L. Frank Baum's 1903 musical adaptation of his novel The Wizard of Oz was one of the most popular plays of the first decades of the 20th Century. Six years later, Baum was approached by Broadway producers the Shuberts, to recreate its success with a new Oz musical. The result was Ozma of Oz or The Magnet of Love: A Musical Extravaganza. Betsy, like Dorothy before her, finds herself shipwrecked in a strange country. It is not long till she becomes swept up in the political intrigues of Ozma, the schemes of Shaggy Man to rescue his brother from the Metal Monarch, and Tik-Tok, who only wants to find love.Preserved in the script are Baum's lyrics and his own descriptions of the special effects he envisioned. Theatre Arts Press is proud to publish the first printed libretto of Baum's timeless musical story.

Dancing for An Audience of One will give insight to the praise dance minister and those who aspire to dance for the Lord, a greater understanding of who and why we dance. This book will teach and instruct on the principles of who we dance for. The readers will get a better understanding of dancing for God and not for show. It is my conviction, and I hope that for many other praise dancers that this will be their conviction as well""that we are not entertainers, we are not performers, but we are dance ministers. We are here to reach souls for Christ through the ministry of dance! God is ultimately the reason why we dance, and when dancing for Him, we should come with reverence and humility knowing that He is to be lifted up and given the highest praise and worship during our ministering. It's easy to lose focus when the enemy makes light of who and why we dance. No, you are not dancing for Mom or Dad. No, you are not dancing for Ma-Ma or even Pop-pop. You are not dancing for the co-worker that you invited or even for the pastor. You are dancing for God, the One who gave his life for you on the cross. All others are what I call beneficiaries and supporters, which are needed. However, keep focus on dancing for God first. This book that you hold will reveal some things about the dance ministry that you may or may not have known, but after reading this book, you will be able to see some of the tricks that the enemy will play. You will have a better understanding of why you dance and who you are dancing for. You will learn a few things even about yourself as a dance minister that we all have encountered at dance practice or outside of dance practice. Knowing that our bodies are temples and are being used to speak to God and His people through movement is an awesome privilege. Dancing for God breaks strong-holds, lifts spirits, encourages, rebukes, discipline, touches a heart, and can make a difference between being lost and coming to the marvelous light. This book, although it was written with the dance minister in mind, reaches across ministries and can be helpful to any ministry within the church of Jesus Christ.

Jan Marie Oakley decided after retirement for nursing that she wanted to write a devotional book to inspire others. Dancing In the Clouds with the Rainbows is series of devotions to lead readers to fill their mind with the wonder of God's Word, the glory of His love and faithfulness, and to assist the reader to develop deeper authenticity in prayer. At the end of each devotional is a Cloud of Reflection to help the reader apply God's truth during the week. Living in the challenges of the twenty-first century, we all need inspiration and meditations to ground us and help us through whatever circumstances we are facing. Dancing in the Clouds with the Rainbows is about living an active and personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

""A clear, sympathetic, and informed introduction to these people and their ceremonies . . . should give every new onlooker a deeper appreciation of the dance which is really a prayer.""--The Denver Post.

Gordy Nodrog is the leader of a gang who lives in a small street in 70's England. Gordy and his brother Paul, are swept up into an exciting fantasy adventure with their friends when the weather takes a turn for the worse. They find themselves in the Cloud Kingdom and meet a variety of new characters who enlist the gangs help to save the special land and the Earth from the evil Nimbus. Will they solve the puzzles put before them and will the glockenspiel rainbow save the day?

Ime Ibanga is a native of Akwa Ibom State, South Eastern Nigeria; and now a naturalized citizen of United States of America. Ime is a pioneer BS graduate of Biochemistry (1983) from the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. During the undergraduate program, the author’s interests in literary reading and writing were kindled through the mentorship of Prof. (Mrs.) Floyd, then the coordinator of the Use of English program. After serving in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1984, took up science teaching appointment with the Government Public Schools Services in Nigeria from 1985 – 1995. The writer since 1990 developed a special passion to undertake missionary work, thereby obtaining the necessary ministerial training and commissioning. The region of his nativity in Nigeria is grounded and embedded with lively relics of European missionary pioneers of several Christian denominations. Notably, Mary Slessor, the Scottish Missionary, who served and stopped the killing of twins in the regions and times of the author’s grandparents, provided the earnest motivation to embark on missionary and humanitarian endeavors. In 1996, the author immigrated to Atlanta, GA, United States, to incorporate Holy Ghost Outreach Ministries, Inc.; a non-profit organization focused on missionary pursuits, youth mentoring, and leadership training. From the United States the mission’s outreaches has now expanded to Europe and Africa. In 2009, the author completed a MS in Psychology (University of Phoenix, AZ, US); and since Nov, 2009 is currently a Doctoral Student of Management in Organizational Leadership (DM program) in the same university. Ime is uniquely privileged to continue to develop his endowed talents, abilities, and gifts to empowering the functional skills as a; teacher, mentor, author, poet, minister, missionary, administrator, and as leadership developer and management consultant. Ime will continue to be a thinker, an adventurer, a lifelong learner, and devoted helper of others. He also loves sports, music, current affairs, documentary films, and traveling. He is married and blessed with a son Victory, and a daughter Progress!

