EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book The Black Rainbow of Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Keyes
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-04-24
  • ISBN : 9781667155401
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book The Black Rainbow of Oz written by David Keyes and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-24 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a serene and isolated valley in the west, a terrible power lies dormant within the stone walls of a secluded chamber - the fabled Eye of the Sky! Once an instrument of chaos used to instigate conflicts and uprisings, it has been locked away for untold millennia, never to be used again. Now, in the aftermath of a new disturbance on the soils of Oz, the key to opening the vault has fallen into the hands of Old Mombi, who will use the eye to conjure the legendary Black Rainbow! Can the country withstand the terrible reality that the Black Rainbow might bring? What does it represent to the future of the fairy world, still reeling from the attack of the nightmare? An ensemble of Ozian personalities rally to the cause of defense against the dangerous mission of four fearsome villains, who see the Rainbow as the instrument that will herald their fearsome return to power!

Book The Black Rainbow of Oz

Download or read book The Black Rainbow of Oz written by David M Keyes and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a serene and isolated valley in the west, a terrible power lies dormant within the stone walls of a secluded chamber - the fabled Eye of the Sky! Once an instrument of chaos used to instigate conflicts and uprisings, it has been locked away for untold millennia, never to be used again. Now, in the aftermath of a new disturbance on the soils of Oz, the key to opening the vault has fallen into the hands of Old Mombi, who will use the eye to conjure the legendary Black Rainbow! Can the country withstand the terrible reality that the Black Rainbow might bring? What does it represent to the future of the fairy world, still reeling from the attack of the nightmare? An ensemble of Ozian personalities rally to the cause of defense against the dangerous mission of four fearsome villains, who see the Rainbow as the instrument that will herald their fearsome return to power!

Book Wizard of Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ben Nussbaum
  • Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
  • Release : 2014-10-21
  • ISBN : 1620081814
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Wizard of Oz written by Ben Nussbaum and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical, this new book The Wizard of Oz offers a rare glimpse into the creation of the classic film, its creator L. Frank Baum, the Academy Award-winning score, the leading lady, and the Oz phenomenon that continues to captivate the world.Although Oz creator L. Frank Baum died twenty years prior to the release of MGM's celebrated film, his fascinating career and story, as told in this new book, will surprise even the most devoted Oz fans. Prior to MGM's 1939 release of the movie, Baum's book was featured as a Broadway musical, with songs by the justifiably forgotten Fred R. Hamlin, and two bizarre silent movies. The enduring appeal and lasting influence of The Wizard of Oz are discussed in a special chapter by creator's great-grandson Roger Baum.The Wizard of Oz will lead the reader down the proverbial yellow brick road to discover:The seven flawless decisions MGM made to adapt Baum's sprawling children's book into a movie musical.The groundbreaking moviemaking techniques, MGM's second full-length Technicolor film.The surprising story behind Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg's superlative score, which includes "Over the Rainbow," considered the greatest movie song of all time.How Judy Garland won "Dorothy," her most enduring role, after 20th Century Fox refused to loan Shirley Temple to MGM.The birth of film's greatest canine star, Cairn Terrier, Terry, as Dorothy's little dog "Toto".The many everyday Oz expressions that come from the most oft-quoted movie of all timeHow the Wicked Witch of the West (renamed her Elphaba after Oz creator's initials) was remade "for good" in Broadway's Oz prequel Wicked.This celebration of the iconic film is a must-have for all Wizard of Oz lovers.

Book Oz Before the Rainbow

Download or read book Oz Before the Rainbow written by Mark Evan Swartz and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swartz reminds us in that various stage and screen dramatizations of Baum's story preceded and influenced the 1939 film. This richly illustrated book contains many rare photographs, film stills, sketches, theater programs, and movie advertisements from the different productions. Piecing together the Chicago and Broadway stage productions (1902-3) from contemporary reviews, surviving script pages, and published song lyrics, Swartz shows how Baum and his many collaborators worked to transform the book into a popular theatrical attraction -- often requiring significant alterations to the original story.

