15 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's Original "Oz" Series. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl Of Oz, Little Wizard Stories of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow Of Oz, Rinkitink In Oz, The Lost Princess Of Oz, The Tin Woodman Of Oz, The Magic of Oz, and Glinda Of Oz.

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Classic Stories revisited

difficult to read

all the books none of the pictures

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The books of OZ
15 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's Original "Oz" Series. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl Of Oz, Little Wizard Stories of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow Of Oz, Rinkitink In Oz, The Lost Princess Of Oz, The Tin Woodman Of Oz, The Magic of Oz, and Glinda Of Oz.
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ASIN: 0954840135

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This unique '15 books in 1' edition of L. Frank Baum's original "Oz" series contains the following complete works: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz", "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", "The Road to Oz", "The Emerald City of Oz", "The Patchwork Girl Of Oz", "Little Wizard Stories of Oz", "Tik-Tok of Oz", "The Scarecrow Of Oz", "Rinkitink In Oz", "The Lost Princess Of Oz", "The Tin Woodman Of Oz", "The Magic of Oz", and "Glinda Of Oz". For over a hundred years, L. Frank Baum's classic fairy stories about the land of Oz have been delighting children and parents alike. Now, for the first time, the entire Oz series is available in this single, great-value, edition!

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Classic Stories revisited.......2007-10-10

Frank Baum is a classic writer that had a beautiful writing style that children should revisit that Grandparents enjoyed. These stories should be available in every library in our country as classic tales. My daughter is reading more and her imagination is in full bloom with this collection of books. The publisher and person responsible for puting this collection together should be applauded!

difficult to read.......2007-08-13

This book is condensed, I mean two pages printed on one page so the lettering is very small and none of the original art work is included. I did not realize when I bought it that the letters would be small. I also thought the original art work would be included. It's not bad if you want to read it with a magnifying glass.

all the books none of the pictures.......2007-06-25

I was wondering how they could fit all 15 oz books into 1 volume. the answer is by having no illustrations, two columns per page, and very small print. I felt like I was reading a text book more than a childrens set of books. it still works for a bedtime story for my son (though he really wants pictures), but for something to keep my son occupied while we ride on the bus it's a bit big to tote around. the story's are as I expected, designed for kids with no really scary parts and super simple plots; dull for a grown up but good for younger kids.

Look For Border's Edition.......2007-04-25

I give this book 5 stars because it is "OZ". I purchased something similar, but much much better from Border's , two years ago. Available from Amazon, look for 'The OZ Chronicles'. Volume 1 and Volume 2 contain all of Baum's Oz books. Green Leather Hardcovers, great size print. Volume 3 contains Baum's other books and stories. Incredible find and value.

The books of OZ.......2007-02-07

Great to have all of the stories included in one book. I don't need to worry about finding all the books to read. Great buy!

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Thoughts on Oz
There is more in heaven and earth. Mr. Oz, than is dreamnt of in your prophecies
A great deal of wisdom in a very small package.
Poor packaging for great content
An Important and Excellent Read

How to Cure a Fanatic
Amos Oz
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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ASIN: 0691126690

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Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism. In two concise, powerful essays, the award-winning author offers unique insight into the true nature of fanaticism and proposes a reasoned and respectful approach to resolving the Israeli Palestinian conflict. As an added feature, he comments on contemporary issues--the Gaza pullout, Yasser Arafat's death, and the war in Iraq--in an extended interview at the end of the book.

Oz argues that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a war of religion or cultures or traditions, but rather a real estate dispute--one that will be resolved not by greater understanding, but by painful compromise. As he writes, "The seeds of fanaticism always lie in uncompromising righteousness, the plague of many centuries."

The brilliant clarity of these essays, coupled with Oz's ironic sense of humor in illuminating the serious, breathes new life into this centuries-old debate. He emphasizes the importance of imagination in learning to define and respect other's space, and analyzes the twisted historical roots that have led to Middle East violence. In his interview, Oz sends a message to Americans. Why not, he proposes, advocate for a twenty-first-century equivalent of the Marshall Plan aimed at preventing poverty and despair in the region? "What is necessary is to work on the ground, for example, building homes for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who have been rotting in camps for almost sixty years now."

Fresh, insightful, and inspiring, How to Cure a Fanatic brings a new voice of sanity to the cacophony on Israeli-Palestinian relations--a voice no one can afford to ignore.

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Thoughts on Oz.......2006-11-04

This is a short book, but what it lacks in length it more then makes up with in the depth of the story. Oz's writings examines the problems in the Middle East, without getting into an scapegoating. He is focused on identifying what is wrong and what needs to be done. He does not suggest any re-drawing of maps, or other policies but the need to imagine.... and to understand that you must read the book.

There is more in heaven and earth. Mr. Oz, than is dreamnt of in your prophecies .......2006-04-17

