Phantastes - formato ePub

Diamante vive en el Londres victoriano junto a su familia en condiciones muy precarias. Un día, decide tapar los agujeros de la pared que hay detrás de su cama con heno para evitar que entre aire frío....

«MacDonald consigue un diálogo eficacísimo, algunas opor­tunas gotas de humor y una evidente comprensión del alma infantil. Es muy probable que sus hijos, sin saberlo, le enseñaran tanto como él a ellos»....

The Wise Woman is a fairy tale parable by George MacDonald. The story describes how a woman of mysterious powers pays visits to two very different young girls: one a princess, the other a shepherd's daughter. The...

George MacDonald's 'The Hope of the Gospel: Religious Reflections' is a profound exploration of faith, salvation, and eternal hope through a series of religious reflections. MacDonald's poetic and allegorical...

Orphaned as a child, Annie's special friendship with Alec is a source of strength and security which sees them both through many difficulties in their nineteenth-century Scotland.

Beautiful story about the life of Robert Falconer. The story opens as Robert is a young boy living with his grandmother and tells of Robert's struggles to find God. Some of the Christian values that are...

George MacDonald was a Scottish poet, writer and Minister of the nineteenth century. He is known for his fantastic stories. In this book, MacDonald describes the miracles through his faith in God. All...

George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired deep admiration...

A work of faith and hope, repentance and redemption, this novel, set in Marshmallows, a rural location in Victorian England, is the story of a young vicar, Harry Walton, beginning work in his first parish....

David Elginbrod is an 1863 novel by George MacDonald. It is MacDonald's first realistic novel.A novel of Scottish country life, in the dialect of Aberdeen.A story of humble life, centering in two saintly...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction. A young Scottish boy relates his adventures growing up with his three brothers in a small country town in northern Scotland where their father is clergyman.

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men is a fantasy novel written by George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. The story centres on the character Anodos and takes its inspiration from German...

The fairy Peaseblossom and the goblin Toadstool depart for a strange mission: to find the smile, the funny side of life subjects of fairyland, too serious and polite. To reach their goal the protagonists...

The Princess and the Goblin is an enduring children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald, published in 1872. Anne Thaxter Eaton wrote that the book and its sequel, The Princess and Curdie "quietly suggest...

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men is a fantasy novel written by George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. The story centres on the character Anodos and takes its inspiration from German...

The Light Princess is a Scottish fairy tale by George MacDonald. It was published in 1864. Drawing on inspiration from Sleeping Beauty, it tells the story of a princess afflicted by a constant weightlessness,...

A Murder. A Fashion Show. A Whole Lot Of Mirrors. Fashion shows kill people.Detective Adeline Ford investigates a heartless murder. She recalls her modelling days. Adeline returns to the dark world of...

When darkness comes, it doesn't ask permission.Paramedic Lucy Barker thinks she's seen it all, after years of responding to violent accidents and medical emergencies on the streets of York. But when she...

Aria He was my new stepbrother, crashing into my life from out of nowhere and playing the perfect guy card flawlessly. But I'm not fooled, even if those dark eyes make my heart stutter. I won't let him...

While not about the Lifeline team, these high-adrenaline companion stories deliver thrills in the great outdoors and heated passion indoors. Falling FreestyleDara and her best friends, Kane and Jack,...

Through these pages glide the undead.A chess player. A cookWriters. Students. Teachers. Lovers.The cursed. The damned.The grief-stricken. The penitant.The vengeful. The merciful. Ghostly features 13 haunting...

A Vineyard. An Arsonist. A Murderer.People love wining and dying.When Private Eye Bettie English investigates a series of attacks on a vineyard, she realises a murderer lurks in plain sight.Livelihoods...

Sometimes you have to brave uncharted waters to find where you belong… An emotionally captivating, uplifting new series about enduring hope, unexpected blessings, and the healing power of found-family.  Abigail...

With this ring, I thee claim… For months I've waited, biding my time with sweet little Rhylee. Tonight, the waiting ends, and she will be mine. Not only will I have the thrill of putting my sous chef...

