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Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India

The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness

by Ruby Lal ...

In this engaging and eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the becoming of nineteenth-century Indian women through a critique of narratives of linear transition from girlhood to womanhood. In the north Indian patriarchal environment, women's lives were dominated by the expectations of the male universal, articulated most clearly in household chores and domestic duties. The author argues that girls and ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

In this engaging and eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the becoming of nineteenth-century Indian women through a critique of narratives of linear transition from girlhood to womanhood. In the north Indian patriarchal environment, women's lives were dominated by the expectations of the male universal, articulated most clearly in household chores and domestic duties. The author argues that girls and
... Read more
Essentials of If You Can't Take the Heat

Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury IN BULLET POINTS

by Ruby Wishmo ...

This text consists of a series of personal essays on topics related to food, cooking, relationships, and identity.The author discusses her childhood memories associated with food, like trips to restaurants with family. She reflects on pivotal figures in her culinary journey, like blogger Julie Powell.Relationships are another theme - the author writes about difficult breakups, regrets over past ... Read more

$6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This text consists of a series of personal essays on topics related to food, cooking, relationships, and identity.The author discusses her childhood memories associated with food, like trips to restaurants with family. She reflects on pivotal figures in her culinary journey, like blogger Julie Powell.Relationships are another theme - the author writes about difficult breakups, regrets over past
... Read more
Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystems in International Law

The Role and Impact of the UNECE Environmental Regime

by Ruby Moynihan ...

A global water crisis with far-reaching and interconnected environmental, social, health and economic impacts threatens the world. Healthy ecosystems and ecosystem services are degrading, and access to a sustainable water supply is increasingly inequitable both within and between States. This book demonstrates how to overcome the global freshwater ecosystem crisis by matching the scientific ... Read more

$142.99 CAD

A global water crisis with far-reaching and interconnected environmental, social, health and economic impacts threatens the world. Healthy ecosystems and ecosystem services are degrading, and access to a sustainable water supply is increasingly inequitable both within and between States. This book demonstrates how to overcome the global freshwater ecosystem crisis by matching the scientific
... Read more
Audiobook

Stolen

A gripping psychological thriller filled with family secrets from Ruby Speechley

by Ruby Speechley ...

Narrated by Mira Dovreni ...

Series series Missing Children Standalone Psychological Thrillers
Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

Don't miss this gripping, twisty psychological thriller, perfect for fans of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden He's been in my house.He's taken my children.What am I to do?Vicki has done everything to protect her children. Their father was out of control – every day, his life embroiled in lies, drugs, chaos. So she cut him off, for good.But when she comes home to a distra... ... Read more

$35.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Don't miss this gripping, twisty psychological thriller, perfect for fans of K.L. Slater, J D Kirk and Freida McFadden He's been in my house.He's taken my children.What am I to do?Vicki has done everything to protect her children. Their father was out of control – every day, his life embroiled in lies, drugs, chaos. So she cut him off, for good.But when she comes home to a distra...
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
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A Mother Like You

A dark, twisty psychological thriller about a mother’s worst secret

by Ruby Speechley ...

Narrated by Mira Dovreni ...

Series series Missing Children Standalone Psychological Thrillers
Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

'A beautifully paced psychological thriller. Twisty, engrossing, sensitive and dark. EXCELLENT' Will Dean, author of Dark PinesAll mothers have secrets...some are unforgivableKate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to handsome, charming, James, owner of a successful company, she seems to have it all.But falling pregnant at 45 was never part of the plan. Especially as Kate's hiding a ... Read more

$35.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

'A beautifully paced psychological thriller. Twisty, engrossing, sensitive and dark. EXCELLENT' Will Dean, author of Dark PinesAll mothers have secrets...some are unforgivableKate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to handsome, charming, James, owner of a successful company, she seems to have it all.But falling pregnant at 45 was never part of the plan. Especially as Kate's hiding a
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Audiobook

They Have My Baby

The ultimate edge-of-your-seat thriller of obsession, deception and dark secrets for 2026

by Ruby Speechley ...

Narrated by Charlotte Worthing ...

Series series Missing Children Standalone Psychological Thrillers
Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

‘A chilling page-turner… Gripping and twisty, I was hooked until the last page.’ Sophie Flynn, author of All My LiesThey’re in your house.They want your life.And now, they have your baby.To the world, I’m @HappyWife. Online, people only see my picture-perfect home, my handsome husband, Nick, and my beautiful baby, Thomas.They don’t see the real Gemma Adams. They don’t see my past, the dark... ... Read more

$35.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

‘A chilling page-turner… Gripping and twisty, I was hooked until the last page.’ Sophie Flynn, author of All My LiesThey’re in your house.They want your life.And now, they have your baby.To the world, I’m @HappyWife. Online, people only see my picture-perfect home, my handsome husband, Nick, and my beautiful baby, Thomas.They don’t see the real Gemma Adams. They don’t see my past, the dark...
... Read more

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Tides of Change

A Low Country Story

by RUBY HENLEY ...