Amos Oz, is in my judgment, one of the greatest contemporary writers. His memoir " A Tale of Love and Darkness" is a literary classic of tremendous power.
However Oz is also a 'political prophet'. And often holds forth in a way as if to suggest he feels himself taking upon himself the mantle of his Biblical namesake. Here he should perhaps have been a bit more cautious and remembered the Jewish teaching that in our time 'prophecy' is given to 'children' and ' fools'.
In this small gathering of small works Oz reiterates his well- known analysis of the Israeli- Arab conflict. It is as he understands it a 'dispute over land' between two peoples each of whom has a legitimate claim. The fanatics on one side( A fanatic in Oz's term is one for whom every means even the most bloody justifies the end) are those who say ' all is mine, and nothing is the others'. The reasonable people of which Oz is as he understands it preeminently one( though he makes it clear he too was raised as a little fanatic in pre- Jewish state 'Palestine') understand that there has to be a painful, reasonable compromise. The end of fanaticism is as he understands it the end of the Arab- Israeli conflict. A divided Holy Land, two states, one predominantly Jewish, and one Arab.
This analysis is of course not simply Oz's but has been the analysis of the moderate left in Israel, a good share of Western European Governments, and successive U.S. administrations.It now is the 'dream' of the vast majority of Israelis. It is on the basis of this analysis that US diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East has been conducted for more than half - a - century.
The problem however is that the analysis is drawn along too broad, too symmetrical and at the same time too limited lines. It is not right to say that the conflict is 'primarily' about land. Such a position was more credible three decades ago, but today given the rise of a worldwide pan-Islamic movement , it misses the mark.
The truth is that what Oz calls 'fanatics' are the great majority on the Islamic Palestinian side. ( He denies this, but the recent 'Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections suggests he is once again ' sweeting' Palestinian positions) . The fact is that there is no symmetry between the ' fanaticism' of the Islamic world and the alleged 'fanaticism' of the Jews even those Oz calls ' settlers'. There is no Jewish Literature no settler Literature calling for the extermination of Palestinians, as there is daily Palestinian and Arab propaganda calling for the murder and elimination of Jews.There has never been deliberate Israeli effort at murdering Palestinian civilians, while murdering of Israeli civilians is a generally accepted Palestinian tactic.
Oz misleads and presents a false picture in harping on an alleged an unreal symmetry between Israelis and Palestinians.
One question of course is why he would want to do this? One answer is very simply that the kind of answer he gives makes a reasonable solution possible. Another answer is that it of course puts him above , makes him the good guy with the Europeans the Americans the Nobel Prize Committee , everyone else who would like to see the conflict resolved in this way.
Perhaps what I have just said is unfair, though Oz's tendency to preach his own views becomes increasingly irritating as they diverge with the years from the 'reality on the ground'.
Had Oz' had a bit more honesty he would have given up certain familiar 'socialist egalitarian 'mantras of his youth- and understood that there is a tremendous assymetry between the Jewish Israeli position and the Islamic Palestinian one. He would have had the honesty to understand that one very vast civilization, the Islamic, has a set of problems , which are endangering other human beings throughout the world. One such leader of that civilization , a leader who considers himself the great protector of the Palestinians, Mohammed Ahmadinejad has been continually threatening to wipe 'Israel ' from the map.
Perhaps Oz's analysis on ' fanaticism' would have been more convincing had it focused on Mr.Ahmadinejad and his ilk.
i.e. Willy- nilly whether it likes it or not , Oz's country Israel is involved in the conflict of those who champion freedom and democracy against those Totalitarian- Terrorist- Islamic Regimes which would make the 'Koran' our sole bed-time reading.

A great deal of wisdom in a very small package........2006-03-05

I usually do not find books written by Israelis or Palestinians about past or present events in the land whose very name is a matter of perspective and politics to be very interesting or enlightening. The authors usually either have an agenda or are engaging in pure propaganda. This book (along with David Grossman's "Death as a Way of Life") is a rare exception.
In lucid, eloquent and sensitive language, Oz presents the situation and the necessary cures not for Israelis, not for Palestinians, but for human beings. If you do not like this book, you are probably a fanatic, and not subject to logical persuasion.

Poor packaging for great content.......2006-02-22

Amos Oz is plain-spoken, lucid, brilliant. But Princeton UP did a disappointing job with the production of the book. The 2 essays and 1 interview that make up this book are short, and you can't change that. But what kept them from using larger paper? With exactly the same type-setting but wider margins, we would have gotten a beautiful small book. Instead, it looks like one of those over-priced mini books of bad poetry.

An Important and Excellent Read.......2006-02-16

Two very short, thoughtful essays and an interview on the conflict between the State of Israel and the (inevitable)Palatinian State; it is about real estate (and economics) stupid; read it and, then, join the Order of the Teaspoon.

In the Land of Israel (Harvest in Translation)

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Mythbuster
20 years old and still remarkable and fresh
A small collective portrait of Israel in the 1980's
Israel in the 1980s
An essential read

In the Land of Israel (Harvest in Translation)
Amos Oz
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
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ASIN: 0156481146

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Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s and spoke with many people about the past, present, and future of his country. What he found is memorably set down here. New Author’s Note and Postscript; map. Translated by Maurie Goldberg-Bartura. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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Mythbuster.......2006-07-09

Although this book was first published in 1983 and updated in 1993 it is currently exceedingly topical and deserves not only to be read but incorporated into our thinking about that country. Oz shows that the myth of "the Jews" as a unified concept, so favored by anti-Semites, has no basis in fact. The book depicts the wide varieties of views Israelis hold vis a vis Palestinians as well as Diaspora Jews. In addition it reveals a latent self-destructive trait in some of the citizens of the state which may bode ill for the future if it were to become a dominant feature of Israeli society.
The book also presents the Palestinian side fairly and destroys the myth that "they are all terrorists." They are likewise people who want to live in peace and each side is poorly served by their respective government.
From the many excellent points made by the various people Oz had conversations with there was one from a young Palestinian which deserves quoting. "Tell the Israelis power won't help them. Power is like money - today it's mine, tomorrow it's yours, the day after it's his. They have to end the war with sense, not with power. Justly. Write for the peace!"
Even Americans who put their confidence in our country's military might would benefit from taking this simple truth to heart.
Thus, everyone who wants to understand what is going on in the Middle East should read this book.

20 years old and still remarkable and fresh.......2006-04-27

This remarkable portrait of Israeli society is organized around diverse populations and Oz allows each to speak with eloquence and passion for their own vision of what Israel is or should be. Although this work is now more than twenty years old and some aspects of it seem dated (the Intifada, Oslo, the pullout from Lebanon are all in the future), it still holds much to offer. A marvelous window into debates still raging in Israel today.

A small collective portrait of Israel in the 1980's .......2004-10-10

This is a book about meetings in Israel with different kinds of Israelis. Oz does a good job of listening sympathetically and narrating the stories and complaints of those he meets. One especially powerful meeting occurs in a development town where those of the ' second Israel' powerfully spell out their grievances. The writing here is clear and often very moving. Though Oz is of course touted for his fiction it seems to me that this small piece of writing is , to the point he wrote it, his most effective work.

