J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
By: Humphrey Carpenter
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in Septembe…
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1. Leaf by Niggle
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.26
Format: 22 pages, ebook
Leaf by Niggle is a short story about a painter who is working on a picture leaf by leaf. Niggle, t… read more
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"Feeria è meglio della sensazione che non ci sia niente al di là dell'usato mondo di tutti i giorni"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle
"He was going to learn about sheep, and the high pasturages, and look at a wider sky, and walk ever further and further towards the Mountains, always uphill. Beyond that I cannot guess what became of …"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle
2. The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Robert Foster
3.78
Format: 479 pages, Hardcover
Now in a gorgeous new hardcover format with a four-color map of Middle-earth, this is the completel… read more
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3. Smith of Wootton Major
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Verlyn Flieger
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Unknown Binding
This collection includes two of Tolkien's best fairy stories. The world of Faery is the setting for… read more
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4. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more
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5. The Children of Húrin
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Alan Lee
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
The Children of Hurin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The… read more
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6. The Tolkien Reader
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Peter S. Beagle
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
An invitation to Tolkien's world. This rich treasury includes Tolkien's most beloved short fiction … read more
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7. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
By: Humphrey Carpenter
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in Septembe… read more
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- memoir
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- literature
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
8. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
9. The Atlas of Middle-Earth
By: Karen Wynn Fonstad
3.04
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien… read more
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10. The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology
By: Tom Shippey
3.91
Format: 631 pages, Paperback
Shippey's classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity and the sour… read more
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11. The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
The Book of Lost Tales 1 xxi, 345pp. THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the enti… read more
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12. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth
By: John Garth
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Revealing the horror and heroism the creator of Middle-earth experienced as a young man, Tolkien an… read more
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13. Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
This volume is a provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.… read more
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14. On Fairy-Stories
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
3.88
Format: 383 pages,
J.R.R. Tolkien's . read more
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15. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
By: Tom Shippey
3.99
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
Recent polls have consistently declared that J.R.R. Tolkien is "the most influential author of the … read more
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16. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
By: Corey Olsen
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The Hobbitis one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the twentieth century. In December… read more
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17. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
By: Humphrey Carpenter , J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
'...If you wanted to go on from the end of The Hobbit I think the ring would be your inevitable cho… read more
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18. Tales from the Perilous Realm
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Tom Shippey , Alan Lee
3.00
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by N… read more
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19. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
By: Claudia Clark
4.28
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more
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"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel
20. Beren and Lúthien
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.04
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmaril… read more
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"And then he turned, and did not weep: too dark his heart, the wound too deep."-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"Thou smellest of dog, and what news of good came ever to a cat from a fairy that had had dealings with the dogs?"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"Rivers of fire at dead of night in winter lying cold and white upon the plain burst forth, and high the red was mirrored in the sky."-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"The slow time passed. Then in the gloom two eyes there glowed. He saw his doom, Beren, silent, as his bonds he strained beyond mortal might enchained. Lo! sudden there was rending sound of chains tha…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
21. The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth o… read more
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"Glory dwelt in that city of Gondolin of the Seven Names, and its ruin was the most dread of all the sacks of cities upon the face of Earth."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
"There long he sojourned alone and roamed about the shore or fared over the rocks at the ebb, marvelling at the pools and the great weeds, the dripping caverns and the strange sea-fowl that he saw and…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
"If I chose to send thee, Tour son of Hour, them believe not that thy one sword is not worth the sending. For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marveling that…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-Earth Universe)
