An engaging popular history of the magically enchanting early-English civilization on which Tolkien based his world of The Lord of the Rings.

Discover one of the best cities in the world through the lens of some of the most iconic writers who have ever lived. Literary London follows in the footsteps of those literary icons to prove that - as another famous local writer put it – he who is tired of London is tired of life.

From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Artist of the Beautiful” and Albert Camus’s “The Artist at Work” to Bernard Malamud’s “Rembrandt’s Hat” and Aimee Bender’s “The Color Master,” the tales collected here range from haunting fables about the power of art to vivid portraits of those who create.

A stunning gift edition of A Dictionary of Tolkien - an indispensable guide to the rich, mythical world of Middle-earth and the Undying Lands.

Why should one half be free to live, while the other is doomed to watch silently from the sidelines? In this collection, the author leads us on a transformative journey through the liberating powers of the mind.

One of our most beloved writers reassess the electrifying works of literature that have shaped her lifeI sometimes think I was born reading . . . I can’t remember the time when I didn’t have a book in my hands, my head lost to the world around me.

For the first time available in paperback, this classic anthology provides readers with important literary works composed during the Middle English period (1100-1500) in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The editors provide glosses for all unfamiliar words and obscure phrases and every selection refers to at least one definitive edition where details of recent scholarship can be found. Modern punctuation and capitalization are used throughout and variant spellings are kept to a minimum to avoid...