Israel in the 1980s.......2004-02-17

A somewhat fetishized portrayal of life in Israel in the early 1980s. The author describes interviews which he supposedly conducted with several different people in Israel. Like the vast majority of authors and journalists who produce literature about Israel, Oz overly dramatizes the situation and tries to paint an apocalyptic picture. The interviews were supposedly taken in the early 1980s during the war in Lebanon and before the intifada and Oslo, so many of the issues discussed are no longer quite relevant. The book is very interesting nonetheless and one of Amos Oz's best. Just take it with a grain of salt.

An essential read.......2002-07-16

This book is an excellent contribution to the understanding of Israel in general and of the situation between the Palestinians and Israelis in particular and is, in my opnion, a "must read" for anyone interested in deepening their knowledge in this area.

The book is a collection of articles first published serially in 1982-83. Each chapter is an interview that author Amos Oz conducted in Israel or the Palestinian territories in late 1982. The interviews include a teacher at an orthodox rabbinical high school, two Palestinian journalists/writers, an Israeli Arab, settlers in the West Bank, North African Jewish immigrants, a French Catholic priest in Jerusalem, a Jewish farmer and his wife living in the coastal plain, and an elderly Rumanian immigrant in the seaside city of Ashdod.

It should be emphasized that the book is NOT a "cross section" of Israeli society and it does not profess to portray the "average" Israeli. Amos Oz himself says as much when he says he does not believe these articles to be a "representative" picture. Nevertheless, these articles have value in that they provide in depth views into one of the smallest yet one of the most complex and diverse societies on the planet.

However, what is most valuable about the book is the 17-page postscript added at the end. This postscript is a lecture that the author delivered in Michigan in 1993, ten years after the original interviews had taken place, and it presents the author's analysis of the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Mr. Oz believes in a two-state solution: Israel and Palestine, two independent states co-existing side by side peacefully. In this lecture, he presents the sanest, most rational, most balanced perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of anyone I have ever heard or read. It is more insightful than anything I have heard from a "talking head," news commentator, or media pundit. Although it was written 10 years ago, nearly all of it is still valid today (in 2002). The postscript itself is almost worth the price of the whole book. Outstanding. This book has my highest recommendation.

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What a book!

Stories Great, Edition Not

A very dated children's fantasy

An Magnificient Compilation

I've never read anything so bad!
Wizard of Oz, Marvelous Land, Ozma, Dorothy, Road, Emerald City, Patchwork Girl, Tik-Tok, Scarecrow, Rinkitink, Lost Princess, Tin Woodman, Magic, Glinda, Little Wizard Stories
L. Frank Baum
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ASIN: 0978891422

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Although most children today are introduced to the world of Oz through the classic 1939 movie, L. Frank Baum has been captivating the hearts of the young, and not so young, for over a hundred years. This delightful compilation includes all fifteen books written by L. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl Of Oz, Little Wizard Stories of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow Of Oz, Rinkitink In Oz, The Lost Princess Of Oz, The Tin Woodman Of Oz, The Magic of Oz, and Glinda Of Oz. Perhaps there is no better, or fitting, introduction one could give to this compilation than the author's note that Baum himself writes in his very first book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Here he reveals the true intention of his work. Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations. Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.

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What a book!.......2007-05-07

For those who love the Wizard of Oz there's nothing quite like having the complete set of related stories. My kids and I are reading and re-reading, carry the book with us on vacations and keep it on the bedside table at home. Wonderful gift for children (and adults) of all ages!

Stories Great, Edition Not.......2007-04-13

I honestly cannot understand giving any Oz story a rating of one because of the content. These stories are classic. I AM giving this edition a one, though, because this is probably the poorest excuse for a book that I have ever seen.

My first and biggest issue with this edition is the fact that the editor/publisher chose not to have paragraph breaks. Each chapter is a paragraph. It's terrible. Next, as these pages are large (almost as big as a typical textbook), you would expect columns to be used. Not the case. It's just one long line after one long line on the pages. The publisher did not even choose to put the next chapter on a fresh page, merely spacing once and beginning anew. It's extremely frustrating.

The next thing that finally make me close the book was the abundance of errors in the text. I honestly do not think this is L. Frank Baum's fault. I feel these errors are there because the editor and publishers were so intent on putting this on the market that they overlooked important things. Mostly, I am referring to technical and mechanical errors, but a few sentences don't even make sense. And, the thing I just REALLY couldn't get over was the fact that all of the chapter titles are in capital letters, and then randomly there was a title with lowercase letters! Such inattention to a book is unacceptable to me. I AM returning this book and getting a nicer edition!

By the way, I did try to contact the publishing company about this, but its Web site is not properly functioning.

A very dated children's fantasy.......2007-04-08

Nowadays, with the popularity of Harry Potter, there has been something of a re-examination of children's literature, in particular, the idea that it can't also be enjoyable for adults to read. Even older works, such as The Chronicles of Narnia have been reappreciated. It was along these lines that I decided to read L. Frank Baum's Oz books, figuring that, if nothing else, they would be a quick read. In addition, I felt I would get a better understanding of Gregory Maguire's Oz books (Wicked and Son of a Witch), which are much more based on Baum than any movie. After reading all fifteen "books" that comprise The Complete Oz, I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

Like most people, my exposure to Baum's works was limited to the fantastic adaptation of his first Oz book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring Judy Garland. The cinematic adaptation only loosely follows the story, and there are many things that do not appear in the movie. Most importantly, while the movie pretty much explains the whole adventure as a dream, the book makes the land of Oz quite real; subsequent stories has Dorothy shifting back-and-forth from Kansas to Oz until several books in when she moves there permanently with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry (and Toto).

