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The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins
John D. Rateliff, J.R.R. Tolkien · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorThe Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull · 935 pages
The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien · 504 pages
The Treason of Isengard is the second volume of The History of The Lord of the Rings and the seventh volume of The History of Middle-earth. The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings started in the earlier volume, The Return of the Shadow. In this book, following the long halt in the darkness of the Mines of Moria with which The Return of the Shadow e
The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien · 497 pages
The Return of the Shadow is the first volume of the The History of The Lord of the Rings and the sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth. It is a history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien's great masterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring. In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned title of the first vol
The Road to Middle-earth
Tom Shippey · 252 pages
"The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded in paperback explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his love of
The Stephen King Universe
Stanley Wiater, Christopher Golden, Hank Wagner · 432 pages
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.
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf · 129 pages
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the m
Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
John Curran · 480 pages
Wicked: The Grimmerie
David Cote, Stephen Schwartz, Joan Marcus, Winnie Holzman · 183 pages
A companion volume to the hit Broadway musical set in Oz recounts the exploits of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the good witch, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the musical and its creation, profiles of cast and crew, anecdotes, and the show's libretto.
The Catcher in the Rye - Barron's Book Notes
Barron's · 90 pages
Winter is Coming: Symbols and Hidden Meanings in A Game of Thrones
Valerie Estelle Frankel · 154 pages
The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide
Thomas Fahy · 87 pages
Harry Potter: Film Wizardry
Brian Sibley · 159 pages
Immerse yourself in the world of the spectacular Harry Potter film series, and learn why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt, where Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts are really "minted," how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors, the inspiration behind Hogwarts castle, and why Dementors move the way they do. Written and designed in collaboration with the cast and crew that brought J.K. Rowling's cele
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles
Gregory Bassham · 288 pages
"The Ultimate Harry Potter: Hogwarts for Muggles, is a fresh and distinctive report on the great ideas in the series. All the authors of these chapters have had the advantage of thinking through their chosen issues, and writing up their conclusions after the entire Potter storyline was complete, and Rowling had even had her say in public about things that never made it into the pages of the offici
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England
Daniel Pool · 416 pages
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Peter Boxall · 960 pages
Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
Corey Olsen · 327 pages
"The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the twentieth century. In December 2012, millions will be introduced or reintroduced to J.R.R. Tolkien's classic with the arrival of the first of two film adaptations by acclaimed director Peter Jackson. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is a fun, thoughtful, and insightful companion volume, designed to bring a thorough and
Jane Austen For Dummies
Joan Elizabeth Klingel Ray · 388 pages
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide
Stephen J. Burn · 144 pages
A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon's Novel
Steven Weisenburger · 412 pages