Visual Statistics Text with Student CD-ROM package

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Visual Statistics is an interactive multimedia tool designed to teach statistical concepts in a graphical and user-friendly environment. The software consists of 21 topics that are typically covered in an Introductory Statistics or Business Statistics course, and can be found in other courses such as Regression, Quality Control and Forecasting. The software can be used alone or with a textbook. This unique tool fosters "interactive learning" through competency-building exercises, individual and team experiments, relevant examples and built-in databases.

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Excellent book.......2002-04-30

This book is for people who want to learn statistics by conducting experimentations.
With the aid of my notebook, I really enjoyed having a portable statistical laboratory which enhanced my understanding to some difficult statistical theories. The examples also enrich the understanding as well as provide a practical dimension to most of statistical concepts.

Visual Statistics Text with Student CD-ROM package

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Visual Statistics Text with Student CD-ROM package
DOANE
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OG2DM8

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Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.

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Explanations of the legal terms used in the plays, poems and sonnets and a consideration of the criminal types presented, and a full discussion of the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy. The author has selected most of the legal passages in Shakespeare and reprinted them with his commentary. The plan followed in presenting the law of the various plays is to quote the verse containing the law presented, under an appropriate heading, reference to which, in the index, will give ready access to the verse containing the law referred to. As the various plays and the law in each is also presented in the regular order, by reference to the body of the work, the various propositions of law contained in each play can be found. Edward J. White was also the author of Mines and Mining Remedies, Personal Injuries in Mines, Personal Injuries on Railroads, Legal Antiquities, and other law books.

COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW IN SHAKESPEARE. With Explanations of the Legal Terms used in the Plays, Poems and Sonnets and a Consideration of the Criminal Types Presented. Also a Full Discussion of the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy

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COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW IN SHAKESPEARE. With Explanations of the Legal Terms used in the Plays, Poems and Sonnets and a Consideration of the Criminal Types Presented. Also a Full Discussion of the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy

Manufacturer: F. H. Thomas Law Book Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I74H6I

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There is deep mystery and profound satisfaction in finding your position on earth by reference to the sun, moon, and stars--not to mention profound relief when the GPS receiver stops working in mid-passage. That is why knowledge of celestial navigation is still a rite of initiation, and its practice still a favorite pastime among serious cruisers.

That this edition of Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen should appear 44 years after the first British edition and 27 years after its first publication in the U.S. is eloquent testimony to the author's clear, concise explanation of a difficult skill. Through those years, Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen has been the best-known, best-loved primer on the subject throughout the English-speaking world. It successfully teaches sailors who have been demoralized by bigger books. It remains "the famous little book" on celestial navigation.

Among other changes, this edition substitutes the Nautical Almanac for the Air Almanac, discusses the "short" tables based on H.O. 211, expands the discussion in a few areas, fine-tunes it in others, and shows how to advance a line of position for a running fix from sun sights. The only mathematics involved are straightforward addition and subtraction.

Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen has spawned many imitators over the years, but it's still the best--with this new edition more than ever.

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When your GPS dies.......2007-10-08

This is a neat little book to read if you're serious about finding your position without the benefit of GPS. It's well written and the computations required are basically only addition and subtraction. You can practice using a GPS instrument to check your sights. (What you will find is that you need a lot of practice to get even close!)

"Are the stars out tonight...?".......2006-07-30

Celestial navigation, like knots and splices and reading maritime charts and tide tables, is one of the essential sailing skills. Whether you are a daysailer, weekender, blue water cruiser or lone circumnavigator, there WILL come a time when the GPS quits, the Loran won't work, and you're going to say, "Where the &$@!* am I?". If you haven't learned celestial nav at that point you had better be a real quick study or have hired a good estate planning lawyer.

But assuming that Clarence Darrow Dershowitz Kunstler Belli Nizer, Esq. isn't in your crew, Mary Blewitt's book is a good thing to have. Brief, concise, and Ptolemaically simple to understand, Blewitt takes the hocus-pocus out of asking the heavens for directions. The difficulty with learning celestial nav isn't so much the math (as most people want to believe) as it is that modern man is SO far out of touch with the natural world that looking at the night sky is like looking at---something dark and mysterious. However, add a few very basic, easy-to-grasp concepts to your skill set and your Sunfish will suddenly become the Santa Maria.

Knowing celestial navigation will help you to sail anywhere and, even better, to know where you are when you get there. To that end, this book is an invaluable learning tool.