The Australian Poet is back again with " One Aussie's Endeavours Volume 2, Desires, Memories, Dreams, Lyrics " . If you loved his first three books, then this one will be a treasure forsure. For the past couple of years, Garry has been working with United States independent recording artist Rory David Ruff. Rory has been working on re-writing some of Garry's poems and turning them into music. Although it has been a long process you should see a cd of the work coming out soon. You can also find some examples of the music at www.soundclick.com/roryruff www.myspace.com/garrygosney www.myspace.com/rorydruff Now sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy this journey through the outback and beyond with Garry Gosney

This book shares original poems, providing spiritual and inspirational messages in a rhythmic and rhyming style. The poems focus on values and intend to encourage you to pursue your goals, while helping you to identify and experience your life purpose.

This book concerns the insane, inebriated, satirical adventures of a group of four young friends who meet in the wilds of WA State. Set in the little town of Rama, the antics of three people of color and one overbearing white Montanan reverberate with the love of life and the apolitical, incorrect universe of those who cannot stay within the rational boundaries of ordinary writing. Tongue-in-cheek, acerbic and ruthless in its skewering of the literature of people of color, white people and feminism, the book covers stories, romantic tales and cartoon idealism - without letting up for one second. It's a comic farce steeped in the charms of the Pacific Northwest, full of poetry, science fiction, and flurries of bombastic charm mingling with the splendor of how far you can go in life without getting anywhere else. I'm offering this book to be distributed widely for as cheaply as possible, completely for free eventually. I want its entire world of readers to simply enjoy my crazy stories, without needing to care in an abstract manner about my end of the sales. Read my book, open your silliest eyes wide, and laugh out loud! A rollicking Woody Allen type farce containing ideas unseen before by modern society, including the backstories of those main characters: Gabriello Beau Hooter Sancto, Saragina DeSoto, Caza Zooweiler and Artie Blend. These single souls meet in the boonies, spending their time looking for work, love and laughter in a spurious, charming, sophisticated, light-hearted manner that takes absolutely nothing seriously, skewering all sacred precepts regarding politics, feminism, racism, white people, and romantic comedy. This is the first published humor book by its professional ghostwriter author, who is happy to share it with an ever-expanding readership. I just want to test the waters when it comes to funny books, and share my persuasive sense of irreverence with a large readership.This novel is written in the style of Harlan Ellison, several women of color humor writers including Toni Morrison, and is very 1960s through 1980s in its orientation. It also includes Mad Magazine made up words, references to the downbeat gestalt of Western white male writers, and everything else in an offbeat politically incorrect manner. Enjoy deeplimo with mashed potatoes, spread-eagled with low calorie salad dressing and a side order of limeade -- accompanied by youthful poverty-stricken Seattle area hambone. Karen S Cole has been working on The Rainbow Horizon for at least ten years. It is not the best written of books yet, never meant to be anything other than a unique kind of thoughtful fluff, running wild like a headless chicken, bombastically declaring the nature of all things political as something only worth lampooning and straightening out. The end result is romance combined with friendship, in the little mythical town of Rama, Washington. If you can't understand the contents of this book, maybe you're not an intellectual humorist. If you can, you will find a long version of a simple but clever jest, the kind with a punch line that gets you to think. Reflect upon this in terms of the joke, "A rabbi, a priest and a minister stroll into a bar - hitting their heads, they fall down." Plays on words, running gags, background tales that have nothing to do with the tale's overall plot - this book is loaded with that sort of thing. I could stand to do more work on it, then I'd feel happier. But it already reads like a straightforward dream about people, one where each person has to decide how to drift subconsciously into the lives of their own making and eventual fulfillment. Well, enough farting around; if you dig nonsense like Monty Python, read this book and get a good laugh out of it!