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Author
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Pub. Date
2001, c1979
Language
English
Description
Presents illustrated definitions in alphabetical order of all the imaginary beasts, monsters, races, nations, duties, fauna, and flora of the worlds of middle-earth and the Undying Lands. Also includes a map and a chronology of all the ages
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the summer of 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church in Oxford, Charles Dodgson--better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll--dressed the six-year-old Alice Liddell in ragamuffin's clothes, and then snapped the camera's shutter. In The Alice Behind Wonderland, Simon Winchester uses the famous photograph of Alice as the launching pad for an appreciative energetic and penetrating look at the inspiration behind, and the making of, one of the greatest...
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Complementing the British Library exhibit, provides an overview of the Hogwarts curriculum, covering thousands of years of magic history and displaying artifacts released from the Library's archives, previously-unseen materials, and items from throughout the world.
"As the British Library unveils a very special new exhibition in the UK, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, readers everywhere are invited on an enchanting journey through the Hogwarts...
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Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld!The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of nearly 85 million books worldwide (and counting). With 39 books in the canon, not including the various guides, maps,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The definitive Tolkien companion-an indispensable guide to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and more, from the author of The Road to Middle-earth. In a clear and accessible style, Shippey offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy, and to the importance of language in literature. He breaks down The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic feast for the senses and as a response to the human instinct for myth. Elsewhere, he examines The Hobbit's counterintuitive...
14) Tolkien's ring
Author
Publisher
MetroBooks
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Explores the inspiration and sources J.R.R. Tolkien drew upon when he created the image of one all-powerful ring in his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns." --provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Tolkien's complete artwork for "The Lord of the Rings," presented for the first time in celebration of its 60th anniversary, includes more than 180 sketches, drawings, paintings, maps, and plans, more than half of which have not been previously published.
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