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The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz: A Commemorative Popup»rank: 8737par: L. Frank Baum
Chroniques et points de vue:From :To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of 0z, master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has created a pop-up version of Dorothy's adventures in 0z that fans will find hard to resist. Modeling his depictions of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the rest after W. W. Denslow's original art, Sabuda adds a third dimension that would have rocked Denslow's--and Baum's--world. A rapidly spinning cyclone actually casts a breeze over the startled reader's face. Glorious red poppies wave seductively in a field. ... |
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Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit»rank: 33126par: Eric Haney
Chroniques et points de vue:From :To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of 0z, master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has created a pop-up version of Dorothy's adventures in 0z that fans will find hard to resist. Modeling his depictions of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the rest after W. W. Denslow's original art, Sabuda adds a third dimension that would have rocked Denslow's--and Baum's--world. A rapidly spinning cyclone actually casts a breeze over the startled reader's face. Glorious red poppies wave seductively in a field. ... |
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Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey»rank: 15006par: Nick Eyles, Andrew Miall
Chroniques et points de vue:From :To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of 0z, master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has created a pop-up version of Dorothy's adventures in 0z that fans will find hard to resist. Modeling his depictions of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the rest after W. W. Denslow's original art, Sabuda adds a third dimension that would have rocked Denslow's--and Baum's--world. A rapidly spinning cyclone actually casts a breeze over the startled reader's face. Glorious red poppies wave seductively in a field. ... |
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty»rank: 9429par: Muhammad Yunus
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa»rank: 14641par: Adam Hochschild
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply ... |
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Extraordinary Canadians Nellie Mcclung»rank: 969par: Charlotte Gray
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply ... |
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy»rank: 8989par: Noam Chomsky
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply ... |
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America»rank: 18285par: David Hajdu
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply ... |
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The Holocaust By Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews»rank: 33430par: Patrick Desbois
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply ... |
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Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA»rank: 3588par: Richard C. Hoagland, Mike Bara
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply ... |