J. R. R Tolkien
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. He becomes a thief for a band of dwarves and soon finds himself in the midst of a war with the evil goblins and wargs, and is forced to make a decision between the call of duty and the pull of the simple life.
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Lord of the rings volume 1
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English
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Begin your journey into Middle-earth...
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Sauron, the Dark
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Lord of the rings volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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"The second volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, now featuring film art on the cover. Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force....
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Series
Lord of the rings volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 29
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English
Description
After discovering the true nature of the One Ring, Bilbo Baggins entrusts it to the care of his young cousin, Frodo, who is charged with bringing about its destruction and thus foiling the plans of the Dark Lord.
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Lord of the rings volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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As the shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the companions of the ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for...
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Series
History of Middle-earth volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Description
Includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Also includes commentary and poems associated with each tale.
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History of Middle-earth volume 10
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1993-
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English
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Evil Morgoth rules over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, opposes him. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin. Guided unseen by Ulmo, Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin. The story -- only ninety-five pages...
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History of Middle-earth volume 11
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
12) The Silmarillion
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 21
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English
Description
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
Description
Tolkien's version of the great legend of Northern antiquity. In the first part, we follow the adventures of Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir, and his betrothal to the Valkyrie Brynhild. In the second, the tragedy mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún.
17) The nature of Middle-earth: late writings on the lands, inhabitants, and metaphysics of Middle-earth
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
In this fiftieth anniversary edition of the Tolkien classic, Farmer Giles, his mare, and his talking dog go into the valley of the Thames to fight the dragon Chrysophylax. Includes the author's previously unpublished notes for a sequel.
19) Bilbo le Hobbit
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Series
Publisher
Librairie générale française
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Français
Description
Par un matin pas tout à fait comme les autres, une visite du vieux magicien Gandalf va changer la vie de Bilbo Baggins... Voici le récit de leur quête à travers la Terre du Milieu. Leur but ? Arracher au dragon Smaug les trésors du Royaume perdu d'Erebor. Mais le chemin est long et semé d'embûches. Bilbo doit affronter trolls, gobelins et araignées géantes. Sans parler de Gollum, dont le précieux anneau détient de terribles pouvoirs. Et...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Published for the first time in one volume, this chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-Earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, adheres to the timeline of "The Tale of Years."