Although the characters change from story to story, the main characters are Dorothy and Ozma, the ruler of Oz. There are a number of other recurring characters, including the familiar Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Wizard and Glinda the Good Witch, along with others like Tik Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Shaggy Man. Each story typically has the characters exploring a new and strange land where they must solve some problem. Occasionally, the Emerald City of Oz is threatened by invaders, who are typically repulsed with great ease. Only the Nome King appears as an enemy in several books.

The problem with the Oz books is that, as imaginative as they are, they are not all that well-written. I realize I am applying an adult reader's scrutiny to stories designed for pre-teens, but I think only the youngest of readers would not see through Baum's plot holes and last-minute rescues. A standard Oz story would have certain characters in dire straits only to be rescued by Glinda or Ozma, who happen to be watching everything through a magic mirror. Everything is perfect in Oz...too perfect to create anything but the weakest form of danger. And I think even most young readers nowadays would find Baum's sugary language too cloying to be palatable. I suppose one hundred years ago, this may have fit with contemporary tastes, but there is just a lot out there that's better nowadays.

The Complete Oz is over 700 pages, but each page contains at least twice as much text as the page in a normal book. What the volume contains are only the fifteen stories: no illustrations or background material accompanies the text, which means that this massive volume is unlikely to even appeal to the only readers who might be able to enjoy it. Under some circumstances, I might even give this book two stars; I know, however, that I am not truly the target audience, so I am giving it an extra star to make up for that. Nonetheless, even if you feel that these might be good stories for children you know (and it is certainly G-rated stuff), you are better off buying these stories in a more kid-friendly format.

An Magnificient Compilation.......2007-02-14

I have been searching for a volume that contains all of the Oz stories, and this one is the "keeper". The editor did a great job with his type setting, making the stories more clear, and overall presentation of these classics. It's a great value at an honest price. I continue to recommend it to my friends and family.

I've never read anything so bad!.......2007-02-06

The stories in this book, and most everything I've been forced to read from this author, are extremely bad. They are the most shallow stories Ive ever read! There is no character depth, the landscapes are ill defined and unbelievable, the stories are so repetative there's no point in reading more than one (and why would you want to anyway!) and the story is so underdeveloped that the characters simply state what they are doing and thinking all the time! Besides that, the wonderful imagination I was lead to believe is displayed in these books is missing, as 9/10 of his characters are characters obviously based on the works of other great fiction/fantasy writers and myths/legends of various regions. The only things moderately inventive are the mechanical men, a fascination he takes too far in having at least one such character in all his books!

The Marvelous Land of Oz (Books of Wonder)

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A fun, creative adventure until.....
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Perhaps the Funniest of the Oz series...
Why "Marvelous Land of Oz" is the best Oz book.
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The Marvelous Land of Oz (Books of Wonder)
L. Frank Baum
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Few fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz. For over four generations, children and adults alike have reveled in the magical adventures of its beloved folk. Now, for the first time in over seventy years, the second book about Oz is presented here in the same deluxe format as the rare first edition, complete with all 16 of the original John R. Neill color plates, its colorful pictorial binding, and the many black-and-white illustrations that bring it to joyous life.

First issued in 1904, L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz is the story of the wonderful adventures of the young boy named Tip as he travels throughout the many lands of Oz. Here he meets with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, as well as some new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead, the Wooden Sawhorse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, and the amazing Gump. How they thwart the wicked plans of the evil witch Mombi and overcome the rebellion of General Jinjur and her army of young women is a tale as exciting and endearing today as it was when first published over eighty years ago.

Afterword by Peter Glassman. A facsimile of the rare first edition, complete with all 16 original color plates, a colorful pictorial binding, and over 125 of Neill's drawings. A Books of Wonder(R) Classic.

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A fun, creative adventure until............2007-04-24

I read this as a fourth grade girl and found it the best of all Baum's Oz books. I loved the character Tip and his relationship with all of his friends and even with his enemies: Mombi, the scary witch who raised him; the Wizard, a complex character of good and evil; Jack Pumpkinhead, son to the child. I loved all of the other delighful characters: the sawhorse, the Woggle-bug, the amazing flyin Gump, and so many others. I loved how real Tip seemed; a sometimes grumpy, mischevious boy who nevertheless had a good heart. Reading the story, I truly was caught up into a world of magic,wonderful characterization, and great adventure. But the ending brought it all crashing down: not only was Tip given little choice in being changed by Glinda, once changed his whole free-spirited, well-rounded personality was lost. Instead of being restored to his "true self," it seemed to me that all he had grown to be and all that he considered true of himself was sacrificed to the status quo (of course I didn't know that word in the 4th grade, but I knew Tip had suffered an injustice). I still love the joy and fun of the first part of the book, but I can't help but feel it ended in tragedy. Bad Glinda!

The Marvelous Land of Oz.......2007-02-12

This is book two in the series and a wonderful read for Children and Adults.

Perhaps the Funniest of the Oz series..........2006-06-20

I seem to say that every Oz book is my favorite, and I suppose that speaks to the strength of the series. What I really enjoyed about this book as a child is that I had actually read "Ozma of Oz" (second in the series) before this one. So I had no idea that this story would tell us how Ozma arrived on the scene. What a fantastic surprise! Once again, Baum shows us why he is the master of fantasy, with this sequel. In many ways, I enjoy this book much more than "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." The scene when the unforgettable character, Jack Pumpkinhead, enters the court of the Scarecrow will split your belly as if you were the straw man himself. It's a scene of intelligently-written laughs, and I always use this chapter of the book as a model with my creative writing students to demonstrate how to craft humor. Of course, as someone who enjoys puns (especially bad ones), I also relish every line of the Wogglebug in this book. With "The Marvelous Land of Oz", I think Baum established that he was a force to be reckoned with, and I highly recommend this book to all young readers.

