The Pulse of Life

About the Book

The Pulse of Life is a selection of words from “A” through “Z.” From “abide” through “zenith” the book explores the usage, social impact, emotional reactions – the happy and sad, and the moral implications people make based on behavioral decisions rising from such words in their lives. The book suggests we all have lives of extraordinary moments. The process of living, while diverse and different per person, is still our bond of humanity. Words can be the glue which bonds us together, or, instruments which tear us apart. Such words can and do alter the pulses of our lives. The book captures such moments; to focus on those footsteps and heartbeats of living – to look at one thing, but see another.

About the Author

Ronald M. Ruble - Born in Shelby, Ohio, 1940. He is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Firelands College of Bowling Green State University, Huron, Ohio. He is a father (Eric and Kristofer) and has seven grandchildren. He is a 1962 graduate of Otterbein College and received his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in 1975. He is an award winning playwright (My Father’s Father). He has earned national awards as a poet and fiction writer and has published his work in Grand Lake Review, The Heartlands Today, Poet’s Corner, and Verses Magazine. His writing can also be found in anthologies by Bottom Dog Press, Cader Publishing, Doll Printing Press, Iliad Press, Noble House, and Quill Books. The Pulse of Life is his first book.