The Truth.......2005-10-25

Before crossing the Atlantic in 1978 on my 22' sailboat, I read many books on celestial navigation and became convinced that it was an inpenetrable subject and then, on reflection, I realized that that could not be so as so many navigators had had less geometry etc than me. I figured the authors did not really know what they were talking about. And then I came across Prof. Blewett at the Boston Museum of Science, teaching on 10 Wednesday evenings. After the first lecture, on the noon sight, she said, if you your boat is going faster than 20 kts then you don't have to come back for more. That is all you need. She was absolutely right. But I did continue -- I took the course so I could do the fun-and-games of star sights too. I can now teach her course in 45 minutes.

Straightforward.......2001-06-08

This book is exactly what I expected it to be and exactly as advertised. Its short length makes it useful for quick reference. It is clearly written.

Small book packed with information.......2000-03-27

I was concerned that such a small book (just over 100 pages) could contain enough information about celestial navigation to make my sextant useful. I shouldn't have been. The book is bypasses hype, lore and commentary and deals strickly with the topic at hand. It can be tough going but the book is written clearly enough so as not to be confusing on such the subject.

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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
Mary Blewitt
Manufacturer: John De Graff Inc
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OX8KXC

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Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen

Manufacturer: John De Graff, Inc.
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ASIN: B000HKLCOQ

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Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
Blewitt Mary
Manufacturer: John de Graff
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ASIN: B000UCY6JO

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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN

Manufacturer: John De Graff
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ASIN: 0540003549

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Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
Mary Blewitt
Manufacturer: John De Graff, Inc.
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Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
Mary Blewitt
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ASIN: B000RB2DT8

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Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
Mary Blewitt
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ASIN: B000K9UT48

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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
Mary Blewitt
Manufacturer: Yachting World
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000CJ7TQ

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Celestial navigation for yachtsmen
Mary Blewitt
Manufacturer: J. de Graff
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0540071617

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From the first chapter for new practitioners to the last chapter for QSAR developers and users, this book presents a wide spectrum of current practices related to the regulatory acceptance of QSARs. A unique chapter features hundreds of references from journal publications, book chapters, and documents published in the last 25 years, giving a rich overview of QSARs' role in promoting pollution prevention, implementing toxicity screening, conducting risk assessments, and employing Web applications.

3D QSAR in Drug Design: Volume 1: Theory Methods and Applications (Three-Dimensional Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships)

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3D QSAR in Drug Design: Volume 1: Theory Methods and Applications (Three-Dimensional Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9072199146

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Progress in medicinal chemistry and in drug design depends on our ability to understand the interactions of drugs with their biological targets. Classical QSAR studies describe biological activity in terms of physicochemical properties of substituents in certain positions of the drug molecules.
The purpose of this book is twofold: On the one hand, both the novice and the experienced user will be introduced to the theory and application of 3D QSAR analyses, and on the other, a comprehensive overview of the scope and limitations of these methods is given. The detailed discussion of the present state of the art should enable scientists to further develop and improve these powerful new tools.
The greater part of the book is dedicated to the theoretical background of 3D QSAR and to a discussion of CoMFA applications. In addition, various other 3D QSAR approaches and some CoMFA-related methods are described in detail. Thus, the book should be valuable for medicinal, agricultural and theoretical chemists, biochemists and biologists, as well as for other scientists interested in drug design. Its content, starting at a very elementary level and proceeding to the latest methodological results, the strengths and limitations of 3D QSAR approaches, makes the book also appropriate as a text for teaching and for graduate student courses.

3D QSAR in Drug Design: Volume 2: Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity (Three-Dimensional Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships)

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3D QSAR in Drug Design: Volume 2: Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity (Three-Dimensional Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Volumes 2 and 3 of the 3D QSAR in Drug Design series aim to review the progress being made in CoMFA and other 3D QSAR approaches since the publication of the highly successful first volume about four years ago.
Volume 2 ( Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity) divides into three sections dealing with Ligand-Protein Interactions, Quantum Chemical Models and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Pharmacophore Modelling and Molecular Similarity, respectively.
Volume 3 ( Recent Advances) is also divided into three sections, namely 3D QSAR Methodology: CoMFA and Related Approaches, Receptor Models and Other 3D QSAR Approaches, and 3D QSAR Applications.
More than seventy distinguished scientists have contributed nearly forty reviews of their work and related research to these two volumes which are of outstanding quality and timeliness. These works present an up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in all fields of 3D QSAR.

