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Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1986-11
Category : Adventure stories, English
ISBN : 0756910722
A classic collection of stories, poems, and critical essays by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Painters
ISBN : 0008205531
Published for the very first time in its own volume, Tolkien's remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work. Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so many other things to do. For some time he has been obsessed with one particular canvas - a curious picture of a tree with a vast landscape stretching out behind it. The painting keeps getting bigger and bigger, but Niggle has a journey to make. In 1939 Tolkien was despairing of ever bringing his great work The Lord of the Rings to a conclusion. One morning he woke up with the story Leaf by Niggle complete in his mind and wrote it down. This poignant story, about an artist on a curious journey, is often seen as an allegory of the writer's own creative process and life. Published to coincide with a new touring stage production of the story, this is the first time the story has been published in its own volume, enabling readers to savour one of Tolkien's most elegant, haunting and least-known short stories.
Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015003936484
Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101600337
New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shows how God calls on each of us to express meaning and purpose through our work and careers. “A touchstone of the [new evangelical] movement.” —The New York Times Tim Keller, pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and the New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God, has taught and counseled students, young professionals, and senior leaders on the subject of work and calling for more than twenty years. Now he pulls his insights into a thoughtful and practical book for readers everywhere. With deep conviction and often surprising advice, Keller shows readers that biblical wisdom is immensely relevant to our questions about work today. In fact, the Christian view of work—that we work to serve others, not ourselves—can provide the foundation of a thriving professional and balanced personal life. Keller shows how excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity, and passion in the workplace can help others and even be considered acts of worship—not just of self-interest.
Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547952093
Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien’s four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time. This new, definitive collection of works — which had appeared separately, in various formats, between 1949 and 1998 — comes with an illuminating introduction from esteemed author and Tolkien expert Tom Shippey as well as Tolkein’s most celebrated essay, “On Fairy-stories,” which astutely addresses the relationship between fairy tales and fantasy. The book is the perfect opportunity for fans of Middle-earth to enjoy some of Tolkien’s often overlooked yet most creative storytelling. With dragons and sand sorcerers, sea monsters and hobbits, knights and dwarves, this collection contains all the classic elements for Tolkien buffs of all ages.
Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Business
ISBN : 1444702602
In today's increasingly competitive and insecure economic environment, we often question the reason for work: why am I doing this? Why is it so hard? And what can I do about it? Work may seem just a means to an end: we do it to earn the money to enjoy life outside the workplace. Here, Timothy Keller argues that God's plan is radically more ambitious: he actually created us to work. We are to work together to make the world a better place, to help each other, and so to find purpose for our lives. Our faith should enhance our work, and our work should develop our faith.With deep insight, Timothy Keller draws on essential and relevant biblical wisdom to address our questions about work. There is grace available if we have taken the wrong attitude, idolising money and using our careers to glorify ourselves rather than God. This book provides the foundations for a work-life balance where we can thrive both personally and professionally. Keller shows how through excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity and passion in the workplace we can impact society for good.Developing a better attitude to work releases us to serve others humbly, to worship God everyday, and leaves us deeply fulfilled.
Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0395689996
Short stories by the author of The Hobbit are presented along with his poems, songs, and a critical essay on fairy tales, in a collection that includes, for the first time, the dramatic poem The Homecoming of Boerhtnoth.
Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 096546377X
Author : Tom Shippey
Publisher : HMH
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547524436
The definitive Tolkien companion—an indispensable guide to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and more, from the author of The Road to Middle-earth. This “highly erudite celebration and exploration of Tolkien’s works [is] enormous fun,” declared the Houston Chronicle, and Tom Shippey, a prominent medievalist and scholar of fantasy, “deepens your understanding” without “making you forget your initial, purely instinctive response to Middle-earth and hobbits.” In a clear and accessible style, Shippey offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy, and to the importance of language in literature. He breaks down The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic feast for the senses and as a response to the human instinct for myth. Elsewhere, he examines The Hobbit’s counterintuitive relationship to the heroic world of Middle-earth; demonstrates the significance of The Silmarillion to Tolkien’s canon; and takes an illuminating look at lesser-known works in connection with Tolkien’s life. Furthermore, he ties all these strands together in a continuing tradition that traces its roots back through Grimms’ Fairy Tales to Beowulf. “Shippey’s commentary is the best so far in elucidating Tolkien’s lovely myth,” wrote Harper’s Magazine. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century is “a triumph” (Chicago Sun-Times) that not only gives readers a deeper understanding of Tolkien and his work, but also serves as an entertaining introduction to some of the most influential novels ever written.
Author : Humphrey Carpenter
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007381258
The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien.
Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008616373
Tolkien’s famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe.
Author : Leslie A. Donovan
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603292078
A philologist and medieval scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien never intended to write immensely popular literature that would challenge traditional ideas about the nature of great literature and that was worthy of study in colleges across the world. He set out only to write a good story, the kind of story he and his friends would enjoy reading. In The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien created an entire world informed by his vast knowledge of mythology, languages, and medieval literature. In the 1960s, his books unexpectedly gained cult status with a new generation of young, countercultural readers. Today, the readership for Tolkien's absorbing secondary world--filled with monsters, magic, adventure, sacrifice, and heroism--continues to grow. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," introduces instructors to the rich array of resources available for teaching Tolkien, including editions and criticism of his fiction and scholarship, historical material on his life and times, audiovisual materials, and film adaptations of his fiction. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," help instructors introduce students to critical debates around Tolkien's work, its sources, its influence, and its connection to ecology, religion, and science. Contributors draw on interdisciplinary approaches to outline strategies for teaching Tolkien in a wide variety of classroom contexts.
Author : Wayne G. Hammond,Douglas Allen Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Fantasy literature, English
ISBN : 0712347674
Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing, Andrii Ponomarenko
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2200000110756
Niggle is an artist who paints to please himself, living in a society that holds art in little regard. His main occupation is a huge painting of great tree. He started with one single leaf and the painting grows around it. Niggle hopes to draw every leaf in detail. Soon Niggle finds birds in the trees, hills that are visible through the branches. And so the painting grows and takes up all time from the painter. Niggle takes time off from his work, because of politeness, to aid his neighbor, a gardener named Parish who is lame and has a sick wife. In the process of helping Niggle catches a sickness. Then he is forced to take a trip, but was ill prepared for it (partly due to his illness) and ends up in Workhouse Infirmary where he must labour each day. He is paroled and sent to work as a gardener in the country. He realizes that he is in fact working in the forest of his painting, but the Tree is the true realization of his vision, not the flawed version in his art. Niggle is reunited with Parish, his neighbour, and together they make the forest even more beautiful. Finally Niggle travels to the far reaches of the forest, to places on the fringe of his canvas.
Author : Eric S. Rabkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1979-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780198020240
As the first international anthology to cover the entire scope of fantastic narrative, Fantastic Worlds presents over fifty tales, myths, and stories, ranging from Genesis to Ovid, Hans Christian Andersen to J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe to James Thurber, and Franz Kafka to Italo Calvino. Including tales of fairies and elves, ghost stories, high fantasy, and stories of social criticism and the conflict between science and religion, this volume presents a diverse selection of writings that all share the same capacity to liberate the human spirit through the wild mental acrobatics of fantasy.