The first ever illustrated paperback of the final part of Tolkiens epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring 15 colour paintings by Alan Lee Conceptual Designer on Peter Jacksons THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard & took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry & Pippin captured by orcs escaped into Fangorn Forest & there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned miraculously & defeated the evil wizard Saruman. Meanwhile Sam & Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring accompanied by Smeagol--Gollum still obsessed by his preciouss. After a battle with the giant spider Shelob Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive -- in the hands of the orcs. & all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. JRR Tolkiens great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance & a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic & homely epic & diabolic the narrative moves through countless changes of scene & character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. ...

Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit this is the final part of Tolkiens epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings. Featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkiens own design the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth. The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men Dwarves Elves & Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile Frodo & Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring. Impossible to describe in a few words JRR Tolkiens great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance & a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic & homely epic & diabolic the narrative moves through countless changes of scene & character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal. ...

Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings featuring an exclusive cover image from the film the definitive text & a detailed map of Middle-earth. The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men Dwarves Elves & Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile Frodo & Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring. The devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale of magic & adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers features the definitive edition of the text &

Includes:: the Appendices & a revised Index in full. To celebrate the release of the first of Peter Jackson's two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY this third part of The Lord of the Rings is available for a limited time with an exclusive cover image from Peter Jackson's award-winning trilogy.

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Jamie Olivers returns with his second bestselling book The Return of the Naked Chef". The bestselling brilliant young chef is back with a second book to accompany a major BBC TV series. There is no doubt that Jamie Oliver has captured the heart of the nation with his passion for simple delicious home-cooked food. His talent is huge his style relaxed & his fans just want more! So here it is..." The Return of the Naked Chef" is another book filled with fresh ingredients pukka recipes & boundless enthusiasm. Get stuck in with Jamie Oliver! " Simply brilliant cooking & Jamies recipes are a joy". (Nigel Slater). " Theres a joyously clear no-nonsense desire here to create simple but delicious food". (" Heat"). Jamie Olivers career started as a chef at the River Cafe where he was quickly spotted by the television company that made him famous as " The Naked Chef". He has since published a huge range of bestselling cookery books including " The Naked Chef" " Happy Days with the Naked Chef" " Jamies Dinners" " Jamie Does" " Jamies Ministry of Food" " Jamies Kitchen" " Cook with Jamie" " Jamie at Home" " Jamies Italy" " Jamies Great Britain" " Jamies 30 Minute Meals" & " Jamies 15-Minute Meals"." ...

To be loved to madness
- such was her great desire Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath eager to experience life to
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What he doesnt know... Cole Lassiter renowned surgeon is out of his depth. Volunteering at the Special Games is already challenging his emotion-free approach & then the one woman hes never forgotten whose betrayal has kept his heart locked away walks into his surgery! Shes the mother of the boy in front of him
- the boy whose dark eyes look so disconcertingly familiar...
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The first 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 Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings a fascinating study of Tolkiens great masterpiece from its inception to the end of the first volume The Fellowship of the Ring. In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned title of the first volume of The Lord of the Rings) we see how Bilbos magic ring evolved into the supremely dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord; & the precise & astonishingly unforeseen moment when a Black Rider first rode in to the Shire. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed & Frodos companions undergo many changes of name & personality. The book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps & facsimile pages from the earliest manuscripts. 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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The soldier returns from the front to the three women who love him. His wife Kitty with her cold moonlight beauty & his devoted cousin Jenny wait in their exquisite home on the crest of the Harrow-weald. Margaret Allington his first & long-forgotten love is nearby in the dreary suburb of Wealdstone. But the soldier is shell-shocked & can only remember the Margaret he loved fifteen years before when he was a young man & she an inn-keeper's daughter. His cousin he remembers only as a childhood playmate; his wife he remembers not at all. The women have a choice
- to leave him where he wishes to be or to 'cure' him. It is Margaret who reveals a love so great that she can make the final sacrifice.
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Although characters & stories like Sam Spade & The Maltese Falcon are famous the world over Dashiel Hammett wrote only five full-length novels in his career. Now two new stories have been discovered in his papers. Following the enormous success of The Thin Man movie in 1934 Hammett wrote two novellas starring the same retired private investigator Nick Charles & his former debutante wife Nora. Written with classic barbed Hammett dialogue these two novellas have finally come to light. Together they make The Return of the Thin Man the first new Dashiell Hammett book in nearly half a century. Dashiell Hammett died in 1961. His influence inspired writers as diverse as Raymond Chandler & William Burroughs & changed the face of crime writing forever. ...

Someone is trying to destroy David Eliots school. A year ago hed have been happy to see the end of Groosham Grange & its ghoulish teachers. Now hes on course to win the Unholy Grail a cup of magical power presented to the star pupil. But a series of suspicious mishaps sees the gap between David & new boy Vincent King narrow alarmingly. Someone it seems is trying to stop David winning
- & worse threatening Groosham Grange itself!
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