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Product Description: With The Lord of the Rings books frequently topping lists of people's favorites and his imaginary world becoming one of the most successful and influential franchises of all time, J. R. R. Tolkien remains a leading figure in popular culture and in academia...read more
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9781581826425 | Cumberland House, May 1, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: With The Lord of the Rings books frequently topping lists of people's favorites and his imaginary world becoming one of the most successful and influential franchises of all time, J.
Product Description: This meticulous biography traces Tolkien's life from his boyhood in South Africa to his formative school years in England, his college years at Oxford, and his career as an influential scholar and revolutionary writer. His immensely popular books are discussed in great detail, from their inception as ideas through their publication and remarkable legacy...read more
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9780313039492 | Greenwood Pub Group, April 30, 2003, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: This meticulous biography traces Tolkien's life from his boyhood in South Africa to his formative school years in England, his college years at Oxford, and his career as an influential scholar and revolutionary writer.
9780313323409 | Greenwood Pub Group, April 30, 2003, cover price $43.00 | About this edition: Profiles the life and literary career of J.
Traces the life of the popular author from his childhood in South Africa to his career at Oxford and his success as a writer, and discusses his creation of 'The Lord of the Rings.'
Hardcover:
9780773732872 | Stoddart Pub, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.95
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9780606222389 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $13.41 | About this edition: Traces the life of the popular author from his childhood in South Africa to his career at Oxford and his success as a writer, and discusses his creation of 'The Lord of the Rings.
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9780028642857 | Alpha Books, December 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Explores the life and career of the British fantasy writer, including his childhood, his role a professor at Oxford, his experiences as a soldier in World War II, and his relationship with his publisher.
Product Description: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings took first place in a recent nationwide British poll to find the greatest book of the century. He may be the most popular writer of our age, but Tolkien is often misunderstood. This major new study of his life, his character and his work reveals the facts and confronts the myths...read more
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9780898707113 | Ignatius Pr, February 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: He may be the must popular writer of our age, but Tolkien is often misunderstood.
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9780898708257 | Ignatius Pr, December 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: J.
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9780898794168 | Writers Digest Books, July 1, 1990, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Offers tips and advice on writing science fiction, discussing the rules of fiction, and how to structure a successful story
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9781582971032, titled "How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy" | Writers Digest Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $14.99
An account of the life and work of the Oxford scholar and fantasist relates his personal experiences to the events, creatures, and themes of his books
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9780762409563 | Running Pr Book Pub, July 1, 2001, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: An account of the life and work of the Oxford scholar and fantasist relates his personal experiences to the events, creatures, and themes of his books
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9780618056996 | 1 edition (Mariner Books, June 6, 2000), cover price $16.95
Product Description: This book is an eyewitness biography and cri tique of the gothic romance and horror writer responsible fo r such classics such as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Raven. ' (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780404070267 | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1968), cover price $14.50 | About this edition: Poe slife are the following, of which the first three were inspired by himself and published before his death: I.
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9780877541523 | Chelsea House Pub, July 1, 1980, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
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9780791045381 | Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1997, cover price $38.45 | About this edition: This book is an eyewitness biography and cri tique of the gothic romance and horror writer responsible fo r such classics such as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Raven.
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9781561381128, titled "Biography of J. R. R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-Earth" | Running Pr Book Pub, June 1, 1992, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: An account of the life and work of the Oxford scholar and fantasist relates his personal experiences to the events, creatures, and themes of his books
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9780894710353 | Running Pr Book Pub, February 1, 1978, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: An account of the life and work of the late Oxford scholar and renowned fantasist relates Tolkien's personal experiences to the events, creatures, and themes of his Middle-Earth books
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9780898794427 | Writers Digest Books, February 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Details techniques for writing horror stories, including how to develop a plot, create a 'monster,' and build suspense
Product Description: All that makes Poe's career least defensible his vices, quarrels, desperate straits, attempted suicides, ardent and sometimes simultaneous love-affairs all these afford great resources for the biographer, who has reason to be grateful for a subject who did not dwell in decencies for ever...read more
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9780838310083 | Haskell House Pub Ltd, February 1, 1983, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: All that makes Poe's career least defensible his vices, quarrels, desperate straits, attempted suicides, ardent and sometimes simultaneous love-affairs all these afford great resources for the biographer, who has reason to be grateful for a subject who did not dwell in decencies for ever.
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9780395276280 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1979, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Drawing on unpublished letters and diaries, the author examines the friendship between and the social and literary gatherings of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams who laughingly called themselves the Inklings
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9780448164557 | Grosset & Dunlap, December 1, 1978, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Includes folklore, songs, poems, and recipes of Middle Earth, a collection of articles about Tolkien and his works, a biography, reading list, and directory of national and international Tolkien and fantasy societies and publications.
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9780914294283 | Running Pr Book Pub, August 1, 1976, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: An account of the personal life of the scholarly creator of The Lord of the Ring, linking incidents from the life with aspects of the works
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9780838316924 | Haskell House Pub Ltd, February 1, 1973, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Mary Newton Stanard's limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's letters to Mr.
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