The prequel to The Lord of the Rings—The Hobbit—is now a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson br THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIMEbr br While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-...

The Children of Húrin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkiensince the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion. Six thousand yearsbefore the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadowof the Dark Lord Morgoth. The grea...

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that mean...

Frodo Baggins knew the Ringwraiths were searching for him--and the Ring of Power he bore that would enable Sauran to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it was up to Frodo and his faithful servant Sam to carry the Ring to w...

The prequel to The Lord of the Rings—The Hobbit—is now a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson br THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIMEbr br The Fellowship is scattered. Some are bracing hopelessly for war against the a...

From J.R.R. Tolkien's own description for the original edition:'If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (bless...

Tales and legends chronicling the world's beginnings and the happenings of the First Age set the stage for Tolkien's other classic works and focus on the theft of the Elves' jewels by Morgoth, first dark Lord of Middle-earth. Reissue.

This second part of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES includes the tale of Beneren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, Necklace of the Dwarves, and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together...

Two bewitching fantasies by J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of THE HOBBIT. In SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR, Tolkien explores the gift of fantasy, and what it means to the life and character of the man who receives it. And FARMER GILES OF HAM...

An extraordinary discovery is waiting for you on these pages. Mythic lore and forgotten legends unearthed by Christopher Tolkien from his father's archives unveil never-before-told stories of the three ages of ancient Middle-earth.

Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the sla...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angb...

The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure ITHE LORD OF THE RINGSdiv divIOne Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themBRBRIn ancient times the Rings of Power were ...