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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Animated version of the 2003 film 'Elf' and the Broadway production
'Elf - The Musical', featuring the voices of Jim Parsons and Mark
Hamill. Buddy (Parsons) has been raised by Santa (Edward Asner),
living and working among the elves at the North Pole. When Santa
tells him he is actually a human being and his real father, Walter
Hobbs (Hamill), resides in New York Buddy goes on a journey to the
Big Apple. He begins to adapt to the unfamiliar surroundings and
gets to know his family and new friend Jovie (Kate Micucci), though
Walter is not immediately taken with his son. When, on Christmas
Eve, Santa encounters problems with his sleigh it is down to Buddy
to save the day with his endless holiday cheer.
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Annie (Paperback)
Thomas Meehan
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It's a hard-knock life for America's favorite orphan Everyone knows
the story of the irrepressible Annie, who lives at Miss Hannigan's
orphanage until she beats the odds and finds a new life with the
benevolent and wealthy Daddy Warbucks. Annie has enchanted millions
of readers from her original comic strip appearance to the hit
Broadway musical. Now, with a Tony-nominated revival playing on
Broadway, Puffin is reissuing this novelization of the classic
story, with a new introduction by Tony and Emmy Award-winning
author Thomas Meehan. This is an adaptation that delves even deeper
into Annie's story, as she lives on the streets during the Great
Depression, finds Sandy the dog, and encounters characters both
familiar and new.
(Vocal Selections). 15 selections from the Broadway bio of this
silver screen icon, arranged as vocal lines with piano
accompaniment. Songs: If I Left London * Just Another Day in
Hollywood * The Life That You Wished For * Look at All the People *
The Man of All Countries * Overture * Sennett Song * This Man *
Tramp Shuffle Pt. 1 * What Only Love Can See * When It All Falls
Down * Where Are All the People? * and more.
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Annie (Paperback)
Thomas Meehan
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The story of Annie - everyone's favourite orphan - with an
introduction by writer, actor and comedian Miranda Hart. It's 1933
and for as long as she can remember, 11 year old Annie has believed
that her mother and father would come back to her New York City
orphanage to get her. But mean Miss Hannigan the headmistress is
making Annie's life a misery. So she runs away to find her parents
- and along the way she rescues a friendly dog, meets millionaire
Oliver Warbucks, and has a many scary and exciting adventures. Will
kind-hearted Annie find a way to escape her hard-knock life? The
author THOMAS MEEHAN is the playwright of the original Broadway
play and he has expanded the story of the plucky little orphan in
this classic American tale. Thomas Meehan was born in New York in
1929. He worked as a journalist for the New Yorker magazine and
wrote comedy sketches for the satirical TV show, 'That Was the Week
That Was'. He received a Tony Award for Annie in 1977, for The
Producers in 2001 and in 2003 for the musical Hairspray. He
currently lives in New York city and in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Also available in A Puffin Book: GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM and BACK HOME
by Michelle Magorian CHARLOTTE'S WEB, STUART LITTLE and THE TRUMPET
OF THE SWAN by E. B. White THE BORROWERS by Mary Norton STIG OF THE
DUMP by Clive King ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D.
Taylor A DOG SO SMALL by Philippa Pearce GOBBOLINO by Ursula Moray
Williams MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Richard C O'Brien A
WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle THE CAY by Theodore Taylor
TARKA THE OTTER by Henry Williamson WATERSHIP DOWN by Richard Adams
SMITH by Leon Garfield THE NEVERENDING STORY by Michael Ende THE
FAMILY FROM ONE END STREET by Eve Garnett
In Death Takes a Holiday, it's just after World War I and the
loneliest of souls arrives at an Italian villa disguised as a
handsome young Prince, and for the first time experiences the joys
and heartbreaks of life. The show began as an Alberto Casella play
from the 1920s that was made into a much-loved 1934 film starring
Fredric March as Death, disguised as a debonair nobleman. The
original film was remade in 1998 as Meet Joe Black, starring Brad
Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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