Ruth Woods: A Plump Little Matron with Wrinkles is Dustin Lowe's attempt to bring his great grandmother's untold story to life. Ruth Woods began the Richwood Civic Center located in Richwood, Ohio as a way to house the town's rapidly growing aging population. The Center hosted the first tetanus clinic in Ohio and has since expanded to include transportation services, entertainment, and outing events for the community. Told through the stories and memories of her daughter, Anita Da...

By: Ruth Woods Dayton, Pub. 1942, reprinted 2025, 384 pages, index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-958-2. Greenbrier county was created in 1777 from Montgomery County, VA. The author has combined her love of genealogy and architectural history to bring a unique perspective to these early pioneers of the area. Ms. Dayton details the history of the owners or builder along with the approximately 80 buildings, homes and farms that were constructed before 1842. Each person's genealogy varies but the...

Children’s Moral Lives makes use of case studies, observation, interviews and questionnaires to offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of children’s school lives and the complex moral issues and disputes they routinely negotiateThe first ethnography of childhood to focus on children’s morality in the peer groupCase studies shed light on the psychological, social and cultural processes by which children and adults reach starkly different moral judgments...

The Stanley Creek community, named for a gold prospector, began in the mid-1700s as one of the earliest settlements in Gaston County. Gold was mined in the area until the California Gold Rush. Among the prominent people visiting the area was André Michaux, botanist and adventurer, who discovered the tree he named Magnolia macrophylla. In 1860, the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad came through the area on land owned by the Brevard family. Brevard's train depot was the primary ral...

Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act banned 'obscene' materials from the mail without defining obscenity, leaving it open to interpretation by courts that were hostile to free speech. Literature that reflected changing attitudes toward sexuality, religion, and social institutions fell victim to the Comstock Act and related state laws. Dr. Edward Bliss Foote became among the earliest individuals convicted under the law after he mailed a brochure on birth-control methods. For the next four decad...

SOMEONE'S GETTING MARRIED. SOMEONE'S GETTING MURDERED'Tense, terrifying' Clare MackintoshNora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back.Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare's hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora to reconnect with her best friend, to put the past behind her.But something goes wrong.V...

Trivia-on-Book: In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth WareTake the challenge and share it with friends and family for a time of fun!You may have read the book, but not have liked it.You may have liked the book, but not be a fan.You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan?Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for r...

The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centuries, a witch has harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow her domain.When Owen Merrick is lured into the witch’s wood, one of her tree-siren daughters, Seren, saves his life instead of ending it. Every night, he climbs over the garden wall to see her, and every night her longing to become human deepens. But a shift in the stars foretells a dangerous curse, and...

‘A wonderfully personal evocation of the joys, hard work and meaning of creating a wood for wildlife, written with sensitivity and care. A delightful read.’ Stephen Moss, author of The Robin: A BiographyOver twenty years ago, Ruth Pavey bought four acres of scrub woodland above the Somerset Levels and set out to improve the lush haven for birds, insects and all manner of wildlife. Beneath the shade of the trees she spent two decades planting, she now refle...

Taking the fear out of chainsaws by emphasizing safe handling practices, this resource aims to put raw power in the hands of everyday yardworkers. With step-by-step color photographs throughout, 12 of the most common household chainsaw operations—such as grooming hedges, trimming branches, felling trees, bucking trees, and cutting firewood—are tackled with expert advice and sure-handed guidance. With an additional section devoted to chainsaw types, potential buyers can also assess which si...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?“No one writes like Eowyn Ivey.”—Geraldine Brooks“You will find yourself in places you have never been.”—Louise Erdrich“Ivey is an enthralling storyteller.”—The New York Times Book Review**AN NPR AND SEATTLE TIMES

The pursuit of gender in the archaeological record is explored in this exciting new collection of essays by renowned archaeologists and gender theorists. These essays place gender in the context of the past, by approaching the data in light of the previous decades of gender research. Issues such as tool-making, hunting, and evolution take on new meaning as the contributors examine the impact of gender worldwide. They do so in terms of the theories, methods, and ways of teaching and learnin...