Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)

Summary: "It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)

Summary: In the second volume of the trilogy, the fellowship has been forced to split up in order to destroy the ring and fight the first battle of the War of the ring.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1990

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)

Summary: 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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2020

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Summary: The Fellowship divides to conquer, as Frodo and Sam, with the help and hindrance of Gollum, continue on their way to Mount Doom. Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith to help defend Gondor, while Merry remains with Eowyn and the other Rohan fighters. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli seek aid from those that live in the Cursed Mountains. All these battles have one ultimate goal in mind: to distract...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2004

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)

Summary: J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dûr and the rise of Sauron. It was...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Company 2022

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)

Summary: The first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One ring. All the members of the fellowship, hobbits, elves and wizards, are plunged into a clash between good and evil.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 1990

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)

Summary: The little hobbit and his trusty companion make a terrible journey to the heart of the land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1990

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