Ringenes Herre - nå i praktutgave illustrert av Alan Lee. En flott gave og et perfekt samleobjekt for Tolkien-elskere i alle aldre. Tolkiens verdenssuksess om kampen om ringen fortsetter. Ringenes Herre lanseres nå i en ny, rikt utstyrt ettbindsutgave. Boken inneholder 48 fantastiske firefargers illustrasjoner av Alan Lee, som er velkjent fra en rekke tidligere Tolkien-utgivelser. Den har stort format (16x 24,5), lesebånd, bibliotekpreg. Oversatt av Torstein Bugge Høverstad.

Episk fortelling om striden mellom Morgoth og alvene i Det første tideverv, om dragen Glaurung mot Húrins etterkommere Túrin og Niënor, om ondskapen mot de gode kreftene. Det er en episk fortelling om striden mellom Morgoth og alvene i Det første tideverv, om dragen Glaurung mot Húrins etterkommere Túrin og Niënor, om ondskapen mot de gode kreftene. Tolkien begynte å skrive på Beretningen om Húrins barn rundt første verdenskrig. Han jobbet konstant med manuskriptet, som utviklet seg til å bli hovedverket i hans senere tekster om Midgard. Han rakk aldri å bli helt ferdig, og man fryktet at Húrins barn for alltid skulle være blant Tolkiens ufullendte fortellinger. Men takket være møysommelig og utrettelig innsats fra sønnen Christopher, av Tolkien selv utpekt til å være hans litterære arving, foreligger nå endelig Húrins barn i komplett versjon.Med forord, innledning, note om uttale, tillegg og liste over navn utarbeidet av Christopher Tolkien, og med fantastiske illustrasjoner av Alan Lee.

Húrins barn er en episk fortelling om striden mellom Morgoth og alvene i Det første tideverv, om dragen Glaurung mot Húrins etterkommere Túrin og Niënor, om ondskapen mot de gode kreftene. J.R.R. Tolkien begynte på Beretningen om Húrins barn rundt første verdenskrig. Han jobbet konstant med dette manuset, som skulle bli hovedverket i hans tekster om Midgard. Tolkien rakk aldri å bli helt ferdig, men takket være utrettelig innsats fra sønnen, ble Húrins barn ferdigstilt og utgitt i 2007. Boken er utstyrt med forord, innledning, note om uttale, tillegg og navneliste utarbeidet av Christopher Tolkien, og er rikt illustrert av Alan Lee.

Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of 'The Hobbit', fully corrected and reset for this edition and all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee. The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young and old.

The definitive collection of Tolkien's classic "fairie" tales, in the vein of The Hobbit, illustrated by Oscar winner Alan Lee 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, in a fully illustrated volume. This definitive collection of works -- which had appeared separately, in various formats, between 1949 and 1998 -- comes with a brand-new foreword and endmatter, and with a series of detailed pencil illustrations by Alan Lee, in the style of his other award-winning Tolkien work, most recently in The Children of Hurin. 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.

This richly illustrated book celebrates in words and pictures the beautiful work that award-winning artist Alan Lee produced for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and includes dozens of brand-new paintings and pencil drawings exploring the world of Bilbo Baggins.

Faeries is an exploration of the myths, legends folklore and fantasy of the world of the faeries. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, this is a special edition featuring eight new pages and 20 new pieces of art by Brian Froud and Alan Lee. The artist have also contributed new introductions.

Utrolig flott gjennomillustrert billedbok. Illustrert av Alan Lee. Antropos forlaf Den lange Trojakrigen er slutt, og den greske hæren vender hjem i sine svarte skip. For Odyssevs, konge av Ithaka, blir hjemturen langt mer farefylt enn selve krigen. Han kommer til ukjente farvann, hvor han må kjempe med farer som ikke er av denne verden. Da han endelig kommer hjem, finner han sin trofaste kone Penelope omringet av beilere som han må drive ut for å vinne henne og kongeriket sitt tilbake.

THE GREAT MODERN CLASSIC AND PRELUDE TO THE LORD OF THE RINGS, ILLUSTRATED BY ALAN LEE. Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug’s left eye. He was only pretending to be asleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance... Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a company of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Although quite reluctant to take part in this quest, Bilbo surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and his skill as a burglar!

A sumptuous new one-volume edition of Tolkien's classic masterpiece that is fully illustrated throughout in watercolour by the acclaimed and award-winning artist, Alan Lee, and housed in a special transparent slipcase.

Boka viser fram kunst knytta til fantasy- og science fiction-litteratur, og tar bl.a. for seg kunstnerne Rick Berry, Jim Burns, Alan Lee og Chris Moore.

Frances Lincoln is proud to reintroduce the Greenaway award-winning Black Ships Before Troy. Here is Homer's epic poem The Iliad, brought to life by Rosemary Sutcliff with all the skill of a master storyteller. Alan Lee's dramatic cover image hauntingly recreates the age of heroes in this introduction to the Greek classics--a book that should become part of every childhood.

Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and other bestsellers re-imagine famous fairy tales in this wonderfully rich, scary anthology, illustrated by Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings artist Alan Lee. Following in the grand tradition of the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, some of today's finest writers have created their own brand-new fairy tales - but with a decidedly dark twist. Fearie Tales is a fantastical mix of spellbinding retellings of 'Cinderella', 'Rapunzel', 'Hansel and Gretel' and 'Rumpelstiltskin', amongst others, with unsettling tales inspired by other childhood classics, all interspersed with the sources of their inspiration: the timeless stories first collected by the Brothers Grimm.Edited by Stephen Jones, Britain's best-known anthologist of dark tales, and illustrated by Oscar-winning artist Alan Lee, who also provided the magnificent cover, with stories by Neil Gaiman; Joanne Harris; Garth Nix; John Ajvide Lindqvist; Markus Heitz; Michael Marshall Smith; Angela Slatter; Robert Shearman; Christopher Fowler; Ramsey Campbell; Peter Crowther; Brian Hodge; Brian Lumley; Reggie Oliver and Tanith Lee.But be warned: this stunning volume of frightening fables is definitely not suitable for children!

Sumptuous hardback gift edition combining the best of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Location Guides, plus brand new photography unique to this book. In the epic film trilogies created by Peter Jackson, New Zealand has become Middle-earth. From the majestic peaks of the Southern Alps to the rolling hills and Volcanic Plateau of the North Island, the world of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit was stunningly re-created on an epic scale. Photographer Ian Brodie has captured these locations in all their beauty and splendour. Featuring the most breathtaking photographs from his bestselling The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook and The Hobbit Motion Picture Trilogy Location Guidebook, plus all-new imagery and contributions by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Andy Serkis and Alan Lee, this is a magnificent record of a historic era in film-making, and a peerless collection of landscape and location photography by a master of his craft. Featuring contributions from Peter Jackson and other members of the films' cast and crew, as well as fascinating background to the film-making process, this is the ultimate tribute to the land and its locations.

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An illustrated celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stunningly brought to life by internationally-renowned artists including Axel Scheffler, Chris Riddell and Satoshi Kitamura. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on 10th December 1948. It was compiled after World War Two to declare and protect the rights of all people from all countries. This beautiful collection, published 60 years on, celebrates each declaration with an illustration by an internationally-renowned artist or illustrator and is the perfect gift for children and adults alike. Published in association with Amnesty International, with a foreword by David Tennant and John Boyne, this stunning book includes art work from Axel Scheffler, Peter Sis, Satoshi Kitamura, Alan Lee, Polly Dunbar, Jackie Morris, Debi Gliori, Chris Riddell, Catherine and Laurence Anholt and many more!

With complete access to artwork created over a five-year period, this book illustrates the creative development of the movie. This book contains over 500 images: from the earliest pencil sketches and conceptual drawings to paintings that shaped the look of the film. Contributing artists include John Howe and Alan Lee; artists that have inspired Peter Jackson's vision of Middle-earth and worked with him to bring the trilogy to the big screen. Peter Jackson is among 12 contributors who explain the background to the images.

The tale of Beren and Luthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion , the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year. Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Luthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Luthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Luthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Luthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril. In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Luthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father's own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost. Published on the tenth anniversary of the last Middle-earth book, the international bestseller The Children of Hurin , this new volume will similarly include drawings and color plates by Alan Lee, who also illustrated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and went on to win Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Since the last edition of this definitive textbook was published in 2013, much has happened in the field of animal behavior. In this fourth edition, Lee Alan Dugatkin draws on cutting-edge, new work not only to update and expand on the studies presented, but also to reinforce the previous editions' focus on ultimate and proximate causation, as well as the book's unique emphasis on natural selection, learning, and cultural transmission. The result is a state-of-the art textbook on animal behavior that explains underlying concepts in a way that is both scientifically rigorous and accessible to students. Each chapter in the book provides a sound theoretical and conceptual basis upon which the empirical studies rest. A completely new feature in this edition are the Cognitive Connection boxes in Chapters 2-17, designed to dig deep into the importance of the cognitive underpinnings to many types of behaviors. Each box focuses on a specific issue related to cognition and the particular topic covered in that chapter. As Principles of Animal Behavior makes clear, the tapestry of animal behavior is created from weaving all of these components into a beautiful whole. With Dugatkin's exquisitely illustrated, comprehensive, and up-to-date fourth edition, we are able to admire that beauty anew.