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The Wizard of Oz (Paperback)
L. Frank Baum; Illustrated by William Wallace Denslow
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"There is no place like home." We all know the movie and storyline
well. But have you ever read the original novel? Influenced by the
Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum created
this classic story and fantasy using the dream of young Dorothy on
her journey home to demonstrate the theme of good vs. evil.
Throughout her adventure, she encounters several newfound friends:
a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a cowardly lion. They traverse the
land of Oz together by following the famous yellow brick road to
the stunning Emerald City. Though they encounter surprises along
the way, what they find in the Emerald City shocks them. * This
beautiful book comes with luxurious endpapers, a beautiful and
stylish heat-burnished cover, and is a convenient 5 x 7 trim size
for easy handling. * The immediate success of The Wizard of Oz
inspired L. Frank Baum to write thirteen more Oz books. The Wizard
of Oz is one of the best-known and most widely translated stories
in popular culture. About the Word Cloud Classics series: Classic
works of literature with a clean, modern aesthetic! Perfect for
both old and new literature fans, the Word Cloud Classics series
from Canterbury Classics provides a chic and inexpensive
introduction to timeless tales. With a higher production value,
including heat burnished covers and foil stamping, these
eye-catching, easy-to-hold editions are the perfect gift for
students and fans of literature everywhere.
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.
Walter Hallstein was among the great European visionaries. This is
the first book length study of one of the key shapers of the
European Community in its early years. The range of contributors
include those who worked with Hallstein and have personal
recollections of him, and younger historians drawing upon documents
only recently available. The book contains sections on his
contribution as State Secretary to post-war German foreign policy,
his seminal role as the first President of the Commission of the
EEC and the legacy of his work and ideas and later years as
President of the European Movement.
Michaelangelo: Selected Readings is the long-awaited condensation
of the five volume English article collection of Michaelangelo's
life. Selections include: Life and Early Works; The Sistine Chapel;
San Lorenzo; Tomb of Julius II and Other Works in Rome; and
Drawings, Poetry and Miscellaneous Studies.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original
book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not
illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... showing the interplay of
life, there were increased demands for drama and more need of the
poet or dramatist, even in embryo. Masques and pageants, the joy of
her father's courtt though not at once discarded, rapidly
diminished. During the first two years, masques were predominant.1
Thereafter, interludes and plays were requisitioned in increasing
number. Herein, too, consonant with her love for dialogue, her
well-known parsimony figured not a little, tending to eliminate
expensive shows and to cultivate instead the less expensive and
more delectable entertainment of dramatic performances. Her passion
for drama was supplied at first by laureating Edwards, Farrant, and
Hunnis with special privileges of presenting plays before her by
the Court children, and by drawing upon the dramatic resources of
Sebastian Westcott with the children of Paul's. Year by year these
companies appeared before her. Still not even their increased
numbers fully supplied the demands. Occasionally, even in her early
years, she invited a company of men actors under patronage of some
favorite lord. In 1564 were added the children of Westminster who
appeared 1 See Table, infra, 199--200. occasionally thereafter,
then in 1572--73 the Merchant Taylor's and the boys of Eton.1 The
children of the Court were still the centre of dramatic activity
and set the fashion on the basis of Court taste which all the other
companies consequently followed. During the first fifteen years, up
to 1573, the plays at Court were almost wholly by them and the
other children companies who bent their old school drama out of
recognition in deference to the demands of the royal audience for
mere entertainment. Only eight times in that period did companies
of men appear.2 Then, simultaneously...
In this first-hand account of the earliest days of settlement in
the Canadian West, William Wallace conveys a sense of unspoken
courage--the courage that was needed to make a fresh start in a
strange new land.
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