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Hey, are you looking for this book? The Silmarillion, Vol. 3   Audio, Cassette   – Abridged, Audiobook 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 characters in  The Lord of the Rings  so often look back to. The Elf-Man Túrin Turambar, the last of the great heroes born of man but fostered by the Grey-elves of Mithrim, was fair and strong and marked by sorrow. A dragon-slayer, he was also a curse unto his kin, treacherous to foes, faithless to friends, and husband of his sister. During Túrin's time and long past, Ulmo, King of the Sea, came to Valinor out of the deep waters, and spoke of the need of the Elves and the overpowering might of Morgoth. And the War of Wrath began. At its end the Silmarils found their homes: One
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Hey, are you looking for this book? Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil   (French)   Mass Market Paperback   – September 21, 2001 Au milieu des années cinquante, un professeur d'Oxford à l'imagination inépuisable créait une épopée fabuleuse qui allait devenir l'objet d'un culte jaloux pour toute une génération de lycéens anglais avant de conquérir le monde entier. aujourd'hui, les lecteurs du "Seigneur des anneaux", se comptent par millions, mais ces adeptes des "Hobbits" et de leur pays des merveilles continuent à se comporter comme une secte fantastique, J.R.R. Tolkien publia "Bilbo le Hobbit", sésame de l'œuvre, en 1937 et, plus tard, des récits comme "Les aventures de Tom Bombadil", le joyeux drille, qui prolongent l'enchantement sur le rythme des comptes enfantines. L'œuvre complète de J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) figure au catalogue de Pocket.
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Hey, are you looking book "The History of Middle-earth: Part 2 - the Lord of the Rings (Pt. 2)"? A new one-volume edition of the four books which comprise The History of The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien is famous the world over for his unique literary creation, exemplified in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. What is less well known, however, is that he also produced a vast amount of further material that greatly expands upon the stories that were published, and which herein gives added life to the tales of the hobbits, Gandalf and the quest of the Fellowship as told in The Lord of the Rings. It was to this enormous task of literary construction that Tolkien's youngest son and literary heir, Christopher, applied himself to produce the monumental and endlessly fascinating series of twelve books, The History of Middle-earth. This brand new hardback edition brings together volumes VI - IX of The History of Middle-earth - The Return of the Sh
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Pearl; [and] Sir Orfeo   Mass Market Paperback   – December 12, 1979 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation.
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World   Paperback   – May 28, 2002 The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the  New York Times  bestselling author of  How to Change Your Mind ,  Cooked  and  The Omnivore’s Dilemma,  one of the most trusted food experts in America Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In   The Botany of Desire,  Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited fro
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us   Kindle Edition NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Atlantic • The Huffington Post • Men’s Journal • MSN  (U.K.) •  Kirkus Reviews • Publishers Weekly #1  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER •  WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR WRITING AND LITERATURE Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese and seventy pounds of sugar. Every day, we ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt, double the recommended amount, almost none of which comes from the shakers on our table. It comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1 trillion in annual sales. In  Salt Sugar Fat,  Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we ended up here. Featuring examples from Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Frito-Lay, Nestlé, Oreos, Capri Sun, and many more, Moss’s explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, eye-opening research. He takes us into labs where scientists calculate the “bl
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Wicked Cravings (The Phoenix Pack Series Book 2)   Kindle Edition For years, wolf shifter Jaime Farrow has harbored a not-so-secret crush on gorgeous Dante Garcea. But the time has come for Jaime to face facts: despite her best efforts, Dante just isn’t interested. And that’s probably for the best. The last thing Jaime needs is for anyone—particularly Dante—to find out about her little “problem.” The one that haunts her past and threatens to destroy her and everyone she loves… As the pack Beta, workaholic Dante Garcea doesn’t have time for distractions—especially the kind promised by Jaime Farrow. It’s all he can do to keep her at arm’s length and his desire at bay. Yet when her flirtations abruptly end, Dante becomes suspicious. She’s hiding something, something big, and unless he can convince her to trust him, their entire pack could be in danger. He knows hot-headed Jaime will resist him…but Dante never takes no for an answer. This book contains explicit content and