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The Collected Poems of J. R. R. Tolkien
World first publication of the collected poems of J.R.R. Tolkien spanning almost seven decades of the author’s life. J.R.R. Tolkien aspired to be a poet in the first instance, and poetry was part of his creative life no less than his prose, his languages, and his art. Although Tolkien’s readers are aware that he wrote poetry, if only from verses in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, its extent is not well known, and its qualities are underappreciated. Within his larger works of fiction, poems help to establish character and place as well as further the story; as individual works, they delight with words and rhyme. They express his love of nature and the seasons, of landscape and music, and of words. They convey his humour and his sense of wonder. The earliest work in this collection, written for his beloved, is dated to 1910, when Tolkien was eighteen. More poems would follow during his years at Oxford, some of them very elaborate and eccentric. Those he composed during the First World War, in which he served in France, tend to be concerned not with trenches and battle, but with life, loss, faith, and friendship, his longing for England, and the wife he left behind. Beginning in 1914, elements of his legendarium, ‘The Silmarillion’, began to appear, and the ‘Matter of Middle-earth’ would inspire much of Tolkien’s verse for the rest of his life. Within The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien almost 250 works are presented across three volumes, including more than 70 that have never before been seen. The poems are deftly woven together with commentary and notes by world-renowned Tolkien scholars Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond, placing them in the context of Tolkien’s life and literary accomplishments and creating a poetical biography that is a unique and revealing celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien.
The History of the Hobbit: Mr Baggins and Return to Bag-End
This revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself. The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their ‘fireside reads’. Together in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff’s lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines – chapter by chapter – why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien’s ever-growing concept of Middle-earth. As well as reproducing the original version of one of the world’s most popular novels – both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings– this book includes extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien’s professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings. Endorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume The History of Middle-earth, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo’s round door for the first time.
The Fall Of Arthur
New York Times bestseller “An incomplete but highly compelling retelling . . . An action-packed, doom-haunted saga, full of vivid natural description.”—New York Times Book ReviewThe Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur, who, even as he stands at the threshold of Mirkwood, is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere’s infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred’s rebels and foreign mercenaries. Powerful, passionate, and filled with vivid imagery, this unfinished poem reveals Tolkien’s gift for storytelling at its brilliant best. Christopher Tolkien, editor, contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work his father applied to bring the poem to a finished form, and investigate the intriguing links between The Fall of Arthur and Tolkien’s Middle-earth.“Compelling in pace, haunted by loss, it lives up to expectations.”—Daily Beast“Erudite and beautiful.” – NPR.org
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 3: Reader’s Guide PART 2
Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien’s life, presenting the most detailed biographical record available.The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.One of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Reader's Guide is an indispensable introduction to J. R. R. Tolkien's life, writings, and art. It includes histories and discussions of his works; analyses of the components of his vast 'Silmarillion' mythology; brief biographies of persons important in his life; accounts of places he knew; essays on topics such as Tolkien's interests and attitudes towards contemporary issues, ideas found in his works, adaptations, and invented languages; and checklists of his published works, his poetry, his pictorial art, and translations of his writings.
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 1: Chronology
Volume 1 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer and who’s who. The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century. One of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Chronology traces J.R.R. Tolkien's progress from his birth in South Africa in 1892, to the battlefields of France and the lecture-halls of Leeds and Oxford, to his success as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, until his death in 1973. It is the most extensive biographical resource about Tolkien ever published. Thousands of details have been drawn from letters, contemporary documents in libraries and archives, and a wide variety of other published and unpublished sources. Assembled together, they form a revealing portrait of Tolkien in all his aspects: the distinguished scholar of Old and Middle English, the capable teacher and administrator, the devoted husband and father, the brilliant creator of Middle-earth.
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Volume 2: Reader’s Guide PART 1
Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien’s life, presenting the most detailed biographical record available.The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.One of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Reader's Guide is an indispensable introduction to J. R. R. Tolkien's life, writings, and art. It includes histories and discussions of his works; analyses of the components of his vast 'Silmarillion' mythology; brief biographies of persons important in his life; accounts of places he knew; essays on topics such as Tolkien's interests and attitudes towards contemporary issues, ideas found in his works, adaptations, and invented languages; and checklists of his published works, his poetry, his pictorial art, and translations of his writings.
Leadership: How to realize Your Leadership Potential (A Guide for Building Better Teams in Free Time)
This book is a toolkit for leaders who are adapting to tomorrow’s energy challenges. Companies no longer view energy as a simple bill. Leading organizations create energy strategies that support long-term goals, leading to higher resource efficiency, lower carbon footprint and improved competitive advantage. Yet energy can seem complex, difficult, or impossible to manage.A raw, confrontational look at the warning signs of toxic leadership, this book dives deep into those indicators that YOU (yes you!) could be contributing to a loss of team morale. With her experience as an executive coach, Deb Calvert challenges readers to lead themselves and acknowledge imperfections and embrace vulnerability to uncover what potential career roadblocks they might have and improve their leadership skills. Maybe you're The Scrambler, rushing from one task to the next in a frenzy but always missing deadlines. Or perhaps you're The Mouse, hanging back and preferring to leave the decision making to someone else.
