J.R.R. Tolkien's writing on Middle-Earth almost single-handedly shaped the fantasy genre as it is understood today. His ...

The Complete History of Middle-earth is featured in Amazon's early Prime ... trading the "serious" look for beautifully illustrated cover art that really stands out compared to many of the ...

When J. R. R. Tolkien (b. 1892) passed away in 1973, he left an immense amount of unpublished writings — much of which consisted of his own personal Middle-earth mythology, known as the ...

The Istari, known commonly as the Wizards, are pivotal figures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium. They were not ...

The Hobbits go back to the Shire, and the Fourth Age begins. But what exactly happens in Middle-earth after Sauron's final defeat? Fortunately, J. R. R. Tolkien explored more of Middle-earth's ...

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Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release from Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth's Past Climate Oct. 30, 2024 — A team discovered that, contrary to present scientific ...

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 38 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the regional governor, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut's ...

For this calculator, we define middle class as two-thirds to two times median income for the county. In counties where two-thirds of median income would fall close to the poverty line, we set the ...