Book Emeralds of Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Guzzardi
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2019-05-28
  • ISBN : 0062348787
  • Pages : 135 pages

Download or read book Emeralds of Oz written by Peter Guzzardi and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Guzzardi spent decades as an editor working with some of the wisest writers of our time—from Stephen Hawking and Deepak Chopra to Carol Burnett and Douglas Adams—yet he couldn’t shake the sense that everything he’d learned from working with them felt oddly familiar. One day, he had an epiphany: All that wisdom had its roots in a film he’d watched as a child—The Wizard of Oz. In Emeralds of Oz, Guzzardi invites us to join him on a journey through the classic film, unearthing gems of wisdom large and small about longing, joy, compassion, fear, power, and having faith in ourselves. He also creates a practical Oz-based tool that we can apply to obstacles in our own lives. Now, like Dorothy, we can activate the magical power we’ve possessed all along. Written with the grace and insight of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Emeralds of Oz is an instant classic, sure to inspire a fresh perspective on this legendary movie—and on our own lives.

Book Black Is a Rainbow Color

Download or read book Black Is a Rainbow Color written by Angela Joy and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on. Red is a rainbow color. Green sits next to blue. Yellow, orange, violet, indigo, They are rainbow colors, too, but My color is black . . . And there’s no BLACK in rainbows. From the wheels of a bicycle to the robe on Thurgood Marshall's back, Black surrounds our lives. It is a color to simply describe some of our favorite things, but it also evokes a deeper sentiment about the incredible people who helped change the world and a community that continues to grow and thrive. Stunningly illustrated by Caldecott Honoree and Coretta Scott King Award winner Ekua Holmes, Black Is a Rainbow Color is a sweeping celebration told through debut author Angela Joy’s rhythmically captivating and unforgettable words. An ALSC Notable Children's Book 2021 An NCTE 2021 Notable Poetry Book A 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book of the NCSS/CBC A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020 A Washington Post Best Book of 2020 A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year A 2020 Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honoree

Book A Nightmare in Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : David M. Keyes
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-03-28
  • ISBN : 9781702844178
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book A Nightmare in Oz written by David M. Keyes and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the countless years she and her friends have been residents of Oz, Dorothy Gale has never experienced dreams - bad or good. But now, a foreboding menace is stirring in the soil beneath them, and those nightly visions have returned, bringing with them a threat no one is prepared to face. What has inspired this surge of sleepy terrors? How does it know of the painful memories of the past? Now it is up to Dorothy and her friends, Trot and Betsy Bobbin, to unravel the mystery before they are ensnared by its menacing claws. "A Nightmare in Oz" is a modern journey through the familiar locales of Baum's fantasy world as the characters - some familiar, others new - are confronted by an ancient villain on a path of destruction. But the greater reality may lurk beyond, in the knowledge that Oz's great magics are eroding, allowing new threats to make their claim against the once-peaceful kingdom...

Book Dorothy of Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roger S. Baum
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 1989-10-16
  • ISBN : 0688078486
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book Dorothy of Oz written by Roger S. Baum and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1989-10-16 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afterword by Peter Glassman. "Dorothy is called back to Oz by Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, because the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion need help....The great-grandson of L. Frank Baum here adds to the Oz canon with a story that is true to the originals....Oz fans will welcome this new adventure."--Booklist.

Book The Wonderful World of Oz

Download or read book The Wonderful World of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a host of other characters. The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel, Glinda of Oz (1920), Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which values the sharing of talents and gifts, Baum's imaginative creation, like all great utopian literature, holds out the possibility for change. Also included is a selection of the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Book The Wizard of Oz

Download or read book The Wizard of Oz written by Beth Bracken and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothy flies over the rainbow in this adaptation of the beloved movie The Wizard of Oz.

Book The Green Star of Oz

Download or read book The Green Star of Oz written by Roger S. Baum and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original Wizard of Oz tale, by L. Frank Baum, his great-grandson, Roger S. Baum has woven a tale of adventure and sentiment with lots of familiar faces -- from Glinda the Good Witch to Dorothy and Toto.

Book All Things Oz

Download or read book All Things Oz written by Lyman Frank Baum and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprised of an amazing and extensice array of Oz memorabilia, including vintage photographs from stage productions in the 1910s and 1920s, sheet music covers, greeting cards, movie stills and posters from around the world, illustrations from more than 100 foreign editions of the book, and four original stories by L Frank Baum. EVERYTHING OZ is the most thorough and exciting explorations of the world of Oz to date. We have excerpts from archival materials such as THE TIN MAN'S JOKE BOOK and THE SCARECROW TRIVIA GAME, crossword puzzles, comic strips, quizzes, games and sheet music and lyrics for six original songs by Baum. And of course, this being a Potter book, we have archival recipes for Ruby Red Slipper Cookies, Munchkin Macaroni, Emerald City Jello and Toto's Favourite Biscuits. Information about Oz Fan Clubs and resources for locating Oz collectables are also provided.

