Ruth: 3308 books

The summer holidays are over and Seb returns to Belfast. As a new Christian, he faces difficult situations and unprecedented challenges while seeking to be a witness for God day by day. When a drastic change in circumstances means that Seb ends up in a perilous situation, he's shocked to discover...

1992 - Prêmio Jabuti - Melhor Obra em Coleção, Melhor Produção Editorial 1993 - Prêmio Monteiro Lobato para Literatura Infantil, Academia Brasileira de Letras Quando foi impresso o primeiro livro? A invenção da prensa trouxe uma série de benefícios. Quais foram e o que provocaram? Quais...

An educational resource to help children explore the issue of fair trade by allowing them to see through the eyes of the children of banana farmers in the Windward Islands. The author spent time with the farmers' families and she uses the real-life narratives of two young children going about their...

Two favourites from Ruth Park in one volume. Callie's Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well ... life. With her brothers and sister running riot through her bedroom, reading her diary and ruining her treasures, she's desperate for a space to...

Everyone knows Benjamin Franklin was an important statesman, inventor, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. But did you know he started the first public library in America? Ben Franklin was always a “bookish” boy. The first book he read was the Bible at age five, and then he read every...

Lucy loves her daddies, but not everyone thinks two men can raise a little girl. Lucy is sad and angry and unhappy. Then her daddies tell her about God and Jesus’s mommy, Mary. Then Lucy is filled with love. This book explores the themes of love as depicted in the Bible and applies them to...

Authors Richard and Ruth Spiering, seasoned homeschool and Sunday school teachers, fill this activity book with fun and creative word searches that encourage kids, ages 8 to 12, to go to the Bible for the answers. Kids will discover incredible facts as they strain their brains to decipher hidden messages...

Lucy loves her friends. She likes to play with her friend Amy. Then she learns that Amy isn't a Christian like she is. Lucy doesn't know what to do. Does God want her to be friends with Amy? Is there more than one way to love God? Lucy doesn't know. That night, she dreams her daddies give her a map....

Arielle aime ses amis. Elle aime jouer avec son amie Amy. Puis elle apprend qu’Amy n'est pas une chrétienne comme elle. Arielle ne sait pas quoi faire. Est-ce que Dieu veut qu'elle soit amie avec Amy? Est-ce qu’il y a plus d'une façon d'aimer Dieu? Arielle ne sait pas. Cette nuit, elle rêve...

An award-winning novel from a New York Times–bestselling author: The long-buried bodies of a woman and child are unearthed on a Suffolk country estate.   When the new owners of Wyvis Hall, a rural estate in Suffolk, set out to bury their pet dog on the grounds, they stumbled upon a ghastly relic:...

“The heiress apparent to Agatha Christie.”—Los Angeles Times Chief Inspector Wexford is in China, visiting ancient tombs and palaces with a group of British tourists. Is he hallucinating, or does a bent old woman with bound feet follow him everywhere? Back in England, he is called...

With floods threatening both the town of Kingsmarkham and his own home and no end to the rain in sight, Chief Inspector Wexford already has his hands full when he learns that two local teenagers have gone missing along with their sitter, Joanna Troy. Their hysterical mother is convinced that all three...

**She took a peaceful walk in the woods—and found death waiting. . . . “The best mystery writer anywhere in the English-speaking world.”—The Boston Globe** Elizabeth and Quentin Nightingale. A happy couple who lived quite graciously at Myfleet Manor in the gentle English countryside. Elizabeth...

“Ruth Rendell is the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world.”—Time No one admitted to spotting the doctor's missing daughter—even after the murders began. Melanie Akande, eschewing privilege, had insisted on going to the jobsearch office to find employment. But between that...