Leadership: How To Be Cohesive And Effective To Be Successful Leader and Excel in Business (How to Ensure Your Employees Are Happy,Healthy, and Productive)
This is one of the most important skills for being a leader as knowing the emotional requirements of the team members is definitely a good way to help them succeed.It seems as though no one can ever guess what makes a person a leader. Many would point out that leaders are born out of bestowed positions or of the ability to wield influential power. But these only constitute assumptions that can never satisfy the question. Still, some people would allow themselves to be misled towards that route without even realizing that leadership involves more than just having honorifics before one's name or assuming a highly coveted position representative of unyielding power. Anyone can lead, they just need the proper guidance!
Leadership: A Guide To Earning The Trust, Respect And Loyalty Of Those Around You (How to Ensure Young Talent Will Thrive with Your Organization)
Learning the Art of Effective Leadership walks you through the process of learning who you are as a leader and gives you practical steps that you can immediately implement to help bring unity, cohesion, clarity, and a sense of purpose to your team. Without these, your vision for your team will go unfulfilled.Readers will find inspiring stories, chapter summaries, key takeaways, leadership applications, and thought questions with reflective exercises to ensure the material and concepts are reinforced. It is an extremely well-written, comprehensive, well documented, and thorough approach on unleashing a person’s leadership abilities!
How To Think Everyday
A great thinker knows when to stop thinking. A fool doesn't think, and an insane person doesn't stop thinking.Many philosophers have accurately said rightful thinking is the capability of an enlightened and generous mind. We shouldn’t think according to the environment we perceive, but by the mind practice. Most people avoid thinking much, assuming it as a sickness of their minds, but actually it’s not.How to Think Everyday book can advise and assist anyone to approach the following problems:1. Why and How Overthinking isn’t Sickness2. The Concept of Concentration3. How to Make Your Mind Energetic4. Making Day Alive5. Worrying About a Problem6. The Training of MindWe want to give orders to our mind, but commanding it is a tough situation because it's the mind that commands our body. So, in real meaning, we have to restrain the boss who commands it. That's the ironic and laughable situation of controlling the controller.
Self Awareness for Women
If you've always wanted to understand who you are & how you fit into the world but often feel trapped in a self-made mental hell, then keep reading …Are you sick and tired of not feeling more fulfilled, creative, & confident?Have you tried all the self-help books & exercises, but nothing seems to work?Do you finally want to say goodbye to wondering how others see you, repeating the same problematic behaviors, & discover what actually works for you?If so, then you've come to the right place.You see, mastering self-awareness doesn't have to be difficult, even if you've watched every other online video already.In fact, it's easier than you think. You just have to stop repeating the behaviors that don't work!According to research done by the team of organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich, 95% of people THINK they're self-aware, but the actual number is closer to 10 to 15%!The approach most people are using to examine their thoughts, feelings, & motives is probably wrong!Put simply, the old way everyone is approaching self-awareness doesn't work.This means that by following the secrets inside, you can master self-awareness without wasting hours of your precious time & energy.Did you know, it's a common phenomenon for people to believe they are above average in anything? When in reality, the least competent people tend to be the most confident ones.You must avoid the fatal pitfalls of unguided introspection & follow the simple fixes to self-awareness mastery!Here's just a tiny fraction of what you'll discover:Are you self-actualized? The 25-point checklist to find out!The scientifically researched method to clearing your past trauma & conditioning with just one handWhy you are constantly reliving your trauma & how to crush it for goodThe simple, highly effective tool to transform your entire existenceWhy you are REALLY being triggered & the secrets to easily destroy them (that ACTUALLY work!)These 5 secrets to reading ANYONE (& yourself) that you won't believeThe 10 Step insider's system to skyrocket your emotional intelligence from the comfort of your own homeThis easy self-forgiveness trick that dissolves guilt like salt on snowThe scientifically proven secret method for programming self-love, forgiveness, courage, confidence, & moreUnbeatable guided meditations to massively accelerate your self-awareness & lifeA 30-minute, done-for-you, secret formula daily (& nighttime) Ritual to Supercharge Self-AwarenessA treasure-trove of *bonuses*, including a companion video course with over 4.5 hours of empowering content, energy-tapping videos, powerful guided meditations, journals, & so much more.& much, much more…Take a second to imagine how you'll feel once you're able to master self-awareness at alarming speeds.Imagine how your friends, family, & colleagues will react when they experience your superhuman levels of emotional intelligence!You can become as sharp as a detective with the emotional intelligence of a powerful leader by using the secrets inside, even if you have tragically low self-esteem, a scatterbrain, or just seem to be a target for abuse, So, if you have a burning desire to expand your horizons, discover your hidden identity, & command more power over your life, then turn the first page.