Why "Marvelous Land of Oz" is the best Oz book........2005-05-27

I have always had a silly fetish with Glinda ever since reading the Wizard of Oz, and reading the Land of Oz made it worse. The subsequent books of the series have disappointed me. Ever since, whenever I have assessed another fantasy work, the Land of Oz has always been the yardstick. I know this sounds silly, but I've fallen for anything that has a sorceress in it, lol! He-man, Prydain, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, you name it. If it had a witch in it, I was curious. I came across a Tanith Lee novel that had a "white witch" in it and found it to be disgusting and disturbing, like slash. (That copy is now ashes.) And when I heard about the Harry Potter controversy, I knew instinctively that the critics were bashing a perfectly legitimate fantasy series, and so I had to read them.

Something should be said about Narnia. In it, white was the witch color, but the witch in it was as bad as could be. Jadis at an earlier age and the Green Lady were no better. And I thought, does Lewis have something against female magicians?

Yet Lewis and Tolkien had something in common with the Land of Oz: the themes of power and responsibility, respect for authority, and establishing the legitimacy of rule. In Narnia, Caspian was told in no uncertain terms that a king does not have the right to abdicate. In Oz, when Ozma is just about to be made Queen, the moral atmosphere doesn't feel any different. Ozma can't simply choose to remain a boy all her life while the throne of Oz remains in control of illegitimate rulers. Glinda was certainly right to point this out.

Sad to say, Baum later succumbs to fan pressure and writes to support himself more than for the art of writing. His use of theme grows weaker, he brings Dorothy back into Oz permanently, and his adventures deteriorate into silliness and parody. Consequently, the later Oz books are better suited for light and humorous reading. Alas, I cannot make Baum a good writer any more than one can make him a Christian or make Lewis a feminist.

Magical gender.......2005-05-20

What is wonderful about this book, is that the main character, Tip, the young boy protagonist, is actually a girl, transformed in infancy into a boy, by magic. All children should have an opportunity to exercise their imaginations in this way. The book goes to show how little difference there really is between the spirit of male and female. All the OZ books do this, in an innocent and joyous way, but this one does it the best.

A Wonderful Welcome to Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, & The Emerald City of Oz (Modern Library Classics)

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Truely Wonderful!!

A Wonderful Welcome to Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, & The Emerald City of Oz (Modern Library Classics)
L. Frank Baum
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ASIN: 0812974948
Release Date: 2006-04-11

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For more than a century, L. Frank Baum’s kingdom of Oz and its delightful denizens have enchanted readers of all ages. In this illustrated Modern Library edition, the bestselling novelist and children’s book writer Gregory Maguire takes readers on a guided tour of Oz, gathering and introducing us to three of Baum’s beloved stories:
The Marvelous Land of Oz, the sequel to The Wizard of Oz, is the adventure-packed tale of a Gillikin boy named Tip who flees Old Mombi the witch in search of the Emerald City.
Ozma of Oz, set mainly in the strange land of Ev, features the clever and beautiful new ruler of the Emerald City, as well as Dorothy of Kansas, the mechanical marvel Tik-Tok, and the dreaded Nome King.
The Emerald City of Oz recounts Dorothy’s trip to Oz with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, and the Nome King’s terrible plot against the kingdom.

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NEVER SHIPPED!!!!!!.......2007-04-01

I STILL have not recieved this item, so I want my money back. This was purchased over a month ago with Blue Planet and the Writing Book and I accidentally put the wrong address on there, but through a series of events the other two found their way here, but not this book. Apparently UPS is handling this book, and I don't know what they did with it but they aren't bringing it to me. Give me a full refund and I will re-purcahse the item since it seems to complicated to change the address after being notified by me over 2 weeks ago.

-Michael Mynatt

Truely Wonderful!!.......2006-04-12

This edition of Baum's "Marvellous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz" and "The Emerald City of OZ" is great for those reader's only familiar with Baum's first Oz novel. The book is well compiled with the original illustrations by John R. Neill.

The introduction by Gregory Maguire (author of "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West) is informative and it is really interesting to read why and how these three texts interest an author whose biggest selling book is a novel based on these children's books.

This edition also includes a brief biography of Baum, suggestions for further reading and a reading group guide.

This is a marvellous edition!!!

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Marvelous Sequel
I give it an A...
Charming and entertaining, thoroughly kid-friendly
A Great Sequel
The Marvelous Land Of Oz

The Marvelous Land of Oz (Books of Wonder)
L. Frank Baum
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Marvelous Sequel.......2007-04-09

Tip has lived with Old Mombi the Sorceress for as long as he can remember, but now he has to run away. He tried to scare her with a pumpkin headed man, but Mombi was not only unshaken by the man, but she brought the pumpkin headed man to life. Not that that's a bad thing, Jack Pumpkinhead is a very likeable chap, even if he does worry a lot about his head spoiling. Tip's more worried about Mombi's potion that'll turn him to stone, because he tried to scare her, Mombi's going to turn him into a statue for her garden. Tip and Jack run away, along with the magic life giving powder of Mombi's, and head towards the Emerald City. The Scarecrow from the original "Wizard of Oz" adventure still rules, but with an army of girls armed with needles, he may not rule for much longer. Is there help for Tip, Jack and the Scarecrow?

It's a pretty fine sequel to the original book, I thought. It flows straight from the first book with the same wit, wordplay and style. There's a lot of new characters to meet (like Jack Pumpkinhead, The Gump, the Sawhorse and H.M Wogglebug) plus a couple of old favorites (like Tinman and the Scarecrow). Chapters are easy to read too. It's worth looking at for fans of Oz, I think. Surprising ending too, I thought. Four and a half stars.

I give it an A..........2006-12-30

I love the Wizard of Oz books.... I just can't seem to get enough of them.... it brings your mind to a whole different world.... its great for young adults, teens, and adults.... I give it an A...

