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The Tolkien Reader
The Tolkien Reader is an anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien. It includes a variety of short stories, poems, a play and some non-fiction. It compiles material previously published as three separate shorter books (Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil), together …
Under the Banner of King Death
by Paul Buhle, David Lester, Marcus Rediker
Featuring an African American fugitive from bondage, an undercover woman, and ‘outcasts of all nations,’ an arresting graphic exploration of the resistance and radical vision of 18th-century pirates
A tale of mutiny, bloody battle, and social revolution, Under the Banner of King Death novelizes for the first time the real …