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The Hobbit Encyclopedia

By: Damien Bador,Vivien Stocker,Coralie Potot,Dominique Vigot

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The Hobbit Encyclopedia

By: Damien Bador,Vivien Stocker,Coralie Potot,Dominique Vigot

Delve into Middle-earth, decipher the Dwarves’ alphabet and more, with this indispensable and comprehensive guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. This wide-ranging encyclopedia covers all the characters, places, and objects included in the seminal book that first introduced the world of Middle-earth, highlighting the legendary sources from which Tolkien took inspiration. With rich illustrations of action scenes and characters, this encyclopedia has in-depth entries on such subjects as: The Arkenstone Azog and Bolg Dragons Elvish Faërie Girion Lake-town Pipes and pipe-weed The Quest of Erebor Wasterlands The prequel to The Lord of the Rings (1954), The Hobbit (1937) is an extraordinarily rich work that first introduced us to the world of Middle-earth, and sets up the fantasy world that would be built upon at greater length in Tolkien’s later books. Peter Jackson's trilogy of films based on this single work has helped to create a whole new generation of Tolkien fans. This is the quintessential read for any Tolkien fan, young or old. It also acts as a base reference for those who have newly stepped into Tolkien’s world. With a Middle-earth-age period style, this visually appealing guide can be leafed through by topic or read cover to cover.

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Frances Lincoln

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0711288992

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9780711288997

Tracing Your Textile Ancestors

A Guide for Family Historians

By: Vivien Teasdale

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Tracing Your Textile Ancestors

A Guide for Family Historians

By: Vivien Teasdale

Vivien Teasdale's concise and informative guide to the textile industry will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to learn about its history or to research the career of an ancestor who was a textile worker.In a clear and accessible way she takes readers through the technical, economic and social aspects of the story. She gives a graphic account of the extraordinary growth of the industry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and of its decline in the twentieth. In the process she covers the themes and issues that family and local historians will need to understand in order to pursue their research.She describes the inventions that transformed the manufacture of cloth - the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, the power loom - but she also gives a keen insight into working life in the factories and into the close-knit communities that grew up around them. And she introduces the reader to the variety of national and local records that are available for genealogical research - from census returns, websites and publications to company records and registers, regional archives and museums and the many other resources that can yield fascinating information about the industry and those who worked in it.

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Casemate Publishers

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1781596433

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9781781596432

Vanishing Ice

Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas

By: Vivien Gornitz

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Vanishing Ice

Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas

By: Vivien Gornitz

The Arctic is thawing. In summer, cruise ships sail through the once ice-clogged Northwest Passage, lakes form on top of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and polar bears swim farther and farther in search of waning ice floes. At the opposite end of the world, floating Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking. Mountain glaciers are in retreat worldwide, unleashing flash floods and avalanches. We are on thin ice—and with melting permafrost’s potential to let loose still more greenhouse gases, these changes may be just the beginning. Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere—the world of ice and snow—and its consequences for the human world. Delving into the major components of the cryosphere, including ice sheets, valley glaciers, permafrost, and floating ice, Vivien Gornitz gives an up-to-date explanation of key current trends in the decline of ice mass. Drawing on a long-term perspective gained by examining changes in the cryosphere and corresponding variations in sea level over millions of years, she demonstrates the link between thawing ice and sea-level rise to point to the social and economic challenges on the horizon. Gornitz highlights the widespread repercussions of ice loss, which will affect countless people far removed from frozen regions, to explain why the big meltdown matters to us all. Written for all readers and students interested in the science of our changing climate, Vanishing Ice is an accessible and lucid warning of the coming thaw.

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Columbia University Press

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0231548893

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9780231548892

The Hobbit Encyclopedia

By: Damien Bador,Vivien Stocker,Coralie Potot,Dominique Vigot

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The Hobbit Encyclopedia

By: Damien Bador,Vivien Stocker,Coralie Potot,Dominique Vigot

A comprehensive companion to The Hobbit and Tolkien's universe

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Frances Lincoln Children's Books

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0711288984

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9780711288980

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The Hobbit Encyclopedia

The Hobbit Encyclopedia

Tracing Your Textile Ancestors

Tracing Your Textile Ancestors

Vanishing Ice

Vanishing Ice

The Hobbit Encyclopedia

The Hobbit Encyclopedia

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