Tides of Change is set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina where love blooms as effortlessly as beach daisies grown on the hot sandy dunes.Professional photographer, Charley Rainer is no stranger to life's difficulties. Abandoned by her mother after her father's death, eight-year old Charley moved from her home in Atlanta to live with an aunt in New Jersey. Twenty years later she's abandoned again ... Read more

$4.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tides of Change is set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina where love blooms as effortlessly as beach daisies grown on the hot sandy dunes.Professional photographer, Charley Rainer is no stranger to life's difficulties. Abandoned by her mother after her father's death, eight-year old Charley moved from her home in Atlanta to live with an aunt in New Jersey. Twenty years later she's abandoned again
... Read more
Bayou Woman

Bluebonnet, Texas, #2

by Ruby Kennard ...

Series Book 2 - Bluebonnet, Texas
New Orleans has a special attraction for Jake O'Bryan. At seventeen, his first year in college, he's been fascinated with the history and ambiance of 'The Big Easy.' It was his intense interest in this unique, unchanging culture that drew him into an obsessive relationship with the mystical bayous, and it's traditional people. However, his first encounter with one of the pure blood, Creole, had ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

New Orleans has a special attraction for Jake O'Bryan. At seventeen, his first year in college, he's been fascinated with the history and ambiance of 'The Big Easy.' It was his intense interest in this unique, unchanging culture that drew him into an obsessive relationship with the mystical bayous, and it's traditional people. However, his first encounter with one of the pure blood, Creole, had
... Read more
How to Land a Top-Paying Fund managers Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions, What to Expect From Recruiters and More

by Phillips Ruby ...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Fund managers job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Fund managers job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most
... Read more
Creaming the Fertile Virgin Co-Ed - Melody

Ruby's Dubcon/Noncon Erotica, #28

by Ruby Renard ...

Series Book 28 - Ruby's Dubcon/Noncon Erotica
Melody is sweet, shy, and untouched. The perfect target for me to impregnate - I need to see her small breasts swell with milk and her tummy swell with my baby inside her. She's unsure about my advances at first, but I charm my way inside her virgin passage bare and fill her full of my cum... before I turn her over and make her beg for it. A couple more loads make sure she's good and knocked up. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Melody is sweet, shy, and untouched. The perfect target for me to impregnate - I need to see her small breasts swell with milk and her tummy swell with my baby inside her. She's unsure about my advances at first, but I charm my way inside her virgin passage bare and fill her full of my cum... before I turn her over and make her beg for it. A couple more loads make sure she's good and knocked up.
... Read more
Audiobook

May I Call You Mistress

A Spicy Lesbian Romance

by Ruby Scott ...

Narrated by Amber Heart ...

Series Audiobook 1 - An Awakening of Desire
Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

A SLOW BURN LESBIAN ROMANCE BOOK ABOUT DESIRE, POWER AND SURRENDER.She was my sister's piano teacher and my forbidden fantasy. Seventeen years later, I'll do anything to call her 'Mistress.'When photographer Abby Mason accepts a last-minute job shooting product photos for an adult website, she expects an awkward afternoon and a quick paycheque. She does not expect to come face to face with ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A SLOW BURN LESBIAN ROMANCE BOOK ABOUT DESIRE, POWER AND SURRENDER.She was my sister's piano teacher and my forbidden fantasy. Seventeen years later, I'll do anything to call her 'Mistress.'When photographer Abby Mason accepts a last-minute job shooting product photos for an adult website, she expects an awkward afternoon and a quick paycheque. She does not expect to come face to face with
... Read more
Short Snacks (Short Stories)

by Ruby Foxx ...

Step into three short stories where a male dominant vampire provides pleasure to a female submissive. Both parties enjoy the sex quite a bit, and there's plenty of blood to be shed. In "Queen of the Damned", a necromancer has her castle invaded literally and figuratively. She begs her former friend to take her. In "Oh What a Blood Night", an investigator gets more than she bargained for with the ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Step into three short stories where a male dominant vampire provides pleasure to a female submissive. Both parties enjoy the sex quite a bit, and there's plenty of blood to be shed. In "Queen of the Damned", a necromancer has her castle invaded literally and figuratively. She begs her former friend to take her. In "Oh What a Blood Night", an investigator gets more than she bargained for with the
... Read more