Carcinogen Risk Assessment: New Directions in the Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects (Banbury Report) (Banbury Report)

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Carcinogen Risk Assessment: New Directions in the Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects (Banbury Report) (Banbury Report)

Manufacturer: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Pr
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ASIN: 0879692316

Chemical Structure - Biological Activity Relationships, Quantitative Approaches: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Hungarian Pharmacological So (Magyar Farmakolbogiai Tbarsasbag.)

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Chemical Structure - Biological Activity Relationships, Quantitative Approaches: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Hungarian Pharmacological So (Magyar Farmakolbogiai Tbarsasbag.)

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Young Families
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Euroqsar 2002 Designing Drugs and Crop Protectants: Processes, Problems and Solutions

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Euroqsar 2002 Designing Drugs and Crop Protectants: Processes, Problems and Solutions

Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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Practical Applications of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (Eurocourses: Chemical and Environmental Science Series, Volume 1)

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Practical Applications of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (Eurocourses: Chemical and Environmental Science Series, Volume 1)

Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic
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QSAR in Design of Bioactive Compounds

Manufacturer: J.R.Prous Science
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 8449969417

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Proceedings of the First International Telesymposium on Medicinal Chemistry

QSAR: Quantitative structure-activity relationships in drug design : proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on QSAR, held in Interlaken, Switzerland, ... in clinical and biological research)

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QSAR: Quantitative structure-activity relationships in drug design : proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on QSAR, held in Interlaken, Switzerland, ... in clinical and biological research)

Manufacturer: Liss
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Qsar: Rational Approaches to the Design of Bioactive Compunds : Proceedings of the VIII European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relati (Pharmacochemistry Library)

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Qsar: Rational Approaches to the Design of Bioactive Compunds : Proceedings of the VIII European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relati (Pharmacochemistry Library)
European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships 19 , C. Silipo , and A. Vittoria
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Ltd
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Assuming little prior knowledge of physics and minimal mathematics, this book presents a complete introductory course on classical optics, as well as many of the latest advances.Presents a history of the evolution of the theory of optics, from Newton's corpuscular theory and Huygens' wave theory, to the critical contributions of Young, Fresnel, Maxwell, and finally Planck and Einstein. Introduces fundamental concepts of optics, including the electromagnetic spectrum, reflection, and refraction at both plane and curved surfaces. Explains wave motion, interference, and diffraction. Shows how the concepts of optics can be used in technologies such as lasers and optical fiber.Both physics degree students and interdisciplinary students.

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Introductory University Optics
Beynon
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Ptr
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ASIN: B000OIADFK

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New Entry into Chick LIt Genre

A refreshing, light comedy.

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Finished it in ONE sitting!

Finding Humor in Tragedy

Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore
Karen Mueller Bryson
Manufacturer: Booklocker.com
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ASIN: 1931391432

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In this fast-paced and funny first novel, Karen Mueller Bryson tells the story of a young woman's wild journey coming to terms with her father's sudden death. Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore is a delightful and engaging tale reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz.

Dorothy Gale Robinson, an aspiring actress, is the daughter of hippie parents with a passion for old movies. When her father is killed suddenly while sipping a non-fat decaf mocha latte at a local coffee shop, Dorothy's life is turned upside down. After an unconventional dispersing of her father's ashes at the Universal Studios' Psycho House, Dorothy's mother decides to sell all her worldly possessions and join a New Age cult headquartered in Banff, Canada. Of course, Dorothy's twin brother, Jude, is too busy with his law firm to help Dorothy save their mother from the clutches of the sinister cult, so she seeks the aid of her new boyfriend, Lahrs, and a cult-buster, Mervyn O'Roy, who just happens to look like Mickey Rooney. The motley trio venture from Florida to Canada, and through a series of mishaps and misadventures, Dorothy and her fellow rescuers recover Dorothy's mother, and everyone finds a little romance in the Canadian Rockies.

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New Entry into Chick LIt Genre.......2002-12-28

I was intrigued by the title of Karen Mueller Bryson's book, and who wouldn't be? The English speaking world has been mightily affected by the metaphor of Oz. "Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore" does not disappoint.

A young woman loses her father in a freak accident. She is one of a family with enough peccadilloes among them to keep any reader fascinated. She decides she will sleep her pain away, her mother decides she will run away with a cult, and brother decides to bury himself in his achievements and try to ignore the whole mess. The pain in this family is palpable but so is their zest for living. Those who loved "Bridget Jones's Diary" may like this book even better. It has the snap of the new genre called chick lit to which "Diary" is a prominent member; like "Diary" it explores the pain that twenty-somethings often experience in a society that isn't keen on letting them grow up.

