J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth, Paperback

Available again after being long out of print, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a signif...

Reducere. One of Tolkien's great appeals to readers is that he offers a world replete with meaning at every level. To read and reread Tolkien is to share his...

Best-selling Tolkien expert Brian Sibley (The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy and The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide) pr...

DescriptionAs a scholar of medieval languages and literature, J.R.R. Tolkien brought to his fiction an intense interest in myth and legend. When he...

Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with post...

Reducere. A journey in search of Middle-earthIn 1911, at the age of nineteen, J. R. R. Tolkien embarked on an adventurous journey through the Swiss Alps; wit...

Reducere. Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity, Paperback

Reducere. The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspira...

Reducere. J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings has long been acknowledged as the gold standard for fantasy fiction, and the recent Oscar-winning movie trilog...

Reducere. Fantasy may be a nice entertainment. But not only: fantasy can convey the deepest questions of human heart, including religious and theological one...

Reducere. Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitive guide to the geogr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hl FourieThe Writing of Middle Earth will introduce you to the fascinating Hobbit and dwarfish runes and to the mysterious ...

The concluding volume of The History of Middle-earth series, which examines the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings.

The fourth volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

Reducere. An Arabic proverb says, "Before you shoot the arrow truth, dip in in honey." The works of JRR Tolkien are unique in English Literature, as they are...

* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture * Acclaimed as `the best book about Tolkien', this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime...

Reducere. The definitive history of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuri...

Reducere. The surprising and illuminating look at how Tolkien's love of science and natural history shaped the creation of his Middle Earth, from its flora a...

Reducere. Time was plunging forward, like dolphins scissoring open water or like me, following Jenny's flippers down to see the coral reef, where the color o...

Reducere. Christianity presents a glorious vision of culture, a vision overflowing with truth, beauty, and goodness. It's a vision that stands in stark confl...

An exploration of Tolkien's influences by renowned expert John Garth.Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers LtdAuthor(s): John GarthIllustration(s):...

Reducere. Readers have repeatedly called The Lord of the Rings the most important book of our age--absorbing all 1, 500 of its pages with an almost fanatical...

Reducere. Enchanted with Elvish? This is Neo-Sindarin, the language as it has flourished on the Internet using Tolkien's creation as a roadmap. This book fun...

Reducere. Description* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture *Acclaimed as "the best book about J.R.R. Tolkien" (A. N. Wilson), this award-winning biography e...

First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read an...

Reducere. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spid...

More than six years after the previous edition of this book was published, the Middle East is substantially changed. This thoroughly revised and up...

Reducere. In this constructive monograph, Pentecostal theologian Chris Green offers an alternative to the standard Evangelical models of Scripture and script...

DescriptionIn this experimental and critically constructive monograph, Pentecostal theologian Chris Green offers an alternative to the standard Eva...

Reducere. Understanding Earth leads the way by fully integrating the study of climate science into the core introductory geology curriculum.

DescriptionAimed at undergraduate-level courses, this brand-new textbook provides an overview of Middle Eastern politics, offering in-depth examina...

Reducere. A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each bookHelp your student form a solid under...

A companion volume to the third edition of the author's popular Middle Egyptian, this book contains eight literary works from the Middle Kingdom, t...

Reducere. INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGESThe Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth CenturyIn this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor ...

Reducere. Whenever we today in this 21st Century read about heaven and earth in the Scriptures we need to be careful as to exactly what is being referred to....

Reducere. Now revised and expanded, this edition of the splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages contains more than 30 percent new material.

An engaging popular history of the magically enchanting early-English civilization on which Tolkien based his world of The Lord of the Rings.Publis...

DescriptionRavenna has eight World Heritages sites--churches, baptisteries, chapels and monuments dating from the fifth and sixth centuries AD whic...

Reducere. Many students learn about the Middle East through a sprinkling of information and generalizations deriving largely from media treatments of current...

Global Environmental Politics provides a comprehensive introduction to the key concepts, theories, methods, and debates in environmental politics. ...

DescriptionParis in the Middle Ages was home to royalty, mountebanks, Knights Templar, merchants, prostitutes, and canons. Bursting outward from th...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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Reducere. Not the same as other Famous Men reprints - This one is better 190+ illustrations to go with the stories, five new chapters added by historian Rob ...

"Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." -Washington Post Book World The A...

Reducere. "I love music" (J.R.R. Tolkien)Music plays a crucial role in Tolkien's mythology, and his tales contain many songs as well as mentions of musicians...

This book explores how Tolkien's utopian and dystopian themes inspire and remain relevant to modern readers. It examines how Tolkien's malevolent s...

This book is for everyone interested in who we are and where we came from. Accessibly written, it presents the evidence from which the complex and ...