![]() ![]() ![]() Denslow, of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, better known now as simply The Wizard of Oz. According to Wikipedia: "Lyman Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor and independent filmmaker, best known today as the creator, along with illustrator W. ![]() Tip ends up on an adventure with the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman to help Scarecrow to recapture his throne from General Jinjur's army of girls." The Oz series includes: 1 The Wizard of Oz,2 The Land of Oz,3 Ozma of Oz,4 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz,5 The Road to Oz,6 The Emerald City of Oz,7 The Patchwork Girl of Oz,8 Tik-Tok of Oz,9 The Scarecrow of Oz, 10 Rinkitink in Oz, 11 The Lost Princess of Oz, 12 The Tin Woodman of Oz, 13 The Magic of Oz, and 14 Glinda of Oz. With 16 color illustrations.According to Wikipedia: "A little boy, Tip, escapes from his evil guardian, the witch Mombi, with the help of a walking wooden figure with a jack-o'-lantern head named Jack Pumpkinhead (brought to life with the magic Powder of Life Tip stole from Mombi), as well as a living Sawhorse (created from the same powder). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. The back of the dust jacket mentions 190 titles matching a 1931 printing and FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. GORGEOUS! The pictorial dust jacket is NEAR FINE - slightest of chipping and extremely bright and nice covers with a great graphic. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text. ![]() Binding solid and tight, bright gilt on cover and spine, perfect matching topstain. Bound in brown balloon cloth (spine #6) with Kent end papers and a BEAUTIFUL pictorial dust jacket. Here is a very attractive FIRST PRINTING of a rare Modern Library title. New York: The Modern Library, 1931 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION STATED. RARE 1931 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. ![]() ![]() The books have won the Geisel Medal in 20, and have been listed twice on Time magazine's Top 10 Children's Books of the Year. While Gerald is a down-to-earth realist, Piggie is an eternal optimist, and the difference between the two personalities often drives the dialog. Each book tends to center on everyday activities, often addressing issues of friendship along the way. The books center on two Funny Animal friends, Gerald the elephant and Piggie the pig. They are written and drawn by Mo Willems (best known for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and the Cartoon Network series Sheep in the Big City), and debuted in 2007. Elephant & Piggie is a series of children's books for early readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives on a plateau, with harsh weather, and pointedly, calls it “the world of Urizen” (p. She lives full time in a country setting in rural Poland bordering on the Czech Republic (as Olga Tokarczuk herself does). Tokarczuk’s protagonist Janina is an elderly woman who has a passion for horoscopes a skill that comes into play when her neighbors turn up dead. Not to give anything away, but the quote has a lot of relevance to the plot of the novel, as it turns out. ![]() ![]() Tokarczuk speculated, “Sometimes I wonder how my life would have worked out if my books had been translated into English sooner … because English is the language that’s spoken worldwide, and when a book appears in English it is made universal, it becomes a global publication” (quoted in Armitstead).Īs anyone who has read Blake’s Marriage of Heaven and Hell and remembers “The Proverbs of Hell” will recognize, the title of Tokarczuk’s 2009 novel is a quote from William Blake – or technically a paraphrase, as the actual quote is “Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead.” ![]() Tokarczuk’s novel Flights won the Man Booker Prize in 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() The bones don't make the dogs bark, the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold. It was perfect for his collection, the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest to God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphernalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock. ![]() He bought the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it, because his fans ate up that kind of story. Not price clipped (£12.99), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, slight lean. First edition, first impression with full number line. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book has influenced not only generations of courtiers and samurai of the distant past, but artists and painters even in modern times-episodes in the tale have been incorporated into the design of kimonos and handicrafts, and the four-line poems called waka which dance throughout this work have earned it a place as a classic text in the study of poetry. ![]() The Tale of Genji follows Prince Genji through his many loves and varied passions. ![]() Genji is also a master poet, dancer, musician and painter. Prince Genji manifests what was to become an image of the ideal Heian era courtier gentle and passionate. Lady Murasaki Shikibu and her tale's hero, Prince Genji, have had an unmatched influence on Japanese culture. Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks the birth of the novel-and after more than a millennium, this seminal work continues to enchant readers throughout the world. The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel-written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature. ![]() ![]() Officers should have leadership qualities and a good team to get the desired result, Anil Swarup said.įormer Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Alok Ranjan said, “In spite of being senior to Anil Swarup in service, I have learned a lot from him. Several civil servants are doing good work but people are not aware of their effort as they have more interested in reading “masala” stories, he added. Officers should remember that whatever the circumstances, they should take the initiative to set an example before other officers, he said. ![]() It’s usually said that officers lose their passion due to political pressure, he said. (HT PHOTO)Īnil Swarup was speaking during a panel discussion on two books authored by him - “Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant” and “No More a Civil Servant” organised at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow.Īt the start of service, officers are full of zeal but later they lose enthusiasm, the former bureaucrat said. A panel discussion on former bureaucrat Anil Swarup’s books underway in Lucknow. Ethical practice is the only way forward for civil servants despite pressures, said Anil Swarup, former secretary in the Central government, on Sunday. ![]() ![]() The New York Times called Whittall’s fourth novel, The Spectacular (Penguin Random House U.S./HarperCollins Canada, published 2021), “a competent and highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond,” and The Toronto Star called it “a singularly impressive piece of fiction.” Vogue Magazine called The Baroness Von Sketch Show “the best thing out of Canada since Ryan Gosling.” ![]() Whittall has worked as a writer on the Emmy Award-winning comedy Schitt’s Creek, as well as The Baroness Von Sketch Show, earning her a 2018 Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy, for which she was again nominated in 2019. Her online residency runs until Monday, March 27. ![]() Award-winning novelist and television writer Zoe Whittall is UWinnipeg’s 2023 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence.Īward-winning novelist and television writer Zoe Whittall is The University of Winnipeg’s 2023 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence. ![]() ![]() ![]() This may not be the subtlest of literary devices, but Hoffman's lyrical prose weaves an undeniable spell. Fire, water, milk, pears, halibut-these, too, play important symbolic and sometimes almost magical roles. Hoffman's symbols are lovingly presented and polished: the 10-year-old boy who drowned with his father in the first story sets free a pet blackbird, who returns, now all white, to live with the boy's mother in the last two stories, a 10-year-old boy blames a white crow for his mischief, and, a generation later, that boy's grown-up sister meets a 10-year-old boy who makes her reconsider selling Blackbird House. ![]() Lion's orphaned son, Lion West Jr., serves in World War II and meets a German-Jewish woman spirited enough to stand up to his possessive grandmother Violet. In the late 19th century, Blackbird inhabitant Violet Cross has a brief affair with a Harvard scholar who inevitably betrays her in the story that follows, she pushes her son, Lion West, to Harvard in 1908, which in turn launches him to life-and early death-in England. ![]() Built during British colonial days by a man who dies tragically on a final fishing trip, Blackbird House is home, in the following generation, to a man who lost his leg to a giant halibut. Books Blackbird House : A Novel by Alice Hoffman (2005, Trade Paperback) 3 product ratings About this product Brand new 16.98 New (other) 7.25 Pre-owned 3.67 Make an offer: Pre-owned Stock photo Brand new: Lowest price 16. ) offers 12 lush and lilting interconnected stories, all taking place in the same Cape Cod farmhouse over the course of generations. Prolific novelist Hoffman ( The Probable Future ![]() ![]() The Creation of Patriarchy, the first book in her two-volume magnum opus Women and History (1986) received wide review attention and much acclaim, winning the prestigious Joan Kelly Prize of the American Historical Association for the best work on Women's History that year. ![]() A pioneer in women's studies and long-term activist for women's issues, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians, Gerda Lerner is one of the founders and foremost scholars of Women's History. ![]() |