Charming and entertaining, thoroughly kid-friendly.......2006-07-24

Young Tip (actually Tippetarius) has lived his whole life with the evil witch Mombi. But, when the witch announces that she will turn Tip into a statue, he decides that it is time for him to flee. Having stolen Mombi's Powder of Life, which will animate anything it is sprinkled on, Tip heads off to the Emerald City. But, when the city is conquered by an army of rebellious girls, Tip begins an adventure with Jack Pumpkinhead, an animated saw-horse, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman (who is now nickel-plated), and a highly magnified and thoroughly educated woggle-bug. The rightful queen of the Emerald City is missing, stolen away by the Wonderful Wizard, and it is up to Tip and his friends to find her.

Following the success of his 1900 book, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) received many letters from children demanding a sequel. Well, in 1904 he broke down and published this, the second of what turned out to be a long list of Oz books. What makes this book stand out from the rest is the simple fact that it is the only one that does not include Dorothy Gale, the lost girl from Kansas!

Overall, I found this to be a charming and entertaining little book. As you would expect from a sequel to the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it has a cute little, nonsensical storyline that is a lot of fun and thoroughly kid-friendly. If you have a young reader, then I guarantee that they will love this great book. I give it my highest recommendations!

A Great Sequel.......2006-02-03

"The Marvellous Land of Oz" is the second in the Wonderful Oz series by American author L. Frank Baum.

Baum wrote this out of necessity - his other books written after "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was published in 1900 weren't selling wonderfully, and all he had heard, he alleges in his foreword, were demands to hear more about Oz. And so, when the well ran dry, he wrote and had published the long-awaited sequel.

Baum departs from his earlier themes in "Wizard" to some extent. "Wizard" has a strongly American flavour, in which a young Kansas girl goes to Oz and encounters all sorts of dangers, but bravely facing them until she returns home. This book does not include Dorothy Gale, but is intended, as is indicated by the sub-title of this story, to be "An Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman". No one from America or outside Oz appears in "Marvellous Land".

The protagonist, however, is a young boy called Tip, who runs away from his guardian, a wicked old witch called Mombi (didn't Dorothy destroy them all?) with his invention, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse, both of whom are brought to life with a Powder of Life. It isn't long before he falls in with the Scarecrow (now King of the Emerald City in the absence of the Wizard) and the Tin Woodman (now Emperor of the Winkies after the Wicked Witch was melted).

So far, so good. That is, until several more characters get thrown into the equation. Baum's genius is shown here, in that he does not let several threads of a storyline get so interwoven that readers are confused. The Scarecrow is kicked out of the Emerald City by General Jinjur, a tomboy-ish young lady who is sick of the men telling her what to do. Helping out are many girls and women of Oz. Baum is taking the mickey out of the feminist movement, very prominient in America in the early 1900s when he was writing. (His mother-in-law was a suffragette.) Jinjur succeeds by threatening the Royal Army (all one of them) with knitting needles, after which she gets herself on the throne of Oz and enslaves all the men and steals the jewels and treasure of the Emerald City.

Another interesting theme is that of the Woggle-Bug. He is in stark contrast to the stupidity of Jack Pumpkinhead. Baum makes a point about the folly of the snobbish elitists, embodied in Mr. H.M. Woggle-Bug, T.E. His outrageous puns and his elongated words really make for an amusing character, and the chapters in teh middle of the book are full of witty comments and plays upon words.

But the story lacks the ... vibe of the first. Gone is the childish innocence of the writing style of the first. Of course, Baum's writing style is, at best, overly pompous and cluttered, but many jokes made would simply go over the head of many children. Such as when the Tin Man comments that "a good tart is more preferable to a decayed intellect", and when the Woggle-Bug is talking about how the Saw Horse can be described as an equipage. And the sexism! Possibly most outrageous of all is that in the end, Jinjur's revolution succeeds in a sense, as the Scarecrow never does regain his throne.

Last but not least, the illustrations. Baum and W.W. Denslow had parted ways after "Wizard", and so a young illustrator, John R. Niell had been hired to picture the Land of Oz. He captures the spirit beautifully, and his drawings are far warmer than those of Denslow's, especially those of the Tin Woodman. He brings Oz to life when Baum's stilted writing style prevents this.

Little did Baum know it, but by writing "The Marvellous Land of Oz" he had, in the eyes of his young readers, promised to write more. It wouldn't be until 1907, with the publication of "Ozma of Oz", in which Dorothy returned to Oz, that he would seriously embark on writing a whole series.

The Marvelous Land Of Oz.......2003-11-05

Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Publishing Company: HarperCollinsPublishers and Books of Wonder

Have you ever wondered if there were such creatures as a Woogle Bug, a Saw Horse, a talking pumpkin head and a Gump? Well in this book, it's all real. The Marvelous Land of Oz is an exciting fantasy book about a young boy named Tip. Tip is very adventurous and always wanted to run away from his mean guardian, Mombi. Tip then found out that Mombi had a special powder that could turn things to life. He decided to take the powder and make a friend out of some sticks and a pumpkin head. Tip named him Jack. Tip and Jack then went on a journey through the Land of Oz and met some new friends like the Woogle Bug, the Saw Horse, Gump, Glinda the Good Witch, the Tin Woodman, and Scarecrow. They also saw new places like Emerald City.

Tip, is the main character. He is very brave and smart. On his journey he takes along from home Jack, who has a pumpkin for his head and a stick body. Jack can't think that straight but is very kind. Another character he met on the beginning of his journey was the Saw Horse, who is small but can run fast and is very friendly. There are other characters in this book that you meet for example, Scarecrow. He is the king of Emerald City and is smart thinking. After you meet the Scarecrow you meet the Tin Woodman whois the Emperor of the Winkies and is very kind to people and other creatures. The most important character in the Land of Oz is Glinda. She is the Good Witch of the Land of Oz and is very powerful with good magic. Later on in the book, Tip meets two other characters known as Gump and the Woogle Bug. Gump is a flying deer head on a plaque that has magical powers to make things fly. Woogle Bug is not a regular bug. Instead he is a giant bug; he scares some people with his size but is very nice. One of the villains in this book is Jinjur, a woman who was tired of getting pushed around by men and has begun to take over Emerald City. Another villain is Mombi, the guardian of Tip who has magic powers and is very mean.

