David Brawn serves as the Publishing Director for Harper Collins, overseeing all publications of J.R.R. Tolkien's works. His role involves meticulous curation and editorial oversight, ensuring that Tolkien's masterpieces are presented with the utmost care and fidelity to the author's original vision. Through his position, he plays a crucial part in keeping Tolkien's literary legacy accessible and cherished by new generations of readers.
Hilarious advice for dogs, their owners, and anyone with a fondness for man's best friend. Following the well-loved formula of "Life's Little Instruction Book" and "A Cat's Little Instruction Book", this book contains 250 pieces of advice for dogs, for example: "Make friends with the local butcher"; "Never be seen in tartan"; "Chase frisbees but not boomerangs"; and "Howl at opera".
Walk Lanzarote's forty one main walking routes provide a wide variety of adventures with routes ranging from family friendly costal promenades through a surprising range of landscapes up to some serious hiking
Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world's most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie. A perfect stocking-filler for every Christie fan, to help celebrate her 125th birthday.
This is a full colour paperback guide to the monsters and peoples in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Packed with photographs and drawings, this introduction shows how the filmmakers have realized the inhabitants of Tolkien's Middle-earth. The book includes photographs of creatures from The Fellowship of the Ring, from the benign Hobbits to Lurtz, the ill-fated leader of the Uruk-hai, as well as Sauron, the Balrog, the Cave Troll and the Watcher in the water. The book also includes photographs and details of races prominent in the The Two Towers, including the Rohirrim, the tree-like Ents, the wolverine Wargs and the flying Fell Beasts.
The official children's pictorial introduction film tie-in to the key characters, creatures and places in the film The Two Towers. This official children's storybook to the second Lord of the Rings movie follows the companions on their continuing quest to destroy the One Ring.
For the best adventures, use the best map. The Moorish white villages of the Alpujarras are well known to day trippers from the Costa del Sol. For walkers this is an idyllic region with stone-laid donkey trails linking the tipico villages and stretching up the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada to Mulhacen
Madeira's favourite map just got a whole lot better. Now in its 10th edition including the new Palheiro golf development, goodbye to the abandoned Ponta Pargo golf course, final sections of the VE3 road, loads of minor road updating especially in the south west. For hikers we have added several new highlighted walking routes.
Our latest hiking research on Tenerife has resulted in new editions of Walk! Tenerife and Tenerife Hikers' Super-Durable Maps. Jan Kostura's research gps records of his research for new routes and updating of current routes has provided the detailed information to produce our new edition of Tenerife Hikers Super-Durable Maps.
For the best adventures, use the best map. This updated 4th edition is a collection of four 30k scale map sections on a double sided sheet of 840mm by 600mm which folds up to 220mm by 120mm. Highly detailed maps cover Valle de Orotava, West, Anaga and Adeje/Arona - Teide. Printed on waterproof, tearproof recyclable material.
Edale Skyline Challenge is the most scenic of challenge routes thanks to the ridge line nature of its route. At just over 20 miles with a 10 hour challenge time it is suitable for fit leisure walkers as a great day out in good weather; in bad weather it really is a challenge. Free digital app and gps editions included in your purchase.
