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Kicsiny, összkomfortos odújában, távol a világtól lakik Mr. Baggins, a babok népének tiszteletre méltó tagja. Különös népek a babok, vagyis a hobbitok: apró teremtmények, nem törpék, de nem is egészen emberek. Rikító öltözetben járnak, viszont nem hordanak cipőt; hízásra hajlamosak, ami nem csoda, mert szeretik a békés, eseménytelen hétköznapokat, és mindennél jobban megvetik a kalandot. Mr. Bagginsot mégis utoléri a nagy kaland. Egy napon törpék csapata szállja meg a házát, hogy magukkal vigyék egy kalandos, nagy hadjáratra a sárkány ellen, aki emberemlékezet óta Őrzi a törpék ősi kincsét.

Widely is regarded as a broadcasting classic, the 1981 BBC Radio dramatization of The Lord of the Rings stars Ian Holm, Michael Hordern, Robert Stephens, John Le Mesurier, and Peter Woodthorpe. This box set contains all three parts of the epic tale—The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him the Rings of Power—the means by which he will be able to rule the world. All he lacks in his plan for domination is the Ruling Ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Frodo Baggins. . . Brian Sibley, one of the original dramatists, has written new opening and closing narration for the character of Frodo, played by Ian Holm. This collection also includes a bonus CD featuring Stephen Oliver's complete musical score, and a demo version of "Bilbo's Last Song." 13 CDs. 13 hrs 15 mins.

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war. After the The Lord of the Rings was at last achieved, J R R Tolkien turned his attention once again to 'the Matter of the Elder Days'. The text of the Annals of Aman, the 'Blessed Land' in the far West, is given in full; while in writings hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that Tolkien explored in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending upheaval in the old narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men and Elves, mortals and immortals, ecame of central significance, together with a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda. The second part of this history of the later Silmarillion is concerned with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The Lord of the Rings.

The first of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor for the Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and English association, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol to the lonely Isle where the Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of the geography and cosmology of Tolkien's invented world. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

The final part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. In the first section of Sauron Defeated Christopher Tolkien completes his fascinating study of The Lord of the Rings. Beginning with Sam's rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this section ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children's questions. The second section is an edition of The Notion Club Papers. These mysterious papers, discovered in the early years of the twenty-first century, report the discussions of an Oxford club in the years 1986-7, in which after a number of topics, the centre of interest turns to the legend of Atlantis, the strange communications recevied by other members of the club from the past, and the violent irruption of the legend into the North-west of Europe. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style of the 'black cover' A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.

Kóborló, a kiskutya szörnyű bűnt követ el: megcibálja Artaxerxes, a varázsló nadrágja szárát. Mivel a mágus indulatos szerzet, mérgében játékszerré változtatja a kutyust, aki egyszer csak egy bolt polcán találja magát. Gazdája is hamar akad: egy kisfiú, aki azonban nem vigyáz rá eléggé, és elveszti a tenger partján. Kóborló ezután összeismerkedik egy homoki varázslóval, aki feljuttatja a Holdra. Onnan aztán a tenger mélyén lakók birodalmába kerül, hogy sok kalandot követően újra találkozzon Artaxerxésszel.

In questo secondo romanzo della trilogia di Tolkien, gli amici della Compagniadell'Anello lottano separati. Merry e Pipino sono fatti prigionieri dalleforze del Male, ma riescono a fuggire e trovano soccorso in uno strano mondodi esseri giganteschi, mezzo vegetali e mezzo umani. Aragorn, un enigmaticopersonaggio che si era unito alla Compagnia all'inizio dell'impresa, stringealleanza con i guerrieri di Rohan, un popolo fiero che per secoli ha resistitoall'assalto delle tenebre. Frattanto Frodo e il devoto Sam si imbattono inGollum, un viscido essere che era stato l'antico possessore dell'Anello, e locostringono, recalcitrante, a condurli verso Monte Fato. Ma spaventosecreature li attendono al varco...

Nel terzo romanzo della trilogia di Tolkien, Aragorn e i suoi amici giungono aGondor, relitto dell'antico Regno degli Uomini: il mondo del Bene, in pienadecadenza. Mentre Frodo e Sam riprendono il difficile cammino verso MonteFato, nelle pianure presso la capitale di Gondor si scontrano le forze delBene e del Male. Quando il Male sembra avere il sopravvento, Frodo riesce afar cadere l'Anello nel cratere di Monte Fato. In quel momento l'Occhiomalefico, che ha continuato a fissare il mondo, si chiude e una gran pacescende sulle cose. La Compagnia dell'Anello si riunisce e gli Hobbit ritornanoa casa, incontrando ancora qualche traccia del Male...

The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key characters. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.

A collection of fantasy short stories from the author of LORD OF THE RINGS, which are set in Middle Earth, from the time of the Elder Days to the end of the War of the Ring. Includes stories which feature Gandalf, the Riders of Rohan, the Five Wizards, the Palantiri, the legend of Amroth, and the halycon days of Numenor.

'The Return of the King' is the third part of JRR Tolkien's epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This paperback edition has the classic black cover featuring Tolkien's own design and includes the definitive edition of the text. The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring...JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal. Part of a set of three paperbacks, this popular edition is once again available in its classic black livery designed by Tolkien himself.

For the first time in paperback, a fully illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, with colour plates by the celebrated artist Ted Nasmith -- designed to match the rest of the Tolkien series. J R R Tolkien's SILMARILLION is the core work of the Middle-eart

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister NiAnor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth, and destroy the children of Hurin. Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the First World War, The Children of Hurin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth.But he could not bring it to a final and finished form."

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. At the end of 1937, J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned 'time-travel' story The Lost Road, linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples. Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.

Nechte se okouzlit strhujícím příběhem kouzelného prstenu, který hraje klíčovou roli v boji dobra a zla v dávné Středozemi. Přidejte se ke Společenstvu prstenu, složeného z hobitů, lidí, kouzelníka, elfa i trpaslíka, kteří se vydávají do země Mordoru s jediným cílem - zničit kouzelný prsten a tak porazit moc Sarumana, pána zla. Společně s nimi prožijete mnohá dobrodružství, stanete se svědky nelítostných bitev a navštívíte kouzelné kraje, kde se setkáte s obry, draky a dalšími dobrými i zlými kouzelnými tvory.