This book is a real page turner. When I was reading this book I kept on wanting to read more and more each day because it just got more exciting and funny, from the beginning to the end of each chapter. If I rated this book, I would give it a 10. I gave this rating because this book has a lot of descriptive words for you to imagine the scene and some pictures to show some of the scenes. I would really recommend this book to the fan of Wizard of Oz. This book is also great for all ages!

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Quite Different From the First Book
Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Land of Oz- The Second Book In the Wizard of Oz Series
A truly superior sequel
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Land of Oz (Wonderful Oz Books)
L. Frank Baum
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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ASIN: 0345335686
Release Date: 1985-11-12

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Book 2 of L. Frank Baum's immortal OZ series, in which young Tip runs away from his guardian, the witch Mombi, taking with him Jack Pumpkinhead and the wooden Saw-Horse, and flees to the Emerald City where he learns the incredible secret of his past.

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Quite Different From the First Book.......2005-10-04

The thing I noticed most about this book is that Baum tries to stick quite a bit of jokes in this one. This is quite a bit of an improvement over the first book, which seems devoid of attempts at humor. Still, I give this a lower rating than the first book because I'm a little freaked out regarding identification issues with Tip, the main character. You have to read the entire book to know what I'm talking about. I think when Baum wrote this issue into the book, he figured nothing like it would ever happen in real life, but less than 50 years later, it did. Weird. The Gump seems to have some identity issues as well which leads me to believe that identity is a big theme of this book. Another example - the scarecrow's whole body is replaced with money after his straw is gone, but he is still the same person because of the content he possesses, that being fake brains. Identity has got to be a theme here.

Still, despite what weird identity issues there may be, the book is a great read. Jack Pumpkinhead and the Woggle Bug are solid new characters that I really like. The Scarecrow and Tin Man are back and are the same as always, except sometimes the Tin Man is called Nick Chopper. I don't understand why he didn't have a name in the first book but now he all of a sudden has a name, but oh well.

I like the Wicked Witch of the West and all, but General Jinjur is the main villain in this one, and I think I might like her better because she's pretty. You won't see characters like her and her army in a book printed in modern times because such characters today would be considered sexist. Let's face it though, sexism was popular back then. Everyone today would tell the author, "Wait, you can't stereotype women as being more suited for housework!" Still, the fact that Baum had such a powerful girl in his work probably did more for the women's liberation movement than against it. I think when this book was written, women's suffrage was a big issue. It sure seems obvious that Baum is addressing some kind of women's issue. Baum seems to be addressing issues more blatantly in this book than he did in his first Oz book.

I thought it was interesting to see the Woggle Bug say, "We can blockade the city and starve it into submission," and Glinda the Good Witch make death threats to the evil Mombi (which looks an awful lot like the word Mom). I think books for kids steer away from these kinds of things now, but I also think these things are important in some kind of way because they show that you've got to be tough on the bad guys sometimes, even though it's a last resort.

Those are just some reflections. The thing you'll get most out of the book if you read it yourself is that it's both funny and fun; a good fairytale. I like the Oz books much better than Harry Potter. I also like Baum's style more than Dahl's (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Baum is an impressive writer. (So once again as you might guess, there are some pretty big words in a kid's book, still nothing like Wind in the Willows though.)

Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum.......2005-08-12

Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum is the first sequel to the wizard of oz and yes I agree that it is in many ways superior to the original. Yes we have no Dorothy and no Lion but the story about Tip, the wooden horse, the tin man and the scare crow is absolutely fabolously written and I found myself more enthralled with this story since many ways it is a better written story with more charachter development and a plot that truly creates a page turner and ones does not want to stop reading since the story is stupendous. I love the illustrations and I can not wait to continue the stories about the land of oz.

The Land of Oz- The Second Book In the Wizard of Oz Series.......2002-07-04

When I bought The Land of Oz, I opened up a new world of adventure. Little did I know, The Wizard of Oz's author, L. Frank Baum, had written 13 other books after The Wizard of Oz.

The Land of Oz is about a young boy named Tip, who lived with a witch named Mombi. Mombi was a very evil witch and one day she journeyed to an old wizard to get some magical ingredients. While she was gone, Tip constructed a man out of wood and carved a pumpkin and placed it on its head. Then, he set the "pumpkin man" standing out in the street so it would scare old Mombi. When she returned, she wasn't scared but mad at Tip. She decided to try the Powder of Life, an ingredient she had gotten at the wizard's house that would make anything come to life, on the "pumpkin man" to see if it worked. It did and brought the "pumpkin man" to life. Mombi was going to turn Tip into a marble statue in the morning for trying to scare her, so Tip and the newly called Jack Pumpkinhead left to journey to The Emerald City. Jack Pumpkinhead was the first of many new characters to come into the Oz stories.

The reason I would suggest this book is because it is fun. There are adventures and new characters and a surprise close to the end. Also, characters like The Scarecrow, and The Tin Man appear in this book. Dorothy is not in this book because it is kind of a prologue to the next book, Ozma of Oz.

After I finished this book, I realized that I really liked it and would like to read more of the series. As I continued to read the rest of the books, I liked them more and more. As of 7/3/02, I am on Tik-Tok of Oz, which is book 8. As you can see, I'm far in the series and still reading. If you liked The Wizard of Oz, then you will probably like The Land of Oz.

