The second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion Tolkiens epic tale of war. In The War of the Jewels Christopher Tolkien takes up his account of the later history of The Silmarillion from the point where it was left in Morgoths Ring. The story now returns to Middle-earth & the ruinous conflict of the High Elves & the Men who were their allies with the power fothe Dark Lord. With the publication in this book of all J.R.R. Tolkiens later narrative writing concerned with the last centuries of the First Age the long history of The Silmarillion from its beginning in The Book of Lost Tales is completed; & the enigmatic state of the work at his death can be understood. This book contains the full text of the Grey Annals the primary record of The War of the Jewels & a major story of Middle-earth now published for the first time: the tale of the disaster that overtook the forest people of Brethil when Hurin the Steadfast came among them after his release from long years of captivity in Angband the fortress of Morgoth. ...

The third part of The History of The Lord of the Rings an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes &

Includes:: the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The War of the Ring takes up the story of The Lord of the Rings with the Battle of Helms Deep & the drowning of Isengard by the Ents continues with the journey of Frodo Sam & Gollum to the Pass of Cirith Ungol describes the war in Gondor & ends with the parley between Gandalf & the ambassador of the Dark Lord before the Black Gate of Mordor. The book is illustrated with plans & drawings of the changing conceptions of Orthanc Dunharrow Minas Tirith & the tunnels of Shelobs Lair. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive & classic style of the black cover A-format paperbacks of The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion & Unfinished Tales.

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Imagine being happily married for 28 years. You have three children a lovely house & a husband who travels a lot
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Niall Ferguson's The War of the World: History's Age of Hatred" re-tells the story of history's most savage century as a continual war that raged for 100 years. At the beginning of the twentieth century globalizing booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. Instead the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent frightening & brutalized in history with fanatical often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the First World War & the end of the Cold War. What turned it into a bloodbath? From the plains of Poland to the killing fields of Cambodia Niall Ferguson reveals how economic boom-&-bust decaying empires &
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- poisonous ideas of race led men to treat each other as aliens. It was an age of hatred that ended with the twilight not the triumph of the West. & he warns it could happen all over again. "A heartbreaking serious & thoughtful survey of human evil that is utterly fascinating & dramatic". (Simon Sebag Montefiore " The New York Times"). " Unputdownable controversial compelling". (" Independent on Sunday"). "A big bold & brilliantly belligerent book". (" Sunday Telegraph"). " Hums with energy "able insights & pithy summaries". (" Observer"). " Gripping". (Tristram Hunt). Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College Oxford & a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution Stanford University. He is the bestselling author of " Paper & Iron" " The House of Rothschild" " The Pity of War" " The Cash Nexus" " Empire" " Colossus" " The War of the World" & " The Ascent of Money"."

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But planet Earth was not only being watched
- soon it would be invaded by monstrous creatures from Mars who strode about the land
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No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly & closely by intelligences greater than mans... So begins H. G. Wells classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge they construct giant killing machines
- armed with heatrays
- that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they destroy everything in their path. Everything except the few humans they collect in metal traps. Victorian England is a place in which the steam engine is state-of-the-art technology & powered flight is just a dream. Mankind is helpless against the killing machines from Mars & soon the survivors are left living in a new stone age.

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Following the blockbuster film this version of the classic story is ideal for younger readers in an easy to read abridged format. Classic Starts[trademark]" is in its 5th printing
- with more than half a million copies sold! It is aimed at children aged 7 to 9 years old. Hot on the heels of the blockbuster film comes a version of H.G. Wells chilling tale of alien invasion that every child can enjoy. It begins as the sky lights up with bright cylinders from Mars that look like falling stars
- & continues as the Martians emerge from their vessels with machines of fire & deadly smoke. Wellss depiction of a city in panic
- written in 1898
- still remains shockingly contemporary."



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Richard Dawkins Christopher Hitchens & Stephen Hawking have had a major impact on the loud & popular debate between aggressive atheists & religion. The huge sales of their bestselling books show just how much interest people have in their ideas. Now the rock star of the new spirituality Deepak Chopra is entering this debate sparring with leading physicist Professor Leonard Mlodinow (the co-author with Stephen Hawking of The Grand Design). In War of the Worldviews Chopra argues that there is design in our universe & a deep intelligence behind life. Without defending organised religion he debunks randomness as an explanation for how Nature evolves & shows how consciousness comes first & matter second. On the other side Mlodinow argues the viewpoint of science specifically what modern quantum physics can tell us about our world. In his view physics genetics & cosmology will shed far more light on the big questions than rethinking ancient spiritual concepts can ever do. A major work of our time War of the Worldviews offers much food for thought for those fascinated by the two sides of this modern conundrum. ...

Robert Harvey brilliantly recreates the story of the greatest conflict that stretches from the first blaze of revolution in Paris in 1789 to final victory on the muddy fields of Waterloo. On land & at sea throughout the four corners of the continent from the frozen plains surrounding Moscow & terror on the Caribbean seas to the muddy low lands of Flanders & the becalmed waters of Trafalgar The War of Wars" tells the powerful story of the greatest conflict of the age." ...

War Paint is the story of two remarkable women
- Miss Elizabeth Arden & Madame Helena Rubinstein. Between them they left an extraordinary
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