Global Environmental History introduces this rapidly developing field through a broad and thought-provoking range of expert contributions. Environmental history is a subject especially suited to global and transnational approaches and, over the cour…
Dorothy skulle ju bara visa den stackars vilsne vandraren vägen till Butterfield, men strax bortom bondgården i Kansas inser hon att hon inte kan hitta tillbaka. Vägarna flyter samman och hon vet inte vilken som leder hem. Dorothy har varit vilse fö…
Lilleputtpojken Ojo har bara sin farbror i hela världen. Tillsammans hälsar de på hos den krokige trollkarlen i bergen som just ska till att demonstrera sitt magiska livspulver, när en fruktansvärd olycka plötsligt inträffar. Ojo måste ge sig ut på…
Landet Oz har blivit invaderat! En armé av flickor har intagit Smaragdstaden och störtat Fågelskrämman från kungatronen. På flykt från staden söker han reda på sin gamla vän Plåtman. Tillsammans med sina nya vänner - pojken Tip, Jack Pumpa, Sågbocke…
Dorothy och hennes vän Trot ger sig båda ut i Oz för att leta reda på den perfekta födelsedagspresenten till sin härskarinna Ozma. Samtidigt har lilleputtpojken Kiki Aru upptäckt ett förvandlingsord, och när han träffar den hämndlystne gamla nomekun…
Nomekungen är arg! Han saknar sitt magiska bälte, som Dorothy och prinsessan Ozma så fräckt stulit från honom, och nu planerar han att hämnas. Så medan Dorothy – som just flyttat till Oz med sin tant Em och farbror Henry – reser runt och…
Nick Huggare, även kallad Plåtman, är nöjd och glad över att vara kejsare över Vinkarnas rike i landet Oz. Men när den nyfikne vandraren Woot börjar ställa frågor om Plåtmans liv börjar han fundera. Vad hände egentligen med lilleputtflickan han skul…
En uppblossande konflikt mellan två folkslag i en avlägsen del av Oz får Ozma och Dorothy att bege sig iväg på en resa för att ställa saker tillrätta. När de hamnar i knipa som inte ens deras magi kan rå på står hoppet till den mäktiga häxan Glinda…
John Dough And The Cherub, by L. Frank Baum - ILLUSTRATED EDITION - Is a delightful tale of the Elixir of good health and eternal youth that is mistakenly mixed into the cookie dough Charming characters are introduced through out this wild adventure…
Herminie Templeton Kavanagh (1861 - 30 October 1933) was a British writer, most known for her short stories. She was born Herminie McGibney, the daughter of Major George McGibney of Longford, Ireland. She became Herminie Templeton after her first ma…
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904 citation needed], is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz…
THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOODMAN - L, FRANK BAUM - ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC CHILDREN'S TALE - THE GUNSTON TRUST"The Scarecrow And The Tin Woodman," is the sixth and final story in a set of six short stories written for young children by L. Frank Baum, t…
Continuing their adventures in the land of Oz, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow travel far and wide in search of a beautiful Munchkin girl, who is the Woodsman's long-lost sweetheart.
Best remembered as the author of Thibaut Corday and his French Foreign Legion yarns, author Theodore Roscoe wrote another, little-known, long-running series: the adventures of curio hunter Peter Scarlet and Bradshaw, the naturalist. While each appea…
Princess Ozma is missing When Dorothy awakens one morning to discover that the beloved ruler of the Land of Oz has disappeared, all of the Emerald City's most celebrated citizens join in the search for the lost princess.But Ozma isn't all that's gon…
Drottning Ann av den lilla dalen Oogaboo har tröttnat på sitt tråkiga liv. Nu vill hon erövra världen! Hon samlar ihop en armé för att invadera Oz, men mystisk magi leder henne istället utanför Oz’ gränser, till den grymme nomekungen Ruggedos…
Good versus Evil with a soft lesson and a lot adventure and interesting characters continues from the Land of Oz. A continuation by author L. Frank Baum in his classic series of Oz. Recommended by The Gunston Trust for Nonviolence in Children's Lite…
The Sea Fairies is a children's fantasy novel written by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by John R. Neill, and published in 1911 by the Reilly & Britton Company, the publisher of Baum's series of Oz books.As an underwater fantasy, Baum's The Sea Fairies…
"As a writer, Baum rarely knew when to quit, unfurling marvel after marvel..."--The New Yorker Originally published 115 years ago, this lesser-known but equally enchanting sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is sure to continue the delights…
-L. Frank Baum Biography-Author (1856-1919)-Summary-CharactersDorothy Gale is gladly joining her Uncle Henry in California to visit relatives who live at Hugson's Ranch, after their vacation from Australia in Ozma of Oz. Dorothy meets Hugson's nephe…
Än en gång sveps Dorothy Gale från Kansas iväg av en storm. Den här gången hamnar hon i det underliga landet Ev, tillsammans med hönan Billina. Landet Ev är fullt av de märkvärdiga hjularna, styrda av en svartsjuk prinsessa som aldrig tycks visa sig…
Den gladlynte kung Rinkitink och hans talande get Bilbil är på besök på ön Pingaree, när en främmande armé anfaller och tar hela öns fredliga befolkning till fånga. Tillsammans med prins Inge av Pingaree måste de utstå livsfarliga prövningar för att…
Long considered the prototype of Erle Stanley Gardner's fictional attorney, Perry Mason, Gillian Hazeltine was the most popular criminal attorney/investigator series characters from the golden era of the pulps. Author George F. Worts is known for hi…
Come along on a magical journey to Oz with a whole new group of intrepid adventurers.Trot, a young girl from California, and her peg-legged sailor friend, Cap'n Bill, find themselves on a perilous and exciting voyage when a whirlpool leaves them str…
Five classic tales from Railroad Stories by E.S. Dellinger - "The Saga of Kiamichi Bill," told in three parts, "The Hobo's Secret," "Rawhider," and "Death Traps." Bill Burns was content to wander the rails as a "blanket stiff," until he meant the be…
Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads, pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have…
TIKTOK AND THE NOME KING - BY L. FRANK BAUM - ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S SHORT STORY - CLASSIC - THE GUNSTON TRUST"TikTok and the Nome King," is the third story in a set of six short stories written for young children by L. Frank Baum, the creator of th…
Fantasy lovers of all ages will rejoice at this chance to travel once again to the marvelous land of Oz A California earthquake sends Dorothy Gale and her new friends--Zeb the farm boy, Jim the cab-horse, and Eureka the mischievous kitten--tumbling…
ILLUSTRATED EDITIONPersia is rich in folk lore. For hundreds and hundreds of years the stories in this book, and many others as well, have been told to the wondering boys and girls of that country, who, as they hear them, picture their native land a…
