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Keepers of the Maser: Lost Village (Keepers of the Maser)
Frezzato Manufacturer: Heavy Metal Magazine ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1932413359 |
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The Lost Village (Keepers of the Maser 6) (Keepers of the Maser, 6)
ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Comic ASIN: B000E0K8K8 |
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Heavy Metal Graphics: Tashi Bharucha Includes the Diary of Tzynn Saya
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The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Revised Edition)
Karen Wynn Fonstad Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0618126996 |
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The publishing world is full of Tolkien spinoff products, some trivial and ephemeral--but some, like this thoroughly researched atlas, are genuinely classy. Karen Wynn Fonstad is a qualified geographer and cartographer who first mapped Middle-Earth in 1981 and has since added much new detail based on those endless volumes of drafts, abandoned passages, alternative versions, and laundry lists published since Tolkien's death. She fills in gaps and details in the familiar Third Age maps from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, goes back in time to map Middle-Earth's First and Second Ages, and reconstructs the route and timescale of every important journey in the stories. There are local maps of key places like the Mines of Moria, Lothlorien, Isengard, Minas Tirth, the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and the volcanic Mount Doom. War maps cover the saga's notable battles, up to the hopeless last stand at Mordor gate and the tiny later skirmish known in Shire records as the Battle of Bywater. Thematic maps show Middle-Earth's distribution of climate, geological features, vegetation, people, and (most importantly to Tolkien) languages.... It's all done tremendously seriously and would make a fine gift for enthusiastic Tolkien fans, except that they'll have bought it already. --David Langford, Amazon.co.ukBook Description
Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitive guide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, including the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Authentic and updated -- nearly one third of the maps are new, and the text is fully revised -- the atlas illuminates the enchanted world created in THE SILMARILLION, THE HOBBIT, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Hundreds of two-color maps and diagrams survey the journeys of the principal characters day by day -- including all the battles and key locations of the First, Second, and Third Ages. Plans and descriptions of castles, buildings, and distinctive landforms are given, along with thematic maps describing the climate, vegetation, languages, and population distribution of Middle-earth throughout its history. An extensive appendix and an index help readers correlate the maps with Tolkien's novels.Customer Reviews:
Very interesting.......2007-06-02
Middle-earth not received.......2007-05-22
Close, but no bananas.......2007-05-13
AMAZING book!!!.......2007-03-28
Perfect Gift for a Tolkin-ite.......2007-02-08
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The State of the Middle East: An Atlas of Conflict and Resolution
Dan Smith Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0520248686 |
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A valuable tool for understanding the Middle East and global politics, this innovative and information-packed volume combines clear, analytical text with full-color maps and graphics to provide a comprehensive and accessible guide to the region today. As Western powers attempt to redraw the map of the region, Dan Smith uses his forensic skills to unravel this arena of confrontation and instability. With customarily acute analysis, he highlights key issues and maps their global implications to explain why the Middle East has become, and will remain, the focal point for international relations. Smith includes historical maps that show the making of the contemporary region as we recognize it today, as well as an original risk assessment that gauges the future of the Middle East and its implications for the world at large.Customer Reviews:
real, really, really good for buy.......2007-03-12
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Atlas of Middle-earth
Karen Wynn Fonstad Manufacturer: Easton Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0739422006 |
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Includes many two-color maps and diagrams. A guide to the geography of Tolkien's Middle-Earth series. This edition is fully revised and updated, nearly one third of the map are new.Customer Reviews:
The perfect complement for the avid Tolkien reader.......2007-03-04
This is an Essential Guide to the LOTR world of Middle Earth.......2006-02-16
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Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings
Michael W. Perry Manufacturer: Inkling Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1587420198 |
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Here is the book that Tolkien fans have needed for half a century--a detailed, book-length chronology of J. R. R. Tolkien's complex tale. Whether you are a serious Tolkien fan or simply someone who enjoys reading the story over and over again, this is the book for you. It's the first totally new reference for The Lord of the Rings since the 1970s.Beginning over 1400 years before the major events in Tolkien's epic, it describes, year-by-year, the amazing and imaginative background history that Tolkien created for his masterpiece. Then for the main narrative, it becomes a day-by-day reference, describing what each character does on that day and all the places where those events are described in Tolkien's writings. You can find out, for instance, what Merry and Pippin are doing as Sam perpares rabbit stew on the morning of March 7.