Book Rainbow in the Dark

Download or read book Rainbow in the Dark written by Sean McGinty and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wizard of Oz meets Ready Player One in this darkly comic YA novel about identity, depression, giving up, and finding your way home. High school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teens in a game-like world that may or may not be real. Together, they must complete quests and gain experience in order to access their own forgotten memories, decode what has happened to them, and find a portal home. As Rainbow’s memories slowly return, the story of a lonely teen facing senior year as the new kid in a small town emerges. Surreal, absurdist humor balances sensitively handled themes of suicide, depression, and the search for identity in an unpredictable and ultimately hopeful page-turner that's perfect for fans of Shaun David Hutchinson, Adam Silvera, and Libba Bray's Going Bovine.

Book The Law of Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Dana
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2015-05-03
  • ISBN : 0578124459
  • Pages : 462 pages

Download or read book The Law of Oz written by Paul Dana and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was the legendary Queen Lurline? How and why did she enchant the Land of Oz long ago in the forgotten past? These questions launch best friends Ojo and Button-Bright on a perilous journey in time to the beginnings of Oz! On their journey, they encounter old villains and discover magic-wielding Yookoohoos, a mysterious hidden land, and the dark history of the Phanfasms. Momentous changes and astonishing revelations alter the lives our boyish heroes, which ultimately pit them against the law of Oz itself. The Law of Oz comprises three connected novellas and a bonus short story. Harmonious with L. Frank Baum and the original Oz books, The Law of Oz is designed to look and feel like the Oz books of old. This is a larger than usual hardcover at 460 pages, and is fully illustrated by three renowned artists, Patricio Carbajal, Teresa Jenellen and Gabhor Utomo. Travel through time into the days of Oz's first enchantment and the fairylands beyond OZ!

Book Black Rainbow

Download or read book Black Rainbow written by Rachel Kelly and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, Oxford graduate, working mother and Times journalist Rachel Kelly went from feeling mildly anxious to being completely unable to function within the space of just three days. Prescribed antidepressants by her doctor, and supported by her husband and her family, Rachel slowly began to get better, but her anxiety levels remained high, and six years later, as a stay-at-home mother, she suffered a second collapse even worse than the first. Throughout both of Rachel's periods of severe depression, the healing power of poetry became an integral part of her recovery. As someone who had always loved poetry, it became something for Rachel to cling on to in times of need - from repeating short mantras to learning and reciting entire poems - these words and verses became a powerful force for change in her life. In Black Rainbow Rachel analyses why poetry can be one answer to depression, and the book contains a selected 40 of the poems that provided Rachel with solace and comfort during her breakdown and recovery. At a time when mental health problems and depression are becoming more common, and the stigma around such issues is finally being lifted, this book offers a lifeline for anyone seeking to understand depression and seek new ways to treat it. Poetry is free, has no side-effects and, as Rachel can attest, 'prescribing words instead of pills' can be an incredibly powerful remedy.

Book Shadows Over Oz

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Keyes
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2022-07-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Shadows Over Oz written by David Keyes and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the terrible Black Rainbow now fully unleashed over the darkened skies of Oz, Mombi the Malicious moves to enact the next stage of her nefarious plot: the summoning of a great army of vengeful beasts known as the Phiastons! Long exiled from the kingdom, they venture through the great sky realms with a singular agenda: to destroy the Emerald City and unseat its long-standing leaders. Anticipating the invasion, Glinda, Ozma and Dorothy rally friends, fighters, old adversaries, and an army from the sky to defend Oz, all while sinister plots begin to work their way into the hearts and minds of the heroic Ozians and rebellion threatens to weaken the city's defenses. Terrible secrets and startling revelations come to a head in a climactic battle between Glinda and Mombi that will test loyalties, alter the course of well-known characters, and ultimately determine the very fate of Oz's future.

Book Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz

Download or read book Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz written by Harold Meyerson and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of the man who gave Dorothy and her Oz companions something to sing about