Author : John Crace
Publisher : RDR Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 2005-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571431592
Literary ombudsman John Crace never met an important book he didn't like to deconstruct. From Salman Rushdie to John Grisham, Crace retells the big books in just 500 bitingly satirical words, pointing his pen at the clunky plots, stylistic tics and pretensions of Big Ideas, as he turns publishers' golden dream books into dross.
Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 11,5 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547154114
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas ("Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major," and "Roverandom") and one book of poems ("The Adventures of Tom Bombadil") are gathered together in a fully illustrated set.
Author : Tony Burgess
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1997-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Like 16 medieval B-movies, this collection offers compelling characters and obscure imagery, from insane doctors and supernatural dogs to dead men and a real ninja turtle. Believing that there is a shape that both fact and fiction seek, these intriguing tales are narratives occurring in defiance of the things they harbor.
Author : Fiona Jallings
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 0997432160
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 functions as a friendly introduction to the Neo-Sindarin community. Included is the most current information available to fans. Within explore Neo-Sindarin academics, learn simple linguistic concepts, practice useful phrases while studying grammar, and look at the world through Elven eyes: from how they count on their fingers to how they organize the cosmos. Govano ven! (Join us!)
Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780590623803
Lonely after the Big Bad Wolf ate his brothers, Dr. Smart Pig tries to invent a friend--with surprising results.
Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 44,90 MB
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 054795199X
A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales is a collection of short stories ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan and the journey of the Black Riders during the hunt for the Ring. Unfinished Tales also contains the only surviving story about the long ages of Númenor before its downfall, and all that is known about the Five Wizards sent to Middle-earth as emissaries of the Valar, about the Seeing Stones known as the Palantiri, and about the legend of Amroth.
Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2007-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780007273560
The ultimate collector's gift set, comprising four deluxe slipcased editions of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin, all housed in a sturdy box. With a total value of 280 this special collection represents a saving of 80.
Author : KENNETH. SISAM
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2018
Category :
ISBN : 9781033609750
Author : Kip Wilson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0358447763
A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World War II as she discovers her own voice and sexuality, ultimately finding a family when she gets a job at a gay cabaret, by award-winning author Kip Wilson. On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive customers. Rosa, one of the club’s waitresses and performers, immediately takes Hilde under her wing. As the café denizens slowly embrace Hilde, and she embraces them in turn, she discovers her voice and her own blossoming feelings for Rosa. But Berlin is in turmoil. Between the elections, protests in the streets, worsening antisemitism and anti-homosexual sentiment, and the beginning seeds of unrest in Café Lila itself, Hilde will have to decide what’s best for her future . . . and what it means to love a place on the cusp of war.
Author : Kurt Busiek
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2004-10
Category : Avengers (Fictitious characters)
ISBN : 9781401202071
Superman, Batman, and the other members of the JLA join forces with Captain America, Iron Man, and the many other Avengers to fight a threat so immense it threatens two entire dimensions. Features introductions by Stan Lee and Julie Schwartz as well as a cover gallery by George Pérez and Tom Smith.
