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Malcolm»rank: 623255by: George MacDonald, Michael R. Phillips
: :Two Classic Novels From Master Storyteller George MacDonald With C.S. Lewis naming him as a driving influence and a return by readers to classic stories, there has been renewed interest in MacDonald’s writing. His fairy tales, fantasy novels, and, particularly his Scottish romances have uncovered a new generation of readers. Malcolm is a special two-in-one value edition of The Fisherman’s Lady and The Marquis’ Secret. These novels of romance, selfless love, duty, and honor will earn a warm spot in the hearts of readers. A willful, adventurous girl whom he dares not love captivates Malcolm, a Scottish fisherman. Theirs is a story laced with intrigue and haunted by deep secrets. As the ... |
Stories for Girls: Lovingly Adapted for Twenty-First Century Children»rank: 1186056by: Hans Christian Andersen
: :Stories for Girls by Hans Christian Andersen Today, over a century and a quarter after his death, Hans Christian Andersen remains perhaps the world's most beloved author of children's stories. This talented Danish writer's tales have been translated into dozens of languages and have become the theme for major motion pictures. This book contains the best stores in which a young girl or woman plays the key role. Among its fourteen tales are such classics as 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Thumbelina,' and 'The Little Match Girl.' Ever so gently, they teach growing girls the value of courage, imagination, humor, kindness, faith and love. In adapting these stories for 'twentieth-first century children,' the editor ... |
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Resurrecting Grace: Remembering Catholic Childhoods»rank: 1335803from: Beacon Press
: :Resurrecting Grace is a wildly entertaining collection of memoir about the often painful and humorous experience of growing up in the one true faith. This small confessional of personal pieces from women and men about the Church, the saints, the nuns, hidden desires, and overt transgressions—and of course the guilt, the guilt, the guilt—is one for proud Catholics, former and recovering Catholics, and Catholics by association. Editor Marilyn Sewell, a Unitarian minister who was raised in the Catholic faith, approaches her subject with a kind of reverent humor. The book is arranged thematically, around topics like 'The Sins of the Flesh,' 'Sister, May I?,' and 'Suffering and Sacrifice,' and includes pieces by ... |
Barrier Island»rank: 1335803by: John D. MacDonald
: :There are two kinds of men in Mississippi. They make natural enemies. And sometimes, but only if the balance between strength and weakness tips too far, unnatural allies.Tucker Loomis is a hard and dangerous man with a ruthlessness all West Bay fears and respects, and an improbable amount of money. Wade Rowley is a common man who aspires to honor but gets caught up in the footwork of a skilled swindler.In a pitiless game, with a few harsh rules and just one way of keeping score, the wrong man will die. And another will get away with more than murder.'Lively, gritty . . . complex and convincing . . . Mr. MacDonald ... |
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A Time to Grow (George Macdonald Classic Devotionals)»rank: 1266758by: George MacDonald
: :There are two kinds of men in Mississippi. They make natural enemies. And sometimes, but only if the balance between strength and weakness tips too far, unnatural allies.Tucker Loomis is a hard and dangerous man with a ruthlessness all West Bay fears and respects, and an improbable amount of money. Wade Rowley is a common man who aspires to honor but gets caught up in the footwork of a skilled swindler.In a pitiless game, with a few harsh rules and just one way of keeping score, the wrong man will die. And another will get away with more than murder.'Lively, gritty . . . complex and convincing . . . Mr. MacDonald ... |
Experiences of Place (Religions of the World)»rank: 1325461from: Center for the Study of World Religions
: :Place and orientation are important aspects of human experience. Place evokes geography and culture and conjures up history and myth. Place is not only a particular physical location but an idea, a mental construction that captures and directs the human relationship to the world. The distinguished contributors to this volume invite us to reflect on the significance of places, real and imagined, in the religious traditions they study and on how places are known, imagined, remembered, and struggled for. Whether looking at the ways myth and ritual reinforce the Yoruba's bond to the land or at Australian Aboriginal engagements with the origins of the created world, exploring Hildegard of Bingen's experience of ... |
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NOT OF WOMAN BORN: A Gift to be Simple; Island of the Ancestor; One Day at Central Convenience; Dead in the Water; Raising Jenny; There Was an Old Woman; Remailer; Of Bitches Born; Doppels; Daddy's World»rank: 1563754by: Constance (editor) (Kara Dalkey; Sage Walker; Susan Palwick; Patricia A. McKillip; William F. Wu; Nina Kiriki Hoffman ; Jack McDevitt; Janni Lee Simner; Robert Silverberg; Debra Doyle; James D. Macdonald; Michael Armstrong; Richard Parks) Ash
: :Tales of high-tech reproduction from the most inventive names in science fiction. |
The Highlander's Last Song / The Gentlewoman's Choice (The George MacDonald Classics Series, Retold for Today's Reader)»rank: 1584699by: George MacDonald
: :Tales of high-tech reproduction from the most inventive names in science fiction. |
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Eat, Drink, and Be Buried»rank: 1813776by: Edited By Rex Stout. Stories By David Alexander; Ben Benson; Lawrence G. Blochman; Anthony Boucher; Joseph Comming; George Harmon Coxe; John Creasey; Stanley Ellin; Anthony Gilbert; Michael Gilbert; Rex stout; Ellery Queen; John D. MacDonald; et al
: :Tales of high-tech reproduction from the most inventive names in science fiction. |
Alec Forbes and His Friend Annie (George MacDonald Classics for Young Readers)»rank: 1433406by: Michael R. Phillips, George MacDonald
: :An Unforgettable Reading Experience!George MacDonald was one of the most captivating and best-loved writers of the nineteenth century. He wrote stories for children, stories for grown-ups, poetry, fairy tales, and collections of short stories. But especially he wrote for the childlike in heart, and his books are a delight for readers of all ages.Alec Forbes and His Friend Annie is a wonderful story of the joys of childhood, the delight of the seasons, the pleasures of youth and friendship, the dawning of maturity, and the heart-tugging agony of first love. Orphaned as a child, Annie's special friendship with Alec is a source of strength and security which sees them through many difficulties ... |