‘Wisdom of the Shire’ is a ‘self-help’ book that highlights all sorts of connections between Tolkien’s sub-created world of Middle-earth and our own. In particular it uses examples from Tolkien’s writing to show how much we can learn from the hobbits - their bravery, loyalty, sense of fun, and an appreciation of the simple things in life.
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The Wisdom of the Shire
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The Hobbit Visual Companion
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Visual companion to Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
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The Hobbit Official Movie Guide
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Another great movie guide by Brian Sibley and right up there with his Lord of the Rings movie books.
I searched (briefly) to see if this book was available as a Limited Edition Collector’s Hardback, like the ‘Rings’ guides, but couldn’t seem to find any mention of a hardback version anywhere.
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The Hobbit Annual 2013
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My first item of Hobbit movie merchandise - a 60+ page annual for kids with puzzles and games.
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A Tolkien Tapestry
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A wonderful art book featuring the extraordinary LotR-inspired paintings by the Dutch artist Cor Blok.
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The Art of The Hobbit
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A beautiful book containing as complete a collection of Tolkien’s own sketches and illustrations for ‘The Hobbit’ as you’re ever likely to get. I was lucky enough to have already seen quite a few of Tolkien’s own remarkable pictures at an National Book League exhibition in 1977.
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Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards
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‘Exploring the wonders and worlds of J.R.R.Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings’.
I have a confession.
I bought this cheap in a second-hand bookshop and I don’t think I’ve opened it since.
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
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A two volume companion - ‘Chronology’ deals with Tolkien’s life and ‘Reader’s Guide’ deals with Tolkien’s works.
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The Lord of the Rings : A Reader’s Companion
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A superb in depth companion to The Lord of the Rings - I think this was originally intended to be published as an ‘annotated’ Lord of the Rings with all the entries as footnotes to the published text, but it ended up as a stand alone book. And a very fine one at that.
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The Song of Middle-earth
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Study of Tolkien’s works. I have a feeling that the author, David Harvey, may have been a contestant on the BBC’s ‘Mastermind’ quiz show, answering questions about Tolkien. There’s a chance he may have been the winner, too.
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