![]() ![]() Neill's 42 full-page, full-color pictures and full-color endpapers, all of Neill's 21 bold, captivating, two-color drawings, Neill's original four-color pictorial binding design, featuring Dorothy, Billina, and Ozma entwined in Neill's famous Oz logo on the front, and the Cowardly Lion and Hungry Tiger entwined in the logo on back. This lavish facsimile has them all! It features all of John R. ![]() ![]() Everywhere you look in the first edition there are wonderful color illustrations by John R. Ozma of Oz is one of the most colorful of all the Oz books. Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tik-Tok, the Cowardly Lion and. And the Nome King everyone's favorite petulant villain makes his first dastardly appearance. You'll also meet new favorites like the Hungry Tiger, whose appetite is never quite satisfied Billina, the tart-tongued hen and that ozzy marvel: Tik-Tok the mechanical clock-work man. Here you will meet such beloved old friends as the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion. Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, and The Emerald City of Oz (1900-1920) by L. Baum's third magical adventure set in Oz reunites readers and listeners of all ages with Dorothy Gale of Kansas as she makes her second journey over the rainbow. Looking for information on the anime Oz no Mahoutsukai (TV) (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Find out more with MyAnimeList, the worlds most active online anime and manga community and database. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He has no idea how to relax, but the beautiful gardener his mother hired is proving to be a distraction he didn’t anticipate. Now a professor at Stanford, Julian is supposedly on sabbatical, but he actually just traded his rigid school schedule for a rigid novel-writing schedule. Why Tessa Bailey will never write a book without love scenes. Because in a wine-fueled haze, she writes a love letter to the object of her teenage self’s obsession, Julian Vos, who she happens to be working for over the summer. Hallie embarks on a one-woman attempt to save Corked but soon learns the hard way that day drinking should be done in moderation. ![]() Grab a glass and settle in for an opposites-attract, grumpy-sunshine love story that’s as smooth and enjoyable as a good Pinot Noir.Īs Secretly Yours begins, gardener Hallie Welch is feeling nostalgic, ruminating on Uncorked, the new wine shop in her small town that’s taking business away from the oldie but goody across the street, Corked. ![]() Tessa Bailey, queen of the steamy rom-com, kicks off a new series set in Napa Valley with Secretly Yours. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Starred Review,Publishers Weekly, July 18, 2011: "Well-drawn characters allow readers to sympathize with nearly everyone.With no tidy solutions, it's an unflinching portrayal of love under pressure." Starred Review,Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2011: "A tender, complex character study.Crisp, revealing dialogue, measured pacing and candid, unaffected prose round out this illuminating novel in which any reader can find someone to root for or relate to. Unforgettable." Review,New York Times Book Review, August 21, 2011: "As the story builds to its tumultuous conclusion, Mikey and Ellie have to make the inevitable choice between new love and old allegiances.The hard question at the heart of this book - what would you do? - doesn't have a single answer. ![]() ![]() ![]() A lot of people actually described this book as something that will break your heart. That was why I wanted to see it for myself and know what is so unique about it. There was quite a buzz about the story of Forbidden and I’ve been hearing nothing but how exceptional it is. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. ![]() And the stress of their lives-and the way they understand each other so completely-has also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. As de facto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Publication: June 26th 2012 by Simon Pulse (first published May 27th 2010) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The confrontation is harrowing and a few are lost along the way, but Leah stands firm, hoping to help her father however he needs. When the Reynolds home is rushed by the police, Leah and her family flee through the back door, worried what might happen to them. His constant counselling about safety does not go unnoticed as he shows the children proof of the bombed-out cities and schools on television. Tasked with building a stone wall around their isolated home, Leah and her siblings work their hands to the bone in order to appease a father who loves them very much. ![]() Leah Reynolds and her family are fighting to survive, living in a war zone and forced to protect themselves when no one else will. Brief and to the point, Ware is able to weave in some powerful messages as the pieces soon fall into place. Having not yet read any of Ruth Ware’s work, I thought this short story, part of the HUSH Collection, might be the ideal launching point. Be sure to check for my review, first posted on Mystery and Suspense, as well as a number of other insightful comments by other reviewers. ![]() ![]() Voltaire makes fun of this absurd optimism by drawing it to its extremes. Both books set about poking fun at a certain world-view - in Voltaire’s case it is pathological optimism that states that the death of thousands of people in an earthquake in Lisbon is justified as God’s will. