Edited with an introduction and notes by U.C. Knoepflmacher George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. The Complete Fairy Tales brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination." The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: fairies good and wicked, and children journeying into …

Msgr. Robert H. Benson Perhaps the best known of Msgr. Benson's works, this novel has been reprinted many times since its publication in 1912.  The drama and the characters therein have their basis in the real life account of a Catholic family - under Elizabeth I of England.  In this story of deep tragedy and terror Msgr. Benson portrays the conflict between natural, tender human …

No follower of Christ has captivated the Christian imagination more than this poor man from Assisi.  Francis' colorful personality, passionate struggles, and zest for adventure propelled him toward all that life could offer...and plunged him into a deep relationship with God, where the poetry of praise best illumined his experience. With Franciscan expert Murray Bodo, enter into Saint …

William Shakespeare Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. It also contains comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of "Macbeth, " then and now.

A Novel Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans and tracing his life into the third millennium. The central character is Josip Lasta, the son of an impoverished school teacher in a remote village high in the mountains of the Bosnian interior. As the novel begins, World War II is underway and the entire region of Yugoslavia is torn by …

Ten-year-old Andries, newly orphaned, comes to join his bachelor uncle in a large, but silent and unhappy house. Across the way sits a cottage, overflowing with the lively Dykstra family. When Andries vents his loneliness in mischief, the cook is scandalized, and soon, so is the village. Then Andries makes acquaintance with the warm-hearted Dykstras. Adventures unfold as Andries' energetic and …

Homer This beautiful gift set of Robert Fagles' award-winning translations of Homer brings the energy of contemporary language to these enduring heroic epics.

"A murder; an accusation of sexual misconduct in the future cardinal's past; a seminary rivalry; vaulting ambition; a power play in international finance; a virtual schism in the American hierarchy; another Avignon pope; two or three really nice people - Mclnerny's new novel will keep you in suspense until the next to the last page. A nifty parable and a lot of fun." - Michael Novak, American …

The Children's Book Of Heroes Edited By William J Bennett William Bennett and Michael Hague, the team that brought us the national bestseller The Children's Book of Virtues , have once again collaborated to create The Children's Book of Heroes, a beautifully illustrated celebration of heroic deeds, both real and fictional, that will delight and inspire millions of young children and their …

Literary Giants, Literary Catholics by Joseph Pearce British author Joseph Pearce has firmly established himself as the premier literary biographer of our time, especially in interpreting the spiritual depths of the Catholic literary tradition. In this new book, Pearce examines a plethora of authors, taking the reader through a dazzling tour of the creative landscape of Catholic prose and …

Here is an in-depth look at the role myth, mortality, and religion play in J.R.R. Tolkien's works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion including Tolkien's private letters and revealing opinions of his own work. Richard L. Purtill brilliantly argues that Tolkien's extraordinary ability to touch his readers' lives through his storytelling so unlike much modern …

Ethelred Preston is one of Fr. Finn's 27 Catholic novels for young people.  Resemblin a Catholic version of Charles Dickens' stories, or even of Tom Sawyer , these books were read by hundreds of thousands of young people in the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries.  Their quaint turn-of-the-century language is part of the charm of these stories and of Fr. Finn's own brand of …

Meriol Trevor "Toby!" It was a man calling - the man who had got out of the window. Mel thought suddenly that she recognized that voice. "Toby! C'est moi, Raf!" Mel felt enormous relief that Raf was there. He was moving along slowly, with his hand against the roof to balance himself. Now he reached the iron railing. "Toby? You hear me?" Then at last Mel heard Toby's voice. It sounded faint and …

William E. Barrett One of the most beloved of modern classics returns with a beautiful new cover. The enchanting story of two unlikely friends, a black ex-GI and the head of a group of German nuns, The Lilies of the Field tells the story of their impossible dream--to build a chapel in the desert.

Joanne Williamson A never before published tale carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt and to the biblical Jerusalem. Around 701 B.C. Egypt is being ruled by the Kushite dynasty. Young Prince Taharka, a very minor royal son interested in healing, is content to have no principal part to play in that rule. However, it is he and not the expected Prince Shabataka who succeeds to the throne of …

This is the only reference tool that presents not only the absolute best of the traditional items from the first nineteen-and-a-half centuries of the Church, but outstanding selections from its most recent decades, too. This book features: -Thousands of accurate quotations -All items arranged by topic in alphabetical order - Short biographies of each person quoted -A complete index making it …

Nathaniel Hawthorne The familiar characters of Hawthorne's dark tale of pride and guilt in colonial New England are given new and added immediacy in the 24 wood engravings by master illustrator Barry Moser.

Daniel Defoe This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm, possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe- and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who …