Probe deeper into Tolkien. See why someone as serious as Gandalf was interested in fun-loving Hobbits. Discover an exciting new plot, based on Tolkien's notes, that begins when Aragorn captures Gollum. Follow along as the Black Riders and Gandalf race for the Shire. Decide for yourself whether Sauron and the Ring have any ties to Hitler and Stalin. Explore what Tolkien believed about nature and technology.
A few facts illustrate how helpful this chronology is. Most of narrative is a deliberately confusing sea of next days and third days that leave readers as confused as the tale's main characters.The middle 60 percent of The Lord of the Rings gives the current date only once. In the narrative as a whole, the date is given only 23 times, or once for every 43 pages, and most of those come when the plot is moving slowly. That's why those who want to dig deeper and understand better what Tolkien was saying will find this book a must-have.
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Excellent Resource.......2006-12-10
Knits up the ravels.......2004-10-31
A Radiograph of LotR........2003-12-27
The book also contains copious notes inline with the chronology. These vary from informative to tangential, but at worst do not detract from the book's primary function. Mr. Perry is perhaps foremost as Lewis scholar, and so C.S. Lewis, a close acquaintance and friend of Tolkein, makes a number of appearances. Also making appearances in the notes are William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill.
All in all, a unique book which will save anyone who wants to do an in depth study of LotR a lot of time.
Splendid Tolkien Reference Work.......2003-12-21
In addition to chronology, Perry supplies a lot of background information about Tolkien's themes and sources, as well as biographical tidbits about Tolkien. For example, there are fascinating discussions of Tolkien's views of technology, freedom, and totalitarianism. Perry also discusses Tolkien's stance toward the misuse of Germanic myths by the Nazis.
This is a great resource for Tolkien-lovers everywhere.
a giant mass of undifferentiated trivia.......2003-12-21
But alas, the book does not stop there. The entries are written as bullet lists like a PowerPoint presentation, and many add pointless little flowcharts such as two-generation family trees. They reduce Tolkien's magnificently complex subcreation into a giant mass of undifferentiated trivia. And each yearly or daily entry comes with its commentary, whether directly relevant, side points, broader considerations, or dogmatic essays in applicability. The unrelieved banality and inappropriateness of these must be read to be believed; as also the author's clumsy, grammatically inept style, and his smug superiority to the characters. (He frequently criticizes the good guys' "blunders," all of them more complex than he implies.)
There's actually some good chronological analysis and speculation hiding in here. But how can someone who knows his Tolkien that well say that the wizards were Valar, or that Rohan gave Isengard to Saruman (it wasn't theirs to give, and Saruman was made its warden, not a freeholder), that Boromir and Faramir had a sibling rivalry (Tolkien specifically says not), or suggest that Galadriel should have sent daily eagles to check up on the Fellowship?
These are not isolated examples: the bloopers and misconceived ideas go on and on. The whole book is like that: it has the soul of a PowerPoint presentation. I can't recommend it on any terms.
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An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs
Ewan Anderson Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0415455154 |
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The Atlas of Middle-Earth: Revised Edition
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HY4J88 |
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The Atlas of Tolkien's Middle-earth
Karen Wynn Fonstad Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 026110277X |
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Camb Atlas Mid East & North Africa
Gerald Blake , John Dewdney , and Jonathan Mitchell Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0521375983 |
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This new Cambridge Atlas is designed as an up-to-date reference source on the whole contemporary Middle East, from Iran to North Africa, with an emphasis on economic and social developments. In 60 pages of two-colour maps, each accompanied by a page of commentary and supplementary figures, the Atlas presents detailed information on the Middle East essential to the international business, political and journalistic community and to a wide range of students and specialists. The Atlas represents the first new map coverage of all these themes for some years and is one of the most accessible reference tools on the region.