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Pessoptimism” is like Saeed’s mother’s declaration that her son who died in a crane accident, his body smashed on rocks at Haifa’s coast, tell her daughter-in-law, “It’s best it happened like this and not some other way!” Maybe a pessimist would have said, “What do you expect? I’ve always known he would die a horrible death!” Or an optimist: “Well at least we know he’s at peace!” As is obvious, Habiby’s novel is like Voltaire’s Candide. Pangloss in Voltaire’s Candide, “the best of all possible worlds” nor is it as gloomy as Schopenhauer’s philosophical pessimism. It’s his family’s way of thinking about the world, a little bit of optimism mixed with a touch of pessimism. As a contradistinct Candide, Saeed calls himself and his family pessoptimists. ![]() Saeed’s life is one of inconsequence and random opportunism. Saeed eventually gains an advantage, working for the Israelis and living in Israel He falls in love with Yuaad, whose name means “it shall be repeated.” He loses her apparently, she dies after been deported by the Israelis. In The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist by Emile Habiby, a Palestinian illegally gains re-entry into Israel after the deportation of Palestinian refugees in 1948. ![]() ![]() She's not a charity case, and she's not the quiet butterfly she was when they first hooked up. A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction he needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her away, Logan plans to spend his final year proving to her that he's worth a second chance.Īfter a less than stellar freshman year, Grace is back at Briar University, older, wiser, and so over the arrogant hockey player she nearly handed her V-card to. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing charm, he hides growing despair about the dead-end road he'll be forced to walk after graduation. ![]() ![]() Get ready for another binge-worthy romance from New York Times and international bestselling author Elle Kennedy!Ĭollege junior John Logan can get any girl he wants. ![]() ![]() What I liked the best about this book was the chemistry and emotion conveyed between Lily and Bennett. This was both an insta-love and a slow burn but in different moments of time. I'm generally not a fan of flashbacks, but the way that McCallan tackled this was very effective. I was completely engaged and anxious to understand how Lily and Bennett new each other and what happened to create such a rift. I don't want to say too much because a big part of the charm was the discovery. When Lily begins to plan Bennett's best friend's wedding, they are forced to spend time with one another again. Lily is a wedding planner and Bennett is keeping up with the Joneses in her high society circle. Alternating between 'Then & Now,' we learn about their history while simultaneously watching their awkward navigation of re-acquaintance. McCallan tells an affecting story of two women finding themselves unexpectedly back in each other's lives. Her characters are always hot and likable, with better than average dialogue, and a small dose of angst for a good payoff. Alternated between past and present seamlessly. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is there anyone out there that has not read this yet? Second read and loved it just as much as the first time. ![]() ![]() ![]() To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. ![]() We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. The City will also issue a building permit for the housing, conduct fair housing training for city employees, and modify its zoning code to allow farm worker. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bravo for me), but I liked the best his friendship with Somin.Īlso, every time I was reading this I had a strong desire to go watch a Korean drama I’m watching, even now typing this review makes me think of it… maybe I should go catch up on the episodes I’ve missed now that I finished this. I liked Jihoon’s relationship with his halmeoni (which means grandmother and I was able to decipher it all on my own. The characters were good, although in my opinion there’s a lot of room to improve them and make them more alive. ![]() Including Korean words did immerse me more into that world but it would’ve been nice if I had known what’s what… yeah there’s a glossary which I found at the end of the book… when I finished it. The mythology was nice, although I wished there was more. In the beginning things are kinda slow, but close to the end so many things happened! ![]() It’s the author’s first novel and that can be felt in the writing which is simple, but not something that ruined my reading experience as it had a good plot. ![]() As a participant in the Wicked Fox blog tour, I was given the opportunity to give Kat Cho. This was nice, it took me almost a whole month to finish it because I wasn’t in a reading mood and this didn’t wow me, but it has potential. 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