From a futuristic colony where a woman dreams of rockets, to a drab estate where a girl finds magic, SJ Bradley\'s inventive and experimental stories showcase remarkable range. Vividly rendered, they...

Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, four lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma.Gus, a shrewd attendant, is the keeper of everyone's...

'An engrossing and vivid novel brimming with compassion for nature .' - Anna Ittenere, The Sea Library Magazine. A family drama unfolds across Australia and New Zealand. There is betrayal but it's not...

In the Tasmanian bush six contestants battle it out to win $250,000. Only five finish. In Bass Strait the Blue Gazelle yacht tackles fierce winds, high waves and a phantom vessel in its race to win the...

My life would make so much more sense if I'd been born into a Regency romance… And just like any Regency miss faced with a disapproving Duke, my relationship with Justin has always been a bit rocky. I...

When the shadows of the past gather, trouble isn't far behind ... Fenella Rose-Waterman is happy running The Cranky Lizard winery until a broken relationship lifts the lid on the Pandora's Box of her...

The Archangel Gabriel has quite enough on his plate with a murderous vampire on the loose, the enigmatic Lord Hallam's return to parliament after a ten-year absence, and the near riots at London's notorious...

- Kirkus Awards & Accolades winner- Featured in Kirkus Reviews magazine September 2024. Less than 25% of submissions receive this honor!Fleeing barbaric witch hunts in England, Sybil Cotterill sails...

Time. Limited. Inescapable. Precious beyond measure. But what happens when time doesn't follow the rules we all know? What are the possibilities? The perils? In this innovative and thought-provoking collection,...

MERCY, a Novel (Revised 2024)    CATALINA RICHARDSON, RN, is both dedicated nurse and black sheep of Mercy Hospital's Ward 2. Battle-weary from continually bucking a system choked by hospital politics,...

Two missing persons. Two wildly differing circumstances.Juliette Page, an elderly lady with Alzheimer's, disappeared in the company of her caretaker twelve hours ago. Her daughter, Cynthia Hayes, is frantic...

A New Alien. A Band Of Superheroes. An Alien Mind.Aliens have weird minds.Superheroes Matilda Plum helps humans. She helps aliens occasionally. Matilda meets a brand new alien with a very weird problem.Matilda...

Apple -- I gave Deacon my heart, but he said I was too young. So he left. For over a year. Didn't want me around. Hurt and humiliated, I left for Grim Road MC. If anyone will understand my need to hide...

An Alien Race. An Extreme Weight Loss Solution. A Bizarre Situation.Aliens infect obese people in the near future.I infect obese people so I secure the future of my race. When a doctor threats my life,...

Samira had two choices.  She could return back to her home country and face starvation and imprisonment. Or she could live life on the run knowing she could be caught any time. She chose the third option. Samira...

An Office Romance with a Fairy Tale Twist. A millionarie shoe magnate suddenly finds himself attracted to his executive assistant.    

In small-town Wyoming, a tough sheriff and a former Navy SEAL are thrown together by circumstance. Their fiery chemistry leads to constant clashes, but as they work to solve a mystery, they can't ignore...

After returning from Faerie and failing to make a lasting stand at Air house, Rosalinde must reclaim her fractured kingdom from dark forces threatening to tear it apart. With the weight of her lineage...

In the 23rd century you can jack into the web, shop at a mall floating half a mile above the street, kill yourself with the drug of the week, and wake up in a new body.The rich can have what they want...

DeclanWhen I joined The Insidious Seven MC sixteen years ago, I thought I'd left my troubled past behind. Little did I know that those old ghosts would come back with a vengeance. After we took down a...

Welcome to Westhaven - or welcome back, in my case. Hurrying home to be at my dad's bedside wasn't exactly how I planned my small-town homecoming, especially when my shoot-for-the-stars successful life...

A clueless omega and an oblivious beta dance around their fated attraction. Will they figure it out before the pride's past catches up with them?Life in Valentine Growville is more exciting than Burke,...