Ruby: 580 books

An intence love affair between the son of a wealthy white family and the daughter of their poor black maid.

National Book Award Finalist * Printz Award Winner for Best Young Adult Book of the Year “Ruby’s novel deserves to be read and reread. It is powerful, beautiful, extraordinary.”—School Library Journal Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps. So when young, beautiful Roza...

“In The Ruined House a ‘small harmless modicum of vanity’ turns into an apocalyptic bonfire.  Shot through with humor and mystery and insight, Ruby Namdar's wonderful first novel examines how the real and the unreal merge.  It's a daring study of madness, masculinity, myth-making and the...

Utterly transporting and stylish, Material Girl, Mystical World takes you on an unforgettable journey through modern spirituality**—**from meditation and tarot to astrology—guided by wise and witty tastemaker Ruby Warrington, founder of The Numinous. Inspired by the consciousness-shifting...

“The message of research is unmistakable – success in life is inextricably linked to success at the middle level.” -Ruby Payne What is your plan for helping students in poverty achieve the success in middle grades that will help them determine and realize their dreams and goals? In Ruby’s first...

How much would you be willing to give up for the one you love? Available in one volume for the first time: The Wolves of Craigellen: Ruby Fielding's stunning Highland shifter romance trilogy – murder, intrigue and breathtaking romance in a werewolf series like no other. "An exciting...

“Beautifully evokes scenes of two girls adrift in the . . . bohemian beach culture . . . a breathtaking, fiercely feminine take on American magical realism.” —Interview Magazine Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, The Salt God’s Daughter follows Ruthie and her older...

Samuel Beckett is unique in literature. Born and educated in Ireland, he lived most of his life in Paris. His literary output was rendered in either English or French, and he often translated one to the other, but there is disagreement about the contents of his bilingual corpus. A Beckett Canon by...

While on a visit to Northern France in 1987, Ruby came across a field of bright red poppies. Standing by the field, she was overcome with images and feelings of what had occurred years before in these same fields. These and other images were to haunt and torment Ruby for years until she had expressed...

“The Language of Trees, like Whitman’s Leaves of Grass though in a magic realist vernacular, refreshingly asserts that deeply American conviction: the gravest natural instinct is to heal and be healed. A shimmeringly heartfelt story.” —Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author...

Alana’s relationship with Nathan, her husband’s boss, increases in intensity as she finds herself unable to resist him. He’s brought her to life, and he’s introduced her to the beauty of surrender. She couldn’t stop it now, even if she wanted to.  Confident that Alana will do anything...

Bella loves her job. It’s only a temp position but it’s everything she wants in a job… especially her sexy hunk of a boss. But her hope of being hired at the end of the contract is shattered when he calls her into his office… and tells her she’s fired. Mr. Elliott doesn't want to...

Ethan has everything he wants, but not what he needs. Mistress Cherry is exactly what Ethan needs. Join the journey of a paid Dominatrix & Mistress who has never fallen in love, meet the man she decides to keep. “Ethan, this is my favorite moment, before all of my other favorite moments...

For years, many have been calling for unity in an effort to offset the dreadful imbalance of poorer life chances and multiple, systematically placed obstacles preventing those of African descent from fulfilling their true potential. The constant cry of a failure to come together to address this malaise...