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  • J. R. R. Tolkien

    Author of the Century

    by Tom Shippey ...
    The definitive critical study of Tolkien’s greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey.Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord of the Rings, the respected academic and world-renowned Tolkien scholar, Professor Tom Shippey, presents us with a fascinating and informed companion to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, in particular focusing ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Road to Middle-earth

    How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology

    by Tom Shippey ...
    A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey.The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a work of timeless charm ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Laughing Shall I Die

    Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings

    by Tom Shippey ...
    In this robust new account of the Vikings, Tom Shippey explores their mindset, and in particular their fascination with scenes of heroic death. The book recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent and the death of Thormod the skald. The most exciting book ... Read more

    $22.19 CAD

  • Ents, Elves, and Eriador

    The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

    by Matthew Dickerson, Jonathan Evans, Tom Shippey ...
    Series series Culture of the Land
    "A fascinating ecocritical evaluation" of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and other works of the master fantasist ( Northeastern Naturalist).The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion are rarely considered to be works of environmental literature or mentioned together with such authors as John Muir, Rachel Carson, or Aldo Leopold. Nonetheless, Tolkien's vision of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Old English Poems

    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    From the riddling song of a bawdy onion that moves between kitchen and bedroom to the thrilling account of Beowulf's battle with a treasure-hoarding dragon, from the heart-rending lament of a lone castaway to the embodied speech of the cross upon which Christ was crucified, from the anxiety of Eve, who carries "a sumptuous secret in her hands / And a tempting truth hidden in her heart," to the ... Read more

    $199.19 CAD

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    J. R. R. Tolkien

    Author of the Century

    by Tom Shippey ...
    Narrated by Colin Mace ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 46 min

    The definitive critical study of Tolkien’s greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey.Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord of the Rings, the respected academic and world-renowned Tolkien scholar, Professor Tom Shippey, presents us with a fascinating and informed companion to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, in particular focusing ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Complete Old English Poems

    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    From the riddling song of a bawdy onion that moves between kitchen and bedroom to the thrilling account of Beowulf's battle with a treasure-hoarding dragon, from the heart-rending lament of a lone castaway to the embodied speech of the cross upon which Christ was crucified, from the anxiety of Eve, who carries "a sumptuous secret in her hands / And a tempting truth hidden in her heart," to the ... Read more

    $155.99 CAD

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    The Monsters and the Critics

    by J. R. R. Tolkien ...
    Narrated by Samuel West ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 49 min

    J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Fellowship

    The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

    by Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski ...
    Narrated by John Curless ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 31 min

    A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis C.S. Lewis is the twentieth century's most widely read Christian writer and J.R.R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades, they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in Lewis's Oxford rooms and a nearby pub. They read ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    A Biography

    by Humphrey Carpenter ...
    Narrated by Roger May ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 31 min

    The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, released for the first time on audio.In more than 40 years since Tolkien’s death in September 1973, millions have read The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books.Born in Bloemfontein in January 1892, John Ronald ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien

    Revised and Expanded edition

    by J. R. R. Tolkien ...
    Narrated by Samuel West, Mike Grady, Chris Smith ...

    Unabridged

    29 hours 2 min

    The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The ... Read more

    $66.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Tolkien and the Great War

    The Threshold of Middle-earth

    by John Garth ...
    Narrated by John Garth ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 25 min

    A new biography exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Lord of The Rings.“To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 … by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.”So J.R.R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War. Tolkien and the Great War ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook