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Hey, are you looking for this book? By J. R. R. Tolkien - The Annotated Hobbit (2003-04-22) [Hardcover]   Hardcover   – April 22, 2003 As a reader's introduction to Tolkien's Middle-earth, this guide contains references to the ancient history of this imaginary world which, though rarely explained, contribute greatly to the effect of Tolkien's art. This edition authoritatively illuminates the novel's antecedents and curiosities. Illustrations.

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Hardcover   – Special Edition, May 5, 2009 This de luxe collector's edition features the first edition text and contains a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a special gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase."Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Voelsungs and The New Lay of Gudrun.In the Lay of the Voelsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood.

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education Paperback   – August 12, 2003 In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man’s place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. “As delicious a meditation on one man’s relationships with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon” (The New York Times Book Review), Second Nature captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn, a dispatch from one man’s war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with nature.

The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives   Kindle Edition How to Live as Jesus Lived Dallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of  The Divine Conspiracy ( Christianity Today's  1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how their practice affirms human life to the fullest.  The Spirit of the Disciplines  is for everyone who strives to be a disciple of Jesus in thought and action as well as intention.

1776   1st Edition,   Kindle Edition America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George Washington. In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence—when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Based on extensive research in both American and British archives,  1776  is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story

The In-Between Hour   Paperback   – December 31, 2013 What could be worse than losing your child? Having to pretend he's still alive…   Bestselling author Will Shepard is caught in the twilight of grief, after his young son dies in a car accident. But when his father's aging mind erases the memory, Will rewrites the truth. The story he spins brings unexpected relief…until he's forced to return to rural North Carolina, trapping himself in a lie.  Holistic veterinarian Hannah Linden is a healer who opens her heart to strays but can only watch, powerless, as her grown son struggles with inner demons. When she rents her guest cottage to Will and his dad, she finds solace in trying to mend their broken world, even while her own shatters.  As their lives connect and collide, Will and Hannah become each other's only hope— if  they can find their way into a new story,  one that begins with love.    "A moving story about the challenges of OCD and grief  combined

TransAtlantic: A Novel   Paperback   – May 20, 2014 NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER •  LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE •  NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY  KIRKUS REVIEWS In the National Book Award–winning  Let the Great World Spin,  Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that  The New York Times Book Review  called   “an emotional tour de force.” Now McCann demonstrates once again why he is one of the most acclaimed and essential authors of his generation with a soaring novel that spans continents, leaps centuries, and unites a cast of deftly rendered characters, both real and imagined.   Newfoundland, 1919. Two aviators—Jack Alcock and Arthur Brown—set course for Ireland as they attempt the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, placing their trust in a modified bomber to heal the wounds of the Great War.   Dublin, 1845 and ’46. On an international lecture tour in support of his subversive autobiography, Frederick Douglass

Ready Player One: A Novel Paperback   – June 5, 2012 Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s  The Great American Read The worldwide bestseller—now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.  But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.

Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy) Paperback   – May 20, 2014 The acclaimed international bestseller ("A dizzily shopaholic comedy." -- The New York Times ) soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan! When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.    On Nick’s arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.

Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship   Hardcover   – April 3, 2018 Based on a real-life partnership, the heartening story of the love and teamwork between a girl and her service dog will illuminate and inspire. Rescue thought he’d grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog — it’s the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he’s better suited to being a service dog, he’s worried that he’s not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time. An endnote from the authors tells more about the training and extraordinary abilities of service dogs, particularly their real-life best friend and black lab, Rescue.

Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story   Hardcover   – April 24, 2018 “More fun to read than the movie was to watch… a scene-stealing book.” ― The Washington Post An  Entertainment Weekly  "Must List" selection Caddyshack  is one of the most beloved comedies of all time, a classic snobs vs. slobs story of working class kids and the white collar buffoons that make them haul their golf bags in the hot summer sun. It has sex, drugs and one very memorable candy bar, but the movie we all know and love didn’t start out that way, and everyone who made it certainly didn’t have the word “classic” in mind as the cameras were rolling. In  Caddyshack:The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story  film critic for  Entertainment Weekly  Chris Nashawaty goes behind the scenes of the iconic film, chronicling the rise of comedy’s greatest deranged minds as they form  The   National Lampoon , turn the entertainment industry on its head, and ultimately blow up bot

Filosofía cinemática como ética del porvenir: recuperar y recomenzar el tiempo perdido (Philosophica) (Volume 25) (Spanish Edition)   (Spanish)   Paperback   – April 27, 2018 El cine puede ser un pensamiento filosófico o la filosofía una expresión cinematográfica. Por la cual, la vida moral de cada individuo puede no solo recuperar su tiempo perdido, sino recomenzarlo con una nueva mirada. El tiempo es libertad y se realiza como temporalidad, en la medida en que nos elegimos en el tiempo como tiempo, como creatividad y fuente de vida; el tiempo es todo menos lineal y cronológico. Por eso el cine, con sus encuadres, planos y montajes genera un pensamiento filosófico de la realidad espiritual del tiempo. Esta es la motivación, la intuición apasionada, de los ensayos de este libro: poder comprender el pensamiento cinematográfico como una filosofía cinemática que nos ponga en el centro de la experiencia de que el tiempo se mueve, de que la memoria es esperanza y la esperanza reh

Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day   Kindle Edition A perfect and irresistible idea: A cookbook filled with delicious, healthful recipes created for everyone on a tight budget. While studying food policy as a master’s candidate at NYU, Leanne Brown asked a simple yet critical question: How well can a person eat on the $4 a day given by SNAP, the U.S. government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program informally known as food stamps? The answer is surprisingly well: Broiled Tilapia with Lime, Spicy Pulled Pork, Green Chile and Cheddar Quesadillas, Vegetable Jambalaya, Beet and Chickpea Salad—even desserts like Coconut Chocolate Cookies and Peach Coffee Cake. In addition to creating nutritious recipes that maximize every ingredient and use economical cooking methods, Ms. Brown gives tips on shopping; on creating pantry basics; on mastering certain staples—pizza dough, flour tortillas—and saucy extras that make everything taste better, like spice oil and tzatziki; and how t

The God of Small Things: A Novel   Paperback   – December 16, 2008 The beloved debut novel about an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER • MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing “big things [that] lurk unsaid” in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest. Lush, lyrical, and unnerving,  The God of Small Things  is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated. Praise for  The God of Small T