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Day David Heroes of Tolkien
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In J. R. R Tolkiens Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, Middle-earth endured cataclysmic wars and critical battles, causing great men, women and mystical creatures to arise, influence and shape the course of its history. Here in this book, Tolkien expert David Day examines the complexities surrounding Tolkiens portrayal of good and evil, and analyses Middle-earths most celebrated heroes and the literary, historical and mythological sources that inspired their creation.
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Aficionados of supernatural fiction will take perverse pleasure in the hair-raising horrors recounted in these outstanding examples of the genre. Featuring a gallery of ghostly characters, forbidding landscapes, gloomy country manors, and occult occurrences, this spine-tingling collection features works by such masters of the macabre as Bram Stoker (the creator of Dracula), J. S. LeFanu, Ambrose Bierce, and M. R. James. The ten classics included in this volume are: The Monkeys Paw by W. W. Jacobs, E. G. Swains Bone to His Bone, The Rose Garden by M. R. James, Dickenss To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt, LeFanus Dickon the Devil, Stokers The Judges Salt, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwardss The Phantom Coach, A Ghost Story by Jerome K. Jerome, and E. F. Bensons The Confession of Charles Linkworth.
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A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: M a r y - J o r d a n - d i d - n o t - d i e - n a t u r a l l y. And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordans enemies are still ready to kill.
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HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. `Completely immersive Guardian `When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. From the fertile south, where heat breeds conspiracy, to the vast and savage eastern lands, all the way to the frozen north, kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars, lords and honest men . . . all will play the Game of Thrones.