New Releases by Ruth White

This book gives a voice to the descendants of Jewish Holocaust survivors who have chosen to restore their German citizenship. Dena, a New Hampshire retiree, feels at home in Germany the moment the vineyards across the Rhine come into her view. Maya, a journalist for Deutsche Welle, pursued German citizenship to boost her career in Berlin. And Yermi, an Israeli writer, has a response for people who question his decision to live in the country that murdered his relatives. They each have different reasons for doing so, but they all reclaimed something that was taken from their families.

A little 7 years old''s Bible devotional drawing.

The Recovery Workbook is an invaluable, interactive tool to assist anyone who suffers from or is trying to help those that suffer from addiction.The book was written by someone who has traveled the path from addiction to sobriety and will help you attain and sustain relief from your addiction.This book and the tools it contains can be applied to any of the ways that the disease of addiction manifests itself. Ruth wrote it from the viewpoint of a recovering alcoholic but the clear and simple to understand process will work for gambling, narcotics or over-eating just as effectively.Because the disease of addiction hijacks specific parts of the brain, the recovery process is the same regardless of the substance or behavior one is addicted to.From adolescents to octogenarians, Ruth''s unique way of combining medical and scientific knowledge with the behavior modification aspect of the 12 step process will have you not only conquering your addiction but better understanding the path that led you there in the first place. By breaking down the 12 steps of A.A and explaining the physiological and psychological components of the disease of addiction, Ruth helps you better understand how the body and mind work together.This workbook allows the reader to catalogue their history and their progress through the process, while developing new coping mechanisms to replace old thoughts and behaviors. The same thoughts and behaviors that included "using" as a way to deal with their problems. These new approaches to dealing with emotional issues will assist the reader in understanding the reasons they used before and developing a better sense of self to use as a tool against relapse.Ruth''s Master''s Thesis was on ''trauma''s connection to addiction and relapse prevention'', so it makes sense that someone who relapsed multiple times, then spent years studying the process would understand the tools necessary to assist in relapse prevention. Ruth''s personal experience with addiction and her easy to like and understand teaching style have helped thousands of her clients to date. Let her help you, with The Recovery Workbook.

A young girl is so traumatized by family tragedy, she escapes into the mystical depths of her psyche, where she finds safety and comfort. In this still place, she hears whispers from the universe, revealing secrets of the ages, which sustain her throughout her long life, and in touching ways, affect all those who love her.

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A mystical soft sci-fi for older teens and adults. At an unspecified time in the future a spiritual group of Earthlings establish their utopian society on a small Goldilocks planet at the edge of the known universe. It is here on Aquarius that Lily Reynolds spends a carefree childhood among the hills, streams and meadows of this new Eden. When the colonists have completed the building of homes and a school, tragedy strikes in the form of a deadly virus. Only twelve people survive, all of them children. Lily at the age of eleven, is the oldest. With no communication to other worlds, the youngsters wait for a promised starship for rescue. But it does not come. The children turn into teenagers with a limited knowledge of adult relationships. They have only each other and a few books to guide them. In time the teens become attuned to the mystical vibrations of the planet, as the Mansions of Karma appear periodically in the sky to remind them they are not alone, but forever a part of the great universal life force. And then one day the starship actually does come, but it is not there on a rescue mission

My studio practice undertaken during the period of my PhD candidature is given historical, conceptual and practical context through an exploration of the work of selected painters who have practised over the past century: Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Raoul De Keyser, Mary Heilmann, Tomma Abts and Emily Kngwarreye. I share with these artists an interest in the use colour, pattern, movement, the natural world and abstraction. The study of these artists provides a framework to investigate five key themes that arise when considering their practice: the poetic, doubt, the provisional, the performative and gestural. In this study I also refer to the critical and theoretical ideas related to these themes, in particular the writings of Clement Greenberg. I consider his emphasis on the flatness of the canvas, whether the work is abstract or representational, and his views on medium specificity. From this study I have found that abstract painting does not exhaust the possibilities of these themes but generates new prospects.

In a time and place where women have few choices in life, Lorelei Starr, a dreamy blue-eyed descendant of the first English and Scotch-Irish settlers in the Virginia hills, looks at the distant horizon from her isolated mountaintop home, and wonders if there is something out there that will fill the hollow place in her chest.Throughout childhood she wavers between two fantastic realms of imagination. One is a patch of tangled woods where the hopeless Old Thing hides and cries away the years. The other is the enchanted ice palace where the sleeping beauty waits for the kiss of the prince. Lorelei learns about love from her older siblings, who nurture her as their abusive father and distant mother cannot do. Daily she walks down the mountain to the school in the hollow. The rest of her time is filled with "woman''s work".Memories of certain incidents come to haunt Lorelei - a sister being whipped by Dad, another being taken away to a sanitorium. Then there''s the smell of strawberries, which are forever associated with a harsh blow from Mommie.But there are also moments of joy, such as the visit from the traveling peddler who touches her heart by showing her a bit of kindness, and her first visit to town when she rides in an automobile and sees a moving picture show.When Lorelei is ten, her mother dies needlessly. This death is followed by another one that carves a deeper wound, and she plans her escape from this bitter home. When the opportunity comes, Lorelei leaves behind everything familiar - family, kin, and the teacher who declares his love for her. As a teenager in the roaring twenties, Lorelei is swept into the carefree world of flappers, bobbed hair, the Charleston, the IT girl, and the notorious speakeasy. Most important she becomes a bit player in the high society world of old money. Here she meets a different kind of creature - men who are rich and handsome, well-bred and well-educated. One of them steals her heart away, but how can a simple wildflower ever compete with that exotic orchid by his side?On a trip back to Starr Mountain for yet another funeral, Lorelei comes to the realization that a girl must create her own choices in life, and she finally comes face to face with the promise of happiness.

Do we all have guides? Who are they, and what do they do? In WORKING WITH SPIRIT GUIDES, bestselling author Ruth White explains all you need to know about these special beings: What their purpose in our lives is; how to identify and communicate with them; and what to expect from them. Ruth tells her own amazing story and those of others, and includes easy-to-follow exercises for activating your sensitivity and intuition and helping you on the path to inner wisdom. You will discover how to: * recognise and communicate with your guid * increase your awareness through meditation * ask the right questions and receive the right answers * work with your dreams and intuition * guard against false guidance * find your sense of purpose and follow your destiny.

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When Ruby Jolene Hurley sees the shadow of her dead pet goat Jethro dancing on his grave, that''s the first hint that something strange is going on in Way Down Deep. Then on Halloween night, Miss Arbutus senses an evil wind blowing into town, and bad things start to happen. The coal mine shuts down, one hundred men lose their jobs, and all of Way Down feels the pinch. Ruby thinks the answer to their problems is the treasure that Archibald Ward, the town''s founder, supposedly buried more than two hundred years ago. Most people say the treasure is just a myth, but Ruby is determined to prove the naysayers wrong and save the day.

In "A Man Was a Real Man in Them Days," Ruth Burns celebrates the life and character of the pioneers who dared to challenge the vast prairie of the Llano Estacado of Eastern New Mexico. In the 1880s along the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers, the cities of Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Ft. Sumner were bustling centers of commerce, but on the High Plains, due to the lack of dependable water, the prairie was inhabited only by occasional outlaws, Indian hunting parties, Hispanic mustangers and buffalo hunters. After the Civil War, cowmen began to bring their herds to the plains; and in 1898 when the railroad came, homesteaders poured in, lured by promises of free land. Barbed-wire fences were put up, and the day of the open range was at an end. Using interviews and letters collected by her mother in the 1930s and 1940s, Burns reveals the courage, determination, and good humor of these first settlers by using their own words, recorded while they were still living.

Ted Wyatt and Kelly Trent make choices that determine the direction their lives will take. Ted wants to marry and start a family; Kelly wants to leave ranch life behind. They seem to have complementary needs--but do they? Or are they headed for frustration and non-fulfillment?

With a touch of magic and a lot of heart, award winning author Ruth White tells the tale of Ruby, an orphan in the South in the 1940s, who discovers something stronger than family ties: love.

When Garnet''s mother decides it''s time for a change, she drops off her daughter at her aunt June''s house in Black Rock, Virginia, while she goes to Florida to find a job. Garnet has never met her Aunt June, so she feels angry and abandoned. But Aunt June thinks Garnet is there for a reason. Each week, Garnet and June visit a different religious service as Aunt June, who has cancer, tries to find God. After a miraculous spiritual healing occurs and an unexpected visitor comes to town, Garnet learns the power of love and forgiveness, and what being a family truly means.

While Meggie and David Blue are from another planet, they''re a lot like Earth kids, with similar hopes and dreams, and can''t wait to grow up. BUT they also have GROSSLY UNIQUE qualities, such as blue streaks in their hair that pop up randomly and language skills that sound like nothing on this planet. The story takes these alien kids, along with their mother and grandfather, by accident, to a far planet in which the society is not only oppressive but hostile to individual freedom. People are kept submissive through drugs and brainwashing. The Blues, who have spent time in free societies recognize the upside-down-ness of this world. They''re almost helpless to do anything, but do what they can, plan their escape, and vow to help others.

