J. R. R Tolkien
41) The hobbit
Publisher
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1978
Language
English
Description
A long time ago, in Middle Earth, humans shared their days with elves, wizards, goblins, dragons, heroes ... and hobbits. Just minding his own business, Bilbo has a guest, Gandalf, drop in on him. Soon, one by one a whole group of dwarves drop in and Bilbo finds himself joining the quest to reclaim their kingdom from an evil dragon.
Author
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
2007, c2004
Language
English
Description
"From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J.R.R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing or artificial language. By the time of his death, he had established fairly complete descriptions of two languages, the "elvish" tongues Quenya and Sindarin. He was able to compose poetic and prose...
Author
Series
History of Middle-earth volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
As friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis embarked on a challenge. Lewis was to write on space-travel and Tolkien on time-travel. Lewiss novel Out of the Silent Planet became the first book of a science fiction trilogy. Tolkiens unfinished story The Lost Road chronicles the original destruction of Nmenor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth. In this intriguing volume,...
Author
Series
History of Middle-earth volume 7
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Publisher
Warner Brothers Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Through the examination of myth, legend, language and history, an exploration of how the imaginary world of Middle-Earth reflects our own. Includes interviews with the cast, filmmakers, explorers, anthropologists, and archaeologists.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An unlikely hero. A perilous quest. The greatest adventure ever told. In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever. Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power once used by the Dark Lord to enslave Middle-earth. Now darkness is rising, and Frodo must travel deep into the Dark Lord’s realm, to the one place the Ring can be destroyed: Mount Doom. The journey...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Inspired by The HobbitThe Two Towers is the second volume of The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the ring must be destroyed. Meanwhile, at Helm’s Deep and Isengard, the first great battles of the War of the Ring take shape. In this splendid, unabridged audio production of Tolkien’s great work, all the inhabitants of a magical universe— hobbits, elves,...
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 2
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[released 2008], c2008
Language
English
Description
Frodo is led to Orthanc, the citadel of Saruman, and the fortress of Minas Morgul that guards the secret entrance to Mordor. All the while, the Great Darkness draws in.
Author
Series
Lord of the rings volume 1
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Frodo Baggins and his companion Sam Gamgee, set off along the same road down which Bilbo the Hobbit had accompanied Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarves all those years ago. Much danger and many strange encounters await them.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The first chapter in Peter Jackson's new epic trilogy set in Middle Earth 60 years before J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Follow Bilbo Baggins as he's swept into a quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached by the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo joins a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Along the way they face many dangers; Bilbo meets Gollum and takes...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1978
Language
English
Description
When a dangerous and powerful magic ring falls into his hands, a hobbit named Frodo gets caught up in an adventure. The mighty wizard Gandolf and a daring band of elves, dwarfs and warriors defend their enchanted land from the wicked sorcerer who would see it destroyed.