To crown all, Aunt Isabel came, too—a talkative, clever, shrewd old lady, as young at eighty-five as she had been at thirty, thinking the Monroe stock the best in the world, and beamingly proud of her nephews and nieces, who had gone out from this humble, little farm to destinies of such brilliance and influence in the world beyond.I have forgotten Robert. Robert Monroe was apt to be forgotten. Although he was the oldest of the family, White Sands people, in naming over the various members of the Monroe family, would add, "and Robert," in a tone of surprise over the remembrance of his existence.

This message is for those who have suffered through some disappointing and disastrous moral failure, for those who are presently struggling through a hopeless, losing situation. Also, this book is for those who love someone who is suffering through the horrible aftermath of failure and who desperately seek a way to bring that dear one back to a place of hope, where they'll desire to "live" again. There is real pain and real consequences of failure that must be faced and conquered, but for some, there is sometimes no motivation to try. Giving up is so much easier. My book addresses the main characters involved in a failing crisis: the person who falls, the person(s) who receive injury or offense from that person's fall, and the folks who desire to help the failing person, but who do not know how. This book is ideal for pastors, counselors, concerned family, and...failures. If you failed, I won't promise you "success" over failure, but, rather, I would like to help you simply believe in a new beginning for yourself. Let me share God's desire and plan to restore you to a place where you truly desire to begin again. John Howarton is an ordained Christian minister who is an elder and teacher in his local church and teaches in a Christian high school. John is married and has three adult children. Before he suffered his "failure" in mid-life, John was a missionary for thirteen-years behind the Iron Curtain. After making a comeback from the depths of defeat and despair, he returned to studies and received a BA degree in history and English (with a minor degree in Russian).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Loop me in, odd one. The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy Llewellyn, his lost love. In the haunted halls of the isolated monastery where he had sought peace, Odd Thomas is stalking spirits of an infinitely darker nature. As he steadfastly journeys toward his mysterious destiny, Odd Thomas has established himself as one of the most beloved and unique fictional heroes of our time. Now, wielding all the power and magic of a master storyteller at the pinnacle of his craft, Dean Koontz follows Odd into a singular new world where he hopes to make a fresh beginning—but where he will meet an adversary as old and inexorable as time itself.

Captured by the survivors of his massacre at Arx Gravis, the Nameless Dwarf is sentenced to die. The assassin Ilesa has abandoned him, and so it falls to the ex-rogue Nils and Silas the sorcerer to stage a rescue. But with the Lich Lord’s grimoire obsessing him more and more, Silas suspects he is no longer in control of his own fate. Sick and close to death, he is drawn on by visions of a black staff within a forest of tar. As an ancient trap closes in on the companions, the last of the dwarves are threatened with extinction at the hands of ravenous beasts that live only to feed. And in the background, orchestrating it all, an implacable horror Nameless thought had been destroyed: A skull with crimson eyes that feast on living souls. All that remains of Otto Blightey, the Lich Lord of Verusia.

“A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk and triumph, about hubris and failure.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUSINESSWEEK In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein captures the gripping roller-coaster ride of Long-Term Capital Management. Drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with dozens of key players, Lowenstein explains not just how the fund made and lost its money but also how the personalities of Long-Term’s partners, the arrogance of their mathematical certainties, and the culture of Wall Street itself contributed to both their rise and their fall. When it was founded in 1993, Long-Term was hailed as the most impressive hedge fund in history. But after four years in which the firm dazzled Wall Street as a $100 billion moneymaking juggernaut, it suddenly suffered catastrophic losses that jeopardized not only the biggest banks on Wall Street but the stability of the financial system itself. The dramatic story of Long-Term’s fall is now a chilling harbinger of the crisis that would strike all of Wall Street, from Lehman Brothers to AIG, a decade later. In his new Afterword, Lowenstein shows that LTCM’s implosion should be seen not as a one-off drama but as a template for market meltdowns in an age of instability—and as a wake-up call that Wall Street and government alike tragically ignored. Praise for When Genius Failed “[Roger] Lowenstein has written a squalid and fascinating tale of world-class greed and, above all, hubris.”—BusinessWeek “Compelling . . . The fund was long cloaked in secrecy, making the story of its rise . . . and its ultimate destruction that much more fascinating.”—The Washington Post “Story-telling journalism at its best.”—The Economist

Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Brother isn’t doing his schoolwork, and it’s starting to catch up with him. Now that he got a bad grade on his quiz, how is he going to tell Mama and Papa? This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about responsibility and the importance of doing your schoolwork.

Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.

Дальнейшие авонлейские хроники – очередной бестселлер известной канадской писательницы Люси Монтгомери, представляющий собой сборник различный коротких рассказов, входящих в цикл романов об Ане. Произведениям свойственны тонкий юмор, неожиданные развязки и трогательные персонажи. В этот сборник включены рассказы “Спешка Людовика”, “Дело о совести Дэвида Бэлла”, “Персидский кот тёти Синтии” и другие. Сквозь каждую строку произведений автора чувствуется любовь к персонажам, к людям, к жизни. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!