Spanning six years in Ginny Shortt''s life, this is a remarkable novel about growing up in a small mining town in Appalachia. A "novel of aspiring proportions...This is a haunting story, well written." --Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books A "triumph." --The New York Times Book Review

By the author of the Newbery Honor book Belle Prater''s Boy It is the mid-1950s, and Lyrics familys dream is finally coming true -- they are moving from the backwoods of southwest Virginia to Flint, Michigan, where her father hopes to get an assembly-line job for a car manufacturer. Thirteen-year-old Lyric has always been close to and admired her older sister, Summer, who is pretty and popular. But in their new hometown, Summer unexpectedly and drastically changes. She becomes remote, speaks gibberish, stops taking care of her appearance, wont go to high school, and then seems to have hallucinations. Lyric and her father try to cope with the devastating effects of Summers mental illness, but, sadly, there is no bringing the old Summer back. Ruth White has written a heart-wrenching novel which, despite the sad and serious subject matter, offers readers humor and hope and most of all love.

Dans la cité minière de Jewell Valley, la vie n''est pas facile. Quatre filles, un père qui préfère fréquenter les bars plutôt que les soirées en famille, l''argent qui manque, la faim omniprésente ; Audrey en tant qu''aînée doit faire face avec vaillance alors que sa mère est accablée. Mais la vie réserve parfois des surprises et transforme un drame en occasion inespérée de s''en sortir. Ce récit est le témoignage authentique de l''enfance de Ruth White à la fin des années 1940 aux Etats-Unis.

Working with Your Soul is an inspiring and uplifting new book for anyone who is seeking a deeper and higher context for their life. Using case histories from her rich experience as counsellor, psychotherapist and spiritual consultant, bestselling author Ruth White seeks to define both soul and spirit. She demonstrates how life itself can be seen as guidance from our souls, whether by the gifts it holds for us, or the actual and metaphoric ''knocks on the head'' and ''kicks from behind'' that challenge our direction and our creative relationship to living. Working with Your Soul is a book for those who long to know more about the intentions of their souls for this present lifetime, to define their life purpose and to be guided more clearly about the meaning and lessons of life. In it, you will explore the following: What is soul and what choices does it make? How can I decode the messages from my soul? Evolution and karma; Being an ambassador for the soul''s purpose; Soul contracts and how to change, modify, or re-negotiate them. Packed with practical exercises to help you work with your soul, this is an essential and much-needed book for our times.

Chinese edition of Belle Prater''s Boy, a 1997 Newbery Honor Book. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

How much does one''s color matter? Are we the color we see when regarding ourselves in the mirror, the color others see when they look at us or the color assigned to us by our circumstances of birth? Ally, a slave, has to answer these questions and, ultimately, discover what freedom means. Much of her story recounts her perilous journey: pursued by slave catchers, enduring cold and hunger, following the North Star. After crossing the Ohio River, safety is not assured because of the Fugitive Slave Act, but she is helped by Underground Railroad "conductors" until she becomes too ill to continue to Canada and freedom. Ally succeeds in ways she could not foresee to find freedom and love.

In this book Ruth White explains what guides and angels are, their purpose in our lives, how we can make contact with them and what to expect.

The author holds a Master''s degrees in Christian Education from Eden Seminary and in Nursing Education from Washington University, St. Louis. She holds a Bachelor''s degree in Sociology from MacMurray College and a nursing certificate from Blessing Hospital. Awards include: Curator''s Award from University of Missouri, Ford Foundation teaching internship, United States Public Health Service Grant, and academic scholarships. She has been recognized by Blessing nurses'' alumni association as Nurse of the Year and inducted into her Palmyra, Missouri school district''s Academic Hall of Fame. She was a missionary teacher for twenty years under the Presbyterian Church USA and vocational and program agencies. From 1974 to 1978 she was a Nursing Instructor at the University of Azarabadegan in Iran and from 1978 to 1988 she was a Christian Education Teacher at Maridi Teacher Training Institute and the first American woman to become Chair at their Department of Religion. Marjorie White, a missionary teacher for over twenty years, has written this book at the request of missionary schools who want to train educators to serve in Muslim countries. The book covers the personal perspectives and experiences in Iran during her time of service and her own perspectives on relating to those of the Muslim religion that she learned from interaction with her Muslim students, friends and co-workers. The books of Moses were the only text that she was allowed to use in her religious education classes in both Sudan and Iran and this presentation is fairly representative of what she taught. Parts of this book are devoted to her use of the new teaching technique of using literary methods to teach science and other non-literary subjects. This book is timely, as it addresses today''s new interest in teaching Bible truths throughout school curriculum.