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Northwestern Middle-Earth Gazetteer (Middle Earth Campaign Atlas)
Manufacturer: ICE ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1558061711 |
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Trigger & Friends
James H. Schmitz Manufacturer: Baen ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0671319663 |
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IF BUREAUCRACIES HAD STARSHIPSCon games. Corrupt governors. Deadly rivalries between departments of the same government. And, of course, the long arm of the Mob. Even in our future among the stars, some things never change -- except that the governors run (and ruin) planets, the rivalries are fought with spacecraft and energy bolts, and the mobsters smuggle real illegal aliens and make their getaways with subspace portals. It's all just another day in that bastion of galactic peace and democracy, the Federation of the Hub --
-- and somebody has to clean up this mess!
Join secret agent Trigger Argee, scout adventurer Heslet Quillan and Holati Tate, master of intrigue, as they battle the criminal element on its own interstellar turf...and make the future a little safer for the rest of us.
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Hang onto your hats!.......2007-03-10
Interstellar Action & Intrigue.......2001-08-11
Agents of the Hub.......2001-04-10
Welcome Back to a Friend.......2001-01-09
I had promised myself ONE STORY PER DAY, but I could not put this book down. This is the third of four collections featuring the stories of James Schmitz which are edited by Eric Flint -- this one co-edited with Guy Gordon. In this book you will find Trigger and Holati facing off the top eschelon of government. You'll find Quillan, well named "Bad News", getting some bad news of his own. You'll find Professor Mantelish giving one interview too many. All have the flow of a good story -- one that feels like reality and moves at a fast clip.
Fortunately, I can go back to my story-a-day promise. With this book and in these stories, there is always more to discover.
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The Adventures of Wrinkle Puss Ralph and Friends
Trigger Dane Manufacturer: AuthorHouse ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1420813935 |
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The Adventures of Wrinkle Puss Ralph and Friends comprises two bouncy and whimsical stories for youngsters with a rogue's gallery that rivals the seven dwarves.... Youngsters will be delighted by these brief, imaginative situations and the way the author resolves them in learning about basic ethics and the importance of love...
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The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries
Manfred Clauss Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0415929784 |
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The Mithras cult first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, it spread to the frontiers of the Western empire. Energetically suppressed by the early Christians, who frequently constructed their churches over the caves in which Mithraic rituals took place, the cult was extinct by the end of the fourth century. Since its publication in Germany, Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable and readable account of this fascinating subject. For the English edition, Clauss has updated the book to reflect recent research and new archaeological discoveries.
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Mithras - why everyone should know him.......2007-04-25
Difficult.......2007-01-04
Best on the subject - without a doubt........2006-04-15
An excellent overview.......2004-01-09
The entire data base was published in the early 20th century by Franz Cumont. (An English language version of his conclusions is still available). He believed Mithras to be an importation of the ancient Persian deity Mitra, doubtless influenced by descriptions of Mithras as Persian. His work remained standard until the 1970's. Since then many theories have been published -- those of David Ulansey perhaps have attracted much attention.
This book by Manfred Clauss is a careful piece of scholarship, that will be of great use to the newcomer to Mithras studies. He believes the cult was invented in Rome itself, and points out that the 3 earliest inscriptions and the first literary mention, all ca. AD90, are indisputably by people with close links to the city of Rome. The story is taken through various aspects of the cult, as illustrated from the monuments and whatever literary information is available. Parallels with Christian practise are mentioned, but Clauss dismisses the idea of influence in either direction, preferring to point out the shared heritage of oriental religion in classical times. He highlights the close relation of Mithraism with other mystery religions, and rightly is sceptical about the idea that Mithraism always involved believing the same things. Regional and temporal variants are documented.
In short, no better introduction to the subject could be devised. Richard Gordon's translation is excellent -- no hint of another language underlying it comes through --, and his choice of translations for ancient texts likewise.
The only thing that I missed was a list of all the ancient literary sources, or indication of where to find these. The illustrations are far better chosen than those of Cumont. In short, the book is a gem.
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THE ROMAN CULT OF MITHRAS : THE GOD AND HIS MYSTERIES
Manfred Clauss Manufacturer: Routledge & Kegan Paul ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NXFMX4 |
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