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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"There's nothing Ruth Galloway hates more than amateur archaeologists, but when a group of them stumble upon Bronze Age artifacts alongside a dead body, she finds herself thrust into their midst--and into the crosshairs of a string of murders circling ever closer" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
"Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame--she was just trying to make the world a little better and a little freer. But along th way, the feminist pioneer's searing dissents and steely strength have inspired millions. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, created by the young lawyer who began the Internet sensation and an award-winning journalist, takes you behind the myth for an intimate, irreverent look...
Author
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Well, the men were hailed. Female pilots were more often ridiculed than praised for what the press portrayed as silly efforts to horn in on a manly, and deadly, pursuit. Keith...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When builders discover a human skeleton while renovating a caf̌, they call in archaeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway, who is preoccupied with the threatened closure of her department and by her ever-complicated relationship with DCI Nelson. The bones turn out to be modern--the remains of Emily Pickering, a young archaeology student who went missing in 2002. Suspicion soon falls on Emily's Cambridge tutor and also on another archeology enthusiast who was...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway uncovers the bones of a Victorian murderess while a baby snatcher threatens modern-day Norfolk in this exciting new entry in a beloved series. Every year a ceremony is held in Norwich for the bodies in the paupers' graves: the Service for the Outcast Dead. Ruth has a particular interest in this year's proceedings. Her recent dig at Norwich Castle turned up the body of the notorious Mother Hook, who was hanged...
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Language
English
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Description
Recounts historical information about the 1931 Arizona murders known as the "Trunk Murders," and the woman accused of committing them, Winnie Ruth Judd, calling into questions disputed evidence of her guilt and complicity in the events, and Winnie's personal testimony of what happened.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This is a remarkable and unique book, an informal portrait of Justice Ginsburg, drawing on a series of her conversations with Rosen, starting in the 1990s and continuing through the Trump era. Rosen, a veteran legal journalist, scholar, and president of the National Constitution Center, shares with readers the justice's observations on a variety of topics, and her intellect, compassion, sense of humor, and humanity shine through.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a busy morning dispatching emissaries from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions to those in need, Bailey Ruth Raeburn is feeling flush with success. So when an urgent call for help comes through from her old hometown, she can't resist taking on the mission herself. After all, what could go wrong? With the shouted warning of her boss, Wiggins--Irregular! Problematic!--ringing in her ears, she arrives to face a shocking scene: Professor Iris...
14) The locked room
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nelson, investigating a series of murder-suicides he has connected to an archaeological discovery--and to Ruth's seemingly sweet new neighbor, Zoe--he enlists Ruth's help until she, Zoe, and Kate go missing and he is left scrambling to find them before it's too late.
Author
Language
English
Description
The true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist family. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turn a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only ascend to Heaven by entering...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First e-book edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Analyzes the work of fiction writer Ruth Rendell, discussing her portrayals of gender differences and her use of ancient Greek narratives and complex family relationships drawn from the work of Jung and Freud, and Oedipus and Electra complexes.
17) The lantern men
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everything has changed for Ruth Galloway. She has a new job, home, and partner, and she is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson was always sure that March killed more women than he was charged with. Now March confirms this and offers to show Nelson where the other bodies are buried--but only if Ruth will do the digging. Curious, but wary,...
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"At 7:00 a.m. on December 9, 1937, St. Paul firefighters battling an arsonist's fire in the abandoned Aberdeen Hotel discovered the badly burned body of a woman. The victim was soon identified as 31-year-old Ruth Munson, a waitress at the Union Depot--a "small-town girl" who had moved to the big city in search of a new life. Using original police records, Ruth's own diary and letters, newspaper accounts, public documents, and other primary sources,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against unfair treatment, and standing up for what's right for people everywhere. This biographical picture book about the Notorious RBG tells the justice's story through the lens of her many famous dissents, or disagreements.
20) Everyone's hero
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.