Since the first screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001 New Zealand has become the embodiment of Middle-earth to millions of moviegoers & JRR Tolkien fans the world over. Ten years later the phenomenon continues & this newly redesigned & updated guidebook provides all the information needed for the traveller to Middle-earth Aotearoa. This updated edition of the definitive guidebook showcases the principal movie-set locations around New Zealand as seen in all three films. It also
Includes:: maps & location directions; useful touring information including accommodation food & entertainment suggestions; GPS references to location sites; foreword by Sir Peter Jackson; photographs & an article by Alan Lee; contributions from cast & crew; movie images. As the road goes ever on join Ian Brodie on a fascinating tour of Middle-earth Aotearoa.
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Classic hardback edition of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings featuring Tolkiens original unused dust-jacket design.



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Classic hardback edition of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings featuring Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket design.



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Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit this three-volume paperback boxed set of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings features exclusive covers from Peter Jackson's award-winning film trilogy the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron the Dark Lord has gathered to him all the Rings of Power
- the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring
- the ring that rules them all
- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task as the Ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home & make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring forever & foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation of The Hobbit THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY readers can discover how the journey continues in The Lord of the Rings with this special boxed set of the complete work with exclusive cover images from the award-winning film trilogy.


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Continuing the story of The Hobbit this seven-volume paperback boxed set of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings is a collection to treasure. Sauron the Dark Lord has gathered to him all the Rings of Power; the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring
- the ring that rules them all
- which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task as the Ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home & make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord. There he must destroy the Ring forever & foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Discover the incredible epic journey of Frodo in a celebratory seven-volume boxed set of fantasy classic The Lord of the Rings. Box set contains: Book 1: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Ring Sets Out Book 2: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Ring Goes South Book 3: The Two Towers
- The Treason of Isengard Book 4: The Two Towers
- The Ring Goes East Book 5: The Return of the King
- The War of the Ring Book 6: The Return of the King
- The End of the Third Age Book 7: Appendices







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The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shan's international best-selling vampire saga with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai. The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shan's international best-selling vampire saga with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai. Darren's going home. Back to where everything started. The town's changed a lot in the years that he's been away
- but then so has Darren. Plagued by nightmares of what the future seems to hold Darren feels uneasy revisiting the place where he was re-born as a child of the night as though the universe (as though destiny) is plotting to throw something very nasty at him on the streets of his old home. It is. Get your teeth into a bloody good book!
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Tom Yamada must fight the demon Lords of Pain in a series of duels called the Contest
- with the whole world at stake. Three down:
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Tom is increasingly isolated from his friends & resentful of the task ahead. While hes away fighting the Lord of the Void his best friend Sharif is brutally attacked. Barrington Stoke specialise in books for reluctant struggling & dyslexic readers. ...

One solution requires expertise in fine wines; another calls on his knowledge of fine art. Lord Peter has the knack of being on the spot at just the right time to spot a thief or blackmail a blackmailer. Or even prevent a murder.. . Whatever the occasion the aristocratic detective uses his razor-sharp mind & unerring instincts to unmask the guilty & go to the aid of their victims. ' She combined literary prose with powerful suspense & it takes a rare talent to achieve that. A truly great storyteller.' Minette Walters ...

In the grim recesses of the Tower of London two captives begin a passionate love affair that will last years but is destined to destroy them; one is Robert Dudley the other is the future Queen of England Elizabeth I. Pardoned by Queen Mary Dudley & Elizabeth are freed but their mutual longing must be from a distance: Dudley is married & as the next heir to the throne Elizabeth must tread carefully... ...