For generations, J.R.R. Tolkien's words have brought to thrilling life a world of hobbits, magic, and historic myth, woken from its foggy slumber within our minds. Here, he tells the tales is his own voice.Of historic note, these selections from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are based on a ta[...]
THE BOOKS THAT INSPIRED THE EPIC MOTION PICTURES
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
THE HOBBIT
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE TWO TOWERS
THE RETURN OF THE KING
(c) New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and the names of the ch[...]
J.R.R. Tolkien, in this extraordinary, historically important recording, leads listeners with prose, poems, and songs into the fantastic world of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.This audio is based on a tape that Tolkien made for his friends in August 1952. He had been working on The Lord [...]
'...If you wanted to go on from the end of The Hobbit I think the ring would be your inevitable choice as the link. If then you wanted a large tale, the Ring would at once acquire a capital letter; and the Dark Lord would immediately appear. As he did, unasked, on the hearth at Bag End as soon as I [...]
A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world's most famous storytellers. 'It is not possible even at great length to "pot" The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and every part has been written many times...the labour has b[...]
The official Tolkien calendar, containing new artwork for The Hobbit
The Official Tolkien Calendar for 2015 features 12 paintings by the artist Mary Fairburn. These paintings were championed by Tolkien for an illustrated edition of The Lord of the Rings in the 1960s, and this is the the first time they have all been published.[...]
Celebrate every day of 2015 with this gorgeous full-color official Tolkien wall calendar that captures the excitement of J. R. R. Tolkien's beloved classic The Lord of the Rings.Illustrated by some of the most renowned Tolkien artists, the Tolkien Calendar has been an annual tradition for fans world[...]
Stories, poems, and commentaries by the author of "The Hobbit" and The Lord of the Rings
FARMER GILES OF HAM
An imaginative history of the distant and marvelous past that introduces the rather unheroic Farmer Giles, whose efforts to capture a somewhat untrustworthy dragon will delight reade[...]
Tolkien Fantasy Tales, 4 Volumes
Including The Tolkien Reader, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight[...]
This is the book on all of Tolkien's invented languages, spoken by hobbits, elves, and men of Middle-earth -- a dicitonary of fourteen languages, an English-Elvish glossary, all the runes and alphabets, and material on Tolkien the linguist.[...]
Author Bradley Birzer offers a full and accessible treatment of Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology in Tolkien's trilogy the "Lord of the Rings, examining its religious symbolism and significance.[...]
The History of Middle-earth 5
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
INKLINGS OF GREATNESS . . .
J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings. It is hardly surprising that, at one point, these talented gentlemen [...]
Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capst[...]
A great modern classic and the prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's l[...]
A great modern classic and the prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's l[...]
The Silmarillion tells of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World, when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle Earth, and the High Elves made war upon them for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. It is to this ancient drama that the cha[...]
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.[...]
Kuninkaan paluu: osa 1/2
Taru Sormusten Herrasta on kaikenikäisten klassikko, tulvillaan seikkailua, jännitystä ja huumoria. Tolkienin eepos sijoittuu omaan maailmaansa Taru sormusten herrasta. Kuninkaan paluu osa 1/2.
Keski-Maahan ja sen romanttiseen muinaisuuteen, jol[...]
Kuninkaan paluu : osa 2/2
Taru sormusten herrasta. Kuninkaan paluu osa 2/2.
Taru Sormusten Herrasta on kaikenikäisten klassikko, tulvillaan seikkailua, jännitystä ja huumoria. Tolkienin eepos sijoittuu omaan maailmaansa Keski-Maahan ja sen romanttiseen muinaisuuteen,[...]
Taru Sormusten Herrasta on kaikenikäisten klassikko, tulvillaan seikkailua, jännitystä ja huumoria. Tolkienin eepos sijoittuu omaan maailmaansa Keski-Maahan ja sen romanttiseen muinaisuuteen, jolloin maata asuttivat uljaat haltijat, pelottomat ihmiset, sitkeät kääpiöt - ja hobitit.Hobitit ova[...]
This is the prelude to "The Lord of the Rings". Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep to take him on an adventure.[...]
For generations, J R R Tolkien's words have brought to thrilling life a world of hobbits, magic, and historic myth, woken from its foggy slumber within our minds. Here, he tells the tales in his own voice.[...]