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Author
Publisher
MetroBooks
Pub. Date
2001, c1997
Description
Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations beneath the saga's thrilling surface. Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J. R. R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
©2012
Description
This official tie-in photo guidebook is packed with exclusive photographs and in-depth text offering a sneak peek at the highly anticipated new film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, directed by Peter Jackson. Join the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and the Company of Dwarves on their Quest to recover treasure stolen by the Dragon, Smaug the Magnificent. Leaving the comfort of Bilbo's home they must face many perils before they can claim...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
All shall come to dust and be forgotten... As the sky darkens, the people of Middle-earth prepare for the onslaught of Sauron's evil forces. The offical Visual Companion for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies sees the devastiating conculsion of the Company's quest to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor and the terrible battle that is about to consume the plains of the Lonely Mountain.
Introduced by Sir Iam McKellen, the final Visual Companion in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Design
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles: The Art of War goes behind the lines to explore how thousands of artisans brought the defining film of Peter Jackson's adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit to the screen. More than 1,000 intricate illustrations, stunning photographs and never-before-seen imagery illuminate fascinating insights shared by cast and crew, including exclusive content from the extended edition of the final film....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023, 1937
Description
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
12) The Two Towers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
Description
Frodo and his companions of the ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the ruling ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria, and Boromir, seduced by the power of the ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone...
14) The nature of Middle-earth: late writings on the lands, inhabitants, and metaphysics of Middle-earth
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation....
16) J.R.R. Tolkien
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
J.R.R. Tolkien was a master magician with words. He did not plan on writing books. He was a busy university professor with a wife and four children. More than 70 years have passed since Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and it is still a favorite for readers of all ages.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officers in World War II as well as in his fantasy writing. By creating alternate universes...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
©1991
Description
Find your way through every part of Tolkien's great creation from Middle-Earth to the undying lands of the west. Completely revised, Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-Earth is an indispensable volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the essential guide to the geography of Middle-Earth from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, re-creating the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Authentic and...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"A science historian describes seven famous ancestral fossils that have become known around the world, including the three-foot tall "hobbit" from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba and Lucy, "--NoveList.
"Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. Most of these discoveries live...
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