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In 1966 the National Museum of Man launched a major program of prehistoric research on the northern coast of British Columbia, a project which was carried out over two decades. An important part of that program was the mapping and recording of the major villages of the Haida on the Queen Charlotte Islands. In "Chiefs of the sea and sky", archaeologist George F. MacDonald provides an overview of this extensive research on the Haida. He recounts...

In this inspiring book, MacDonald provides fresh glimpses into the life of Jesus. The well-known writer C. S. Lewis credits George MacDonald with being the one person who helped more than any other to deliver him from atheism and into the hands of Christ.

Young Princess Irene's belief in her great-grandmother's powers becomes essential as she and the miner Curdie work to foil the sinister Goblin plot against the king and his palace.

In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie is granted the power to see what kind of "animal" a person is at heart. However, Curdie must resolve his own skepticism before he can use the powers to defeat the evil that is threatening the future of the kingdom.

In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie is granted the power to see what kind of "animal" a person is at heart. However, Curdie must resolve his own skepticism before he can use the powers to defeat the evil that is threatening the future of the kingdom.

George MacDonald (1824-1905), the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, influenced not only C. S. Lewis but also such literary masters as Charles Williams and J. R. R. Tolkien. Though his longer fairy tales Lilith and Phantastes are particularly famous, much of MacDonald's best fantasy writing is found in his shorter stories. In this volume editor Glenn Sadler has compiled some of MacDonald's finest short works-marvelous fairy ...

George MacDonald (1824-1905), the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, influenced not only C. S. Lewis but also such literary masters as Charles Williams and J. R. R. Tolkien. Though his longer fairy tales Lilith and Phantastes are particularly famous, much of MacDonald's best fantasy writing is found in his shorter stories. In this volume editor Glenn Sadler has compiled some of MacDonald's finest short works-marvelous fairy ...

In this inspiring book, MacDonald provides fresh glimpses into the life of Jesus. The well-known writer C. S. Lewis credits George MacDonald with being the one person who helped more than any other to deliver him from atheism and into the hands of Christ.

One of nineteenth-century novelist George MacDonald's most important works, Phantastes tells the story of its narrator's dreamlike adventures in fairyland, masterfully recounted to convey a sense of profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. Introduced by C.S. Lewis.

This definitive one-volume anthology, assembled by renowned MacDonald scholar Rolland Hein, highlights the essential elements of George MacDonald's thought and demonstrates the full range of his creative effort. Opening with a brief biography, The Heart of George MacDonald includes a collection of his finest personal letters, a sampling of abridged sermons, and selections from his fantasies, including the complete texts of his masterpieces The...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

One of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George Macdonald's The Princess and the Goblin tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend Curdie, who must outwit the threatening goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home. Macdonald's pioneering use of fanstasy as a literary medium had a great influence on Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle, all great admirers of his work, which has rema...

Princess Irene's great-grandmother has a testing task for Curdie. He will not go alone though, as she provides him with a companion -- the oddest and ugliest creature Curdie has ever seen, but one who turns out to be the most loyal friend he could have hoped for.

The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden key.

The Light Princess"--the princess who "lost her gravity"--has been essential fiction for several generations of children. This new edition is a companion volume (same page size, similar design) to our edition of "The Golden Key, " of which" Publishers' Weekly" said: "Maurice Sendak lights the way through MacDonald's Kingdom with the most mystical, the most poetic pictures of his distinguished career." Now Sendak has made the pictures "The Ligh...

What has been needed for a long time is someone sufficiently attuned to George MacDonald to undertake the careful editing necessary to make his provocative, content-packed sermons accessible to the thoughtful reader. Rolland Hein has done this task with extraordinary success. Here are more than thirty sermons made vitally alive for the contemporary reader."-E. Beatrice BatsonWheaton College"Here holiness is presented as so beautiful and necess...