A truly superior sequel.......2000-08-25

I suppose some would consider it sacrilege and those who only know "The Wizard of Oz" the movie wouldn't believe it, but "The Land of Oz," the second book in L. Frank Baum's 14-book series, is clearly superior to "The Wizard of Oz." No Dorothy, no Toto, no Lion: no problem. This book is sensationally entertaining. Whereas the first book seemed more interested in presenting marvelous characters and creatures scene by quick scene (which it does well) than in delighting us with what they say and do, "The Land of Oz" is a tour de force that will keep a smile permanently affixed to your face (like Jack Pumpkinhead!). Baum's style is enormously improved; he supplies more detail, more endearing dialog, more fun, more edge, more sides to everything. The characters and creatures are marvelous: the aforermentioned Jack Pumpkinhead (my favorite), the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, the gump (two sofas, an antlered animal head, palm leaves and broom brought to life as a flying "thing"), the Saw Horse, the army of girls who take over the Emerald City and make servants of the men (in 1904!), Mombi the witch (far more interesting than the Wicked Witch of the West), and on and on, including more vivid portrayals of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman. Overall, considerably better than the first book, which is good in its own right, and simply one of my favorite books, one which can be loved by adults (as I am) or children. If you read only one Oz book (OK, you have to read the first one, but if you read only two) include "The Land of Oz".

A Children's Book? Define Child..........1999-09-25

The Land of Oz is..well..WOW. It definately is not just a sappy children's book, it's funny, and truly amusing. Don't call it a child's book, call it a book for all audiences.

Officially Osbourne: Opening the doors to the land of Oz

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The wizards of Os(bourne)
Excellent guide to the Osbournes
Great book!!

Officially Osbourne: Opening the doors to the land of Oz
Family Osbourne , and Todd Gold
Manufacturer: MTV
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ASIN: 0743466195
Release Date: 2002-11-19

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Once upon a time (well, maybe it was last year) in the land of Oz (a place that looks a lot like Beverly Hills, California), reigning Prince of Darkness and heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, his wife and sovereign ruler, Sharon, and teenage heirs to the throne, Jack and Kelly, gave MTV camera crews the keys to the kingdom for documenting the Osbourne way of life.

The result? The Osbournes. The history-making, Emmy-winning, media-frenzied, television-family-concept-redefining reality series that America can't get enough of. The Osbournes are all can't-even-walk-down-the-street-anymore-to-grab-a-bite-to-eat famous.

But hey, you knew all that already -- so here's the part of the story that may have gone over your head. What you've got in your hands goes beyond you tuning in to The Osbournes on MTV. Think of it as ordering the Ozzy Super Deluxe -- the fully authorized, officially sanctioned, Sharon's Seal of Approval companion guide to all things Osbourne.

It's all here: complete synopses to all ten unforgettable episodes (featuring a Bad Word Box Score), exclusive interviews, hundreds of photos, a private tour of the house, what pet's in the doghouse, an Osbourne lexicon, and so much more. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wish they lived next door to you (unless you've got the music cranked at 4:00 A.M.). So spend a little time in the land of Oz -- and discover why there really is no #$&*ing place like home.

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The wizards of Os(bourne).......2003-05-28

The Osbournes have gained fame not just for pioneering the reality TV show (and succeeding in it the way pretty much nobody else has), but for letting the masses in on their family life. It's weird, it's wacky, and when you pare it down it's pretty close to anyone else's family life. And that includes dogs peeing on the furniture, music, thongs, the arrogance of big sisters, getting tattoos, and much more.

"Officially Osbourne" is an episode guide (first season) interspersed with biographies, interviews, and information. Each of the bios includes favorite music, birth date, video games, personal philosophies, what their family members say about them, and then an interview. Each episode has a basic summary (about two or three paragraphs) and a slew of pictures. Also there are best lines ("Bubbles? Oh come on, Sharon! I'm the Prince of #$&*in' Darkness!"), and highlights (a fire in the kitchen -- "the first one in the new house").

There are chapters on other topics too: On Melinda Verga, a lower-key employee, on home decor (black, antiques, and crucifixes), the different rooms in the house, and on the pets (dogs and cats, most memorably Lola). One chapter is devoted to Ozzy and Sharon's parenting methods, and what their kids think of those methods. And most tantalizing of all is the chapter where they talk about what never made it onto your TV screen...

This book captures some of the spirit that infuses the Osbourne TV show. The coverage and interviews with Ozzy, smart wife Sharon and kids Jack and Kelly (Aimee declined to be in the show). Their attitudes are refreshingly honest and open -- in a celebrity subculture where people say prescripted, inoffensive lines, the Osbournes will tell the world what they do and don't like (Kelly hates pop singers, for example).

The pages are likably colorful, not just black text on white paper. The pictures are a slightly more mixed bag -- there are a lot of them on almost every page in the book, of everyone: The house, the furnishings, the dogs... unfortunately, many are too small to look at easily, and some are blurred. Many are quite good, clear and well-lit.

"We're not the #$&*ing Partridge Family" -- Sharon said it best. And "Officially Osbourne" takes some of the best elements from the TV show and commits them to paper. Definitely recommended for people who watch the show.

Excellent guide to the Osbournes.......2003-03-28

Officially Osbourne is an excellent guide to the Osbournes. It shares details of the episodes, profiles of the family members, untold stories, interviews, parents' advice from Sharon and Ozzy, and more. The pictures in this book are mostly animated, and while regular photos would have been great, it does add a more fun approach to the book. This is a must have for fans. You'll learn so much more about the Osbournes.

Great book!!.......2002-12-11

For any Osbourne fan, this is the book to get. It has every detail you ever wanted to know about the show. Great pictures and interviews, as well as info you didn't know!

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The Marvelous Land of Oz
Baum - L. Frank
Manufacturer: Ann Arbor Media Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Books of Wonder)

ASIN: 1587260581

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Published in 1904, The Marvelous Land of Oz is about a young boy named Tip. He travels through Oz with our friends, Scarecrow and Tin Woodman. Along the way they make new friends named Wooden Sawhorse, Jack Pumpkinhead, and Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug. Join Tip and find out how he and his friends outwit, Mombi, the evil witch.

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