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Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he "never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort." A "net-work of wires soon ran throughout the house". He loses track of the elaborately interconnected wires, and trying to get a cardboard house to light up, he "experimented in a rather haphazard fashion, connecting this and that wire blindly and by guesswork, in the hope that he would strike the right combination."...
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The Island of Yew is divided into five kingdoms, the central of which, Spor, is a place ravaged by crimes and robbers. One day, a young girl, Sesely, living in the nicer kingdom of Heg, is enjoying a picnic with some companions. A fairy comes down and begs them to help change her into a human. Sesely and her friends, amazed, obey her orders and soon they find themselves in the company of a young man, named Prince Marvel. Prince Marvel desires to go...
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Oz
(Lyman Frank),Wonderful Wizard of Oz collection volume 12
The Wizard of Oz collection volume twelve
(Lyman Frank),Wonderful Wizard of Oz collection volume 12
The Wizard of Oz collection volume twelve
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After nearly a decade of declining book sales, the twelfth book in Baum's Land of Oz series-and the last to be published in his lifetime-was a critical and commercial success that reinvigorated public interest in his iconic work. In the safety of his palace in Winkie Country-where he was made Emperor after the Wizard of Oz gave him a heart-the Tin Woodman exchanges nostalgic tales of the old days with his friend the Scarecrow. When a wanderer named...
11) Rinkitink in Oz
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Young Prince Inga of Pingaree, aided by King Rinkitink, three powerful magical pearls, and a goat, attempts to rescue Inga's parents and their subjects from marauding warriors who have laid waste to Pingaree and enslaved its people.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was L. Frank Baum's most magical literary creation, but that novel was only the first in a multi-part epic that has become one of the best-loved sagas in fantasy fiction. The Emerald City of Oz continues the entertaining adventures collected as The Wizard of Oz: The First Five Novels , gathering into a single volume novels six through ten of the celebrated Oz series. All five novels-- The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork...
13) Glinda of Oz
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The Sorceress and Wizard of Oz attempt to save Princess Ozma and Dorothy from the dangers which threaten them when they try to bring peace to two warring tribes.
14) The magic of Oz
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Ruggedo, former Nome King, tries to conquer Oz again with the help of a Munchkin boy, Kiki Aru. Meanwhile, it is also Ozma's birthday, and all of Oz's citizens are searching for the most unusual present for the little princess.
15) Ozma of Oz
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While traveling to Australia with her Uncle Henry, Dorothy is swept overboard with a hen named Billina. They land in Ev, a country across the desert from Oz, where they encounter the wheelers and make a new friend, the mechanical man Tik-Tok. They meet Princess Ozma, who is in Ev to attempt to save Ev's royal family from the evil Nome King, and finally return to Oz.
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Six stories featuring Dorothy, Toto, the Wizard, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman. "Also included are adventures with Tiktok, the Clockwork Man the always ravenous Hungry Tiger the amazing Jack Pumpkinhead the incredible wooden Sawhorse and the magical princess Ozma of Oz. Discover how Dorothy and Toto escape from under the power of the terrible giant, Crinklink, join wise Princess Ozma and the Wizard as they match wits with three...