What makes this novel better is that Our Dear Dorothy is just more likeable than Bridget. She is not quite so needy, quite so miserable, is just less of a cookie-cutter character all around.

What makes this novel move along so quickly is the authors background as a playwright. The dialogue is quick and convincing. The grounding is much like a theater production. The settings are sufficiently presented but do not dominate.

Mostly the humor is so natural. I laughed out loud three times in the first two chapters and chuckled even more often. All in all, it's a good lesson that the absurd may be found in the most agonizing of situations and that it works ever so well as a healer.

(Carolyn Howard-Johnson is the author of "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered.")

A refreshing, light comedy........2002-11-16

HEY DOROTHY, YOU'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
By Karen Mueller-Bryson

This book is a humorous account of grieving (or lack of) by one family as told by the daughter Dorothy. Unable to grieve over her father's recent death, Dorothy tells the story about her life with her brother (Jude) and her mother (Mrs. Robinson), and how they all cope with the father's death in their own different ways. It is a 'tongue in cheek' satire mixed in with shades of the movie classic Wizard of Oz.

In the adventures of Hey Dorothy, You're Not In Kansas Anymore, you can't help yourself laugh at the humorous overtones as the family disposes of their father's remains; and, how the mother tries to destroy a well-known coffee shop (called Buckstars) that she thinks is evil and trying to take over the world.

Karen Mueller Bryson has written a delightful story. If you want to read a refreshing, light comedy, you will want to add this book to your personal library.

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Where troubles melt like lemon drops.......2001-08-14

A magical delight of a book. Funny and satirical. Impressive for a first novel. Filled with memorable characters like Mervyn O'Roy and Dorothy's mother, Mrs. Robinson. Dorothy's misadventures tickle the funny bone as well as answer that age old question: What happens to Dorothy when she grows up? This satirical look at the modern adventures of a grown up Dorothy, give us hope that life can be a romantic romp for those who are willing to suspend their disbelief. She calls herself ordinary. But Dorothy Gale Robinson proves she is anything but ordinary in this tour de force. Her caring and concern shines through her modern sense of cynicism with laughable consequences. A satirical look at the Wizard of Oz, gives us the joy of following this Dorothy on her equally riotous adventures. Settle down in a comfy chair, pick up this book and read to your heart's content.

Finished it in ONE sitting!.......2001-07-31

Have you ever had one event change your whole life?

That is what happened to Dorothy Robinson when her father is killed while drinking a non-fat decaf mocha latte at the local Buckstar coffee shop. Losing her father is one thing, but when her mother goes a little crazy selling all her personal belongings with plans to buy a New Age cafe Dorothy isn't sure what to do. She knows when her mother heads to Canada to meet the Master of the Galaxy and become a Certified Outerworld Interpreter Dorothy knows things have gone too far! Not getting much support from her conceited brother, Dorothy decides to take matters into her own hands. Putting her faith in Mervyn, a local cult-buster, is the best solution she can find.

Dorothy, her boyfriend Lahrs and Mervyn take a trip from Flordia to Banff, Canada to find Dorothy's mother and perform a family intervention. But what they find is not what they expect. Is it too late to rescue her or is this trip just the beginning of something great?

***** Karen Mueller Bryson has written a book full of wit and humor. Her off-the-wall characters add a little sunshine to an already wonderful book. A light, fun read you will finish in one setting! Highly recommended reading! *****

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Finding Humor in Tragedy.......2001-07-28

If you are a person like me, a person who does not smile or laugh easily, then this is the book for you. There are not to many things I find amusing but Bryson's book, "Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore" is a winner... it is funny, amusing, a quick read, not a complicated story, but a simple tale. If you are also a fan of the Wizard of Oz, of which I am not, you will still get a kick out of the satire, and the obvious parallelism with Dorothy, her friends, and the plot of the story. I read this book twice, not realizing its full potential right away; soon I kept finding new things to compare between the old Oz and the new. To the casual reader this may seem like a simple story, which it is taken on the surface, but when you really delve into the story, it becomes quite unique and amusing, with a happy ending for all, which is what this author likes...It was, I am sure, quite feat for Ms. Bryson to write such a unique tale.

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