The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth containing the early myths & legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war The Silmarillion At the end of 1937 J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths & heroic legends of Valinor & Middle-earth & began The Lord of the Rings This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time Later forms of The Annals of Valinor & The Annals of Beleriand had been composed The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form & a new Map had been made The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work including those central ideas the World Made Round & the Straight Path into the vanished West Closely associated with this was the abandoned time-travel' story The Lost Road linking the world of Numenor & Middle-earth with the legends of many other times & peoples Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas as essay on the complex languages & dialects of Middle-earth & an etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies ...

Larry Marion&s The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs is a milestone for rock & roll collecting the largest trove of never-before-seen rock photographs ever uncovered reveals the Rolling Stones on their earliest American tours in the 1960s Selected from a rediscovered cache of intimate behind-the-scenes snapshots taken by Bob Bonis-the US tour manager behind the Stones the Beatles & other British Invasion breakthroughs-The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs reveals the casual human side of a young Mick Jagger & Keith Richards when they were merely " England&s Newest Hit Makers" Presented by Larry Marion owner of New York&s Not Fade Away Gallery & curator of the acclaimed exhibit " The British Are Coming The Beatles & The Rolling Stones 1964-66" this one-of-a-kind book gives a priceless window into the off-stage personalities of America&s first bad boy rock band ...

A powerful story of abuse neglectand hope from this well-loved writer When a mysterious fire kills her adoptive parents Madeleine's worst fear comes true
- she & her beloved brother Oliver are separated Worse still Maddie is blamed for starting the fire & labelled a difficult child she is sent to a children's home Far from idyllic & buried deep in the countryside the home well conceals the misery of its young occupants Subjected to a harsh regime of abuse & degradation Maddie makes a brave attempt to escape But her brief weeks of freedom are thwarted when she is caught & taken back to River House Maddie clings to her determination to one day be reunited with Oli & it is this which gives her the strength to endure what lies ahead For she knows she can rely only on herself
- there is no one else to keep her safe

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I've lost my marbles When fourteen year-old Angie hears these simple words uttered from her aging grandfather's lips she has no idea that it will send her on a journey into a hidden world of magic born from childhood imagination
- one that bonds each & every one of us to our own unique spark a special talisman with wondrous powers Like many over the years Angie forgot about her spark as her mind grew cluttered with the challenges of life the stresses of school & the tragic loss of her mother Now Angie will need all her strength & courage as she rediscovers this world & the secret danger whispering in the shadows Her grandfather was wrong He didn't lose his marbles They were stolen from him! & if Angie isn't careful she could be next! An adventurous tale of wonder The Lost Spark celebrates the magic of childhood
- the fantasy of imagination the darkness of the unknown & the beauty of friendship that knows no bounds Prepare to enter a world both familiar & new & one that you'll never want to leave

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The Lost Stories is the eleventh thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series
- over eight million sold worldwide
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Polly & her new ghostly friends William Rex & Magnus wake Li-Mei the Chinese porcelain Fu Dog from the Red Drawing Room The little Pekinese tells them her adventures with Sarah Penhallow
- how they investigated rumours of smugglers & sighted a ghostly Green Lady down at the cove But when Polly looks at the family portrait she realises that there were actually two dogs Eventually Li-Mei reveals that she had a companion Han but she thinks that he drowned down by the cove Together the friends set off to solve the mystery once & for all & discover a secret tunnel Here they come across a broken statue of a dog beneath a rockfall Then they see a vision of a tiny dog running after a group of smugglers only for the tunnel to collapse on him Polly returns to the house with the statue & hides it in a drawer of a lacquer cabinet When she opens it again the cracks have gone
- Li-Mei & Han are reunited at last on the mantelpiece

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Geronimo Stilton respected journalist family mouse well-seasoned traveller? No thank you! But when Geronimo's sister Thea finds a mysterious map of a secret treasure on a faraway island Geronimo just can't say no Join Geronimo Thea nephew Benjamin & annoying cousin Trap as they sail the high seas & get into enormouse trouble along the way! ...

‘ Alison Weir&s sound scholarship & storyteller&s gift for rich telling detail constantly engages & enthrals the reader’ The Times The captivating life of Margaret Douglas
- a life of scandal political intrigue & royal romance that spanned five Tudor reigns Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins Some thought Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox should be queen of England She ranked high at the court of her uncle Henry VIII & was lady of honour to five of his wives Beautiful & tempestuous she created scandal
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- by falling in love with unsuitable men Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous A born political intriguer she was imprisoned in the Tower of London three times once under sentence of death Her husband & son were brutally murdered she warred with two queens & proved instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson Alison Weir brings Margaret Douglas&s captivating character out of the shadows for the first time


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This is the story of how I became my sister A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet's disappearance before it's too late When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to take her place' Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet's disappearance through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself? The first in a mesmerising new series
- perfect for fans of Holly Webb & Harry Potter & mysteries that demand to be solved!
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Directed by Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity Sunset Boulevard Some Like It Hot) this gut-wrenching adaptation of Charles Jackson&s The Lost Weekend horrified its studio was rejected by test audiences & was lobbied by temperance groups yet went on to huge success & became the awards sensation of its year Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam a New York author struggling with many years of alcoholism & writer&s block Trying to keep him on the path to rehabilitation are his straight-laced brother Wick (Philip Terry) & devoted long-time girlfriend Helen (Jane Wyman) When Don absconds from a country excursion he embarks on a four-day binge spiralling towards rock bottom Actors Ray Milland Jane Wyman Phillip Terry Howard Da Silva Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Frank Orth & Lewis L Russell Director Billy Wilder Certificate PGYear 1945 Screen 137 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 42 minutes (approx) ...