The Great Cookbook Inspired by Tolkien's Legends

The landscapes between Bree and Gondor, between Angmar and Mordor have deeply imprinted themselves in the memory of entire generations of readers. These fantastic meadows and rivers, gorges, and tunnels, forests and mountain ranges are unique in literature and film. On his journey through Middle-earth, the famous artist John Howe not only focuses on well-known locations such as the Prancing Pony inn, the horse kingdom of Rohan, Elrond's house in Rivendell, or the dangerous Mirkwood and Helm's Deep. He also dedicates himself to the more remote places and even dares to take a look at the lands beyond the sea. The texts accompanying the color illustrations and drawings shed light on how John Howe has opened up Tolkien's world.In this magnificent illustrated book, John Howe takes us to all the known and unknown locations of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. He shows their wildness, grace and abyss, while always maintaining their mysterious uniqueness. One of the most beautiful books on Tolkien's Middle-earth.

The standard work on the world of the "The Lord of the Rings", the "Hobbit" and the "Silmarillion". With precise explanations of all names and terms. Expertly edited and updated by one of Germany's leading Tolkien experts, using Tolkien's manuscripts and studies on Middle-earth not yet published in German. With detailed text references to the German editions of Tolkien's works.

Feast your eyes: In this beautifully illustrated book, lovingly hand-drawn images illustrate the more than 50 recipes. These include treats for the first hunger (before second breakfast and 11 o'clock snack), warm dishes to get through the day, desserts to round off and various appetizers for in between. With this cookbook, the reader is always prepared for surprise visits from dwarves and wizards and can blindly follow them into dangerous adventures ... after a hearty meal! more than 50 dishes (from first breakfast to hearty dinner) lovingly hand-drawn illustrations numerous hobbit wisdoms and general kitchen tips

After a long time, Tolkien's notes, comments and explanations on The Lord of the Rings have finally been published. From these notes, many new insights into the mysterious language of the elves emerge. The Big Elvish Book brings the reader up to date.A comprehensive introduction to the languages of the elvesNew background knowledge from Tolkien's notes on The Lord of the RingsNew grammatical contexts and many previously unknown vocabularyAn appendix on the languages of the orcs and dwarvesFor the first time an index German-Elvish / Elvish-German