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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
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Include books by the same authorGeorgette Heyer's Regency World
Jennifer Kloester · 381 pages
This book recreates Georgette Heyer's most enchanting characters and their most memorable scenes in the locations in which they actually took place, guiding the reader through them in a series of tours.
The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World
Margaret C. Sullivan · 224 pages
The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
John D. Rateliff, J.R.R. Tolkien · 512 pages
Twilight and History
Nancy Reagin · 274 pages
The first look at the history behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series, timed to release with the third movie, Eclipse. The characters of the Twilight Saga carry a rich history that shapes their identities and actions over the course of the series. Edward, for instance, may look like a seventeen-year-old teen heartthrob, but was actually born in 1901 and died during the Spanish Influen
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester · 265 pages
The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
Les Standiford · 241 pages
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revived the signal holiday of the Western world.Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay. His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself. He worried it
The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of Three Sisters
Juliet Barker · 1,158 pages
A history of the Brontë family is based on years of research and correspondence by each family member, challenging traditionally accepted portraits of the patriarchal Patrick and revealing Charlotte's ruthless nature.
The Magical Worlds of Lord of the Rings: The Amazing Myths, Legends and Facts Behind the Masterpiece
David Colbert · 208 pages
Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games
Valerie Estelle Frankel · 104 pages
GradeSaver(tm) ClassicNotes A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Nicholas Tornaritis · 76 pages
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic
Alberto Manguel, Gianni Guadalupi · 454 pages
"From Atlantis to Xanadu, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own." "Most every fanciful world from books and film is included: Shangri-La and El Dorado are here, as is Utopia, Tolkien's Middle-earth, and Carroll's Wonderland, as well as the Beatles' Pepperland, the Marx Brothers' Freedonia, and a strange
Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
Leah Wilson · 208 pages
Which Greek god makes the best parent? Would you want to be one of Artemis' Hunters? Why do so many monsters go into retail? Spend a little more time in Percy Jackson's world—a place where the gods bike among us, monsters man snack bars, and each of us has the potential to become a hero. Find out: Why Dionysus might actually be the best director Camp Half-Blood could have How to
The Tolkien Companion
J.E.A. Tyler · 530 pages
Synopsis: Between 1932 and 1953, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, of Oxford, England, translated four volumes compiled by the renowned Hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, written during the Third Age of Middle Earth, far longer ago than the Celtic, Germanic and Icelandic manuscripts Professor Tolkien was used to deciphering. The result was The Hobbit, and readers have never been the same since. I
Ancient Rome and Pompeii
Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce · 123 pages
What was it like to be a gladiator? How many people died in the destruction of Pompeii? How did Roman children spend their days? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Ancient Rome and Pompeii. This is the nonfiction companion to Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House #13).
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
Ruth S. Noel, J.R.R. Tolkien · 207 pages
Presents a comprehensive pocket guide to the fourteen languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth and contains a dictionary and English/Elvish glossary, rules of grammar and pronunciation, and how to write the Elvish alphabet.
Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
James Lowder · 230 pages
"The epic game of thrones chronicled in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. In Beyond the wall, bestselling authors and acclaimed critics offer up thought-provoking essays and compelling insights..."--P.[4] of Cover.
Stephen King from A to Z
George Beahm, Beahm · 278 pages
Contains hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the life and work of popular novelist Stephen King.
The End of the Third Age: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four
J.R.R. Tolkien · 176 pages
The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses
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The End of Harry Potter?
David Langford · 208 pages
Examines mysteries raised by J. K. Rowling's first six Harry Potter novels, speculating on how they will be solved in the seventh; covers such topics as whether Albus Dumbledore is really dead, whose side Severus Snape is really on, and whether Harry bears a part of the Dark Lord's soul in his scar.
The Catcher in the Rye - Barron's Book Notes
Barron's · 90 pages
The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason
George A. Dunn, Nicolas Michaud · 320 pages
Examines the key characters, plot lines, and themes of the series while applying the perspectives of Charles Darwin, Thomas Hobbes, and Plato.