instead of feeling like you were sitting on the sidelines of your own life? What then? We tell ourselves we are too busy to pursue...

You Are Not Alone Being an entrepreneur is scary. From late payments to bank crisis, often the future of your business rides on one crucial decision--one you have to make all on your own. But it doesn't have to be that way. Others have faced the same problems, and for the first time have gathered...

This third edition of the classic resource, Building Expertise draws on the most recent evidence on how to build innovative forms of expertise and translates that evidence into guidelines for instructional designers, course developers and facilitators, technical communicators, and other human performance...

Not all activity leads to learning. Move beyond the myths with an evidence-based approach.   Seasoned technical trainer Ruth Colvin Clark has synthesized the findings of today’s crucial learning research into a noteworthy refresher of her 2010 book. Delve into the foundational ideas...

At the end of the 19th century Finland is a dark and repressive place. Pacifist and political dissenter Karl Johan Back is conscripted to fight for the Russian despots that occupy his country. In 1899 he flees to an untamed land on the far side of the world. Finding refuge on ridges overlooking the...

In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso. Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso's old friend and colleague Valens has promised to...

What kind of a person would kidnap two children? That is the question that haunts Wexford when a five-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl disappear from the village of Kingsmarkham. When a child's body turns up at an abandoned country home one search turns into a murder investigation and...

Solve a mermaid's problem… Step off the edge of a roof… Dig up a grave at midnight… Take advice from a fortune cookie… Visit the last library… Meet a bridge troll… And more… In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the...

Eight sweet, short stories of love. Eight great authors. Eight ways to celebrate Autumn.Falling in love is timeless. From a sexy medieval stonemason to a big-city businessman, Regency England to Napa Vineyards, this selection of Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal and Time-Travel romantic short stories...

Join award winning, USA Today and bestselling authors for a journey into the enchanted realm of the Fae with this brand new collection of holiday stories spanning from humorous Regency and tender historical to quirky contemporary and gritty urban tales of faerie magic, human redemption, and the power...

Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South is an anthology like no other. Featuring over 15 stories and poems by new and veteran authors, the writing reflects a diverse range of Southern experience. From the post-Kartina New Orleans of Rose Yndigoyen’s “Long Gone Girls” and the deep-rooted family...

Winter is not coming. Winter is here. As unique and beautifully formed as a snowflake, each of these fifteen stories spins a brand new tale or offers a fresh take on an old favorite like Jack Frost, The Snow Queen, or The Frog King. From a drafty castle to a blustery Japanese village, from a snow-packed...

Book 2 in the Prime Time series of Contemporary Women's Fiction When two young people from opposite sides of the Atlantic meet accidentally in England's Lake District, Anna Mason finds another piece of the family puzzle she has been seeking. This story highlights the problems of today's families where four generations compete for time and space.

Now or Never is the third book in the contemporary women's fiction/family saga series, Prime Time, which began with Anna Mason’s story in Auld Acquaintance. In this book, two of Anna’s dear friends travel to Italy for very different and urgent family reasons. Will Maria find common ground...