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Books by Colin Duriez
  | | J.R.R. Tolkien(Updated) (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts) by Colin Duriez Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2018 by Rydon Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-910821-26-8, ISBN: 1-910821-26-8 "The authoritative exploration of the man behind Middle Earth. From Tolkien's Bletchley Park connection to the `publishing risk' of The Lord of the Rings, this latest addition to the Amazing & Extraordinary series explores J.R.R.Tolkien's inventiveness, the sources of his inspiration and the fellowship of his fan base." |
 | | The Oxford Inklings(Updated) Their Lives, Writings, Ideas, and Influence by Colin Duriez Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Lion Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-7459-5634-3, ISBN: 0-7459-5634-3 "A unique account of one of history's most intriguing literary groups, which will find itself on the reading list of every serious Tolkien, Lewis, or Inkling fanThe Inklings were an influential group, along the lines of the Lake Poets or the Bloomsbury Group. Acclaimed author Colin Duriez explores their lives, their writings, their ideas, and, crucially, the influence they had on each other. Examining the clear purpose behind the group w ..." |
 | | The A-Z of C.S. Lewis(Updated) An Encyclopaedia of His Life, Thought, and Writings by Colin Duriez Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2013 by Lion Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-7459-5586-5, ISBN: 0-7459-5586-X "Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis's death, this complete guide covers all of Lewis' works, from his literary criticism to NarniaC. S. Lewis's work is widely known and regarded, but enthusiasts are often only aware of one part of his work—his children's stories and his popular theology; and yet he wrote so much more, including science fiction and literary criticism. This volume brings together all aspects of ..." |
 | | J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis(Updated) The Story of Their Friendship by Colin Duriez Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2005 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-3542-5, ISBN: 0-7509-3542-1 "The friendship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis lasted over 40 years and was for each the most important creative collaboration in their lives. Colin Duriez's book focuses primarily on this remarkable literary association, exploring the origins of the mythological worlds which both writers placed at the centre of their fiction." |
 | | Francis Schaeffer(Reprint) An Authentic Life by Colin Duriez Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2015 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-5223-6, ISBN: 1-4335-5223-X "A monumental work that draws on specially collected oral history to fully portray the person, work, and teaching of one of the most important figures in modern Christianity. Nearly twenty-five years after his death, Francis Schaeffer's impact as one of the foremost shapers of modern Christianity still reverberates within the church and contemporary culture. A pastor, apologist, best-selling author, and activist whose work and ministry r ..." |
 | | Bedeviled(1st Edition) Lewis, Tolkien and the Shadow of Evil by Colin Duriez Paperback, 235 Pages, Published 2015 by Ivp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3417-4, ISBN: 0-8308-3417-6 "The battle between good and evil—in both the seen and unseen worlds—was as clearly at play in the era of C.S. Lewis and his friends in the Oxford literary group, the Inklings, as in our own era. Some of the members of the Inklings carried physical and psychological scars from World War One which led them to deeply consider the problem of evil during the dark era of World War Two. Were they alive today, their view of a spiritual conflic ..." |
 | | C.S. Lewis(1st Edition) A Biography of Friendship by Colin Duriez Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Lion Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-7459-5587-2, ISBN: 0-7459-5587-8 "An Oxford student of C.S. Lewis's said he found his new tutor interesting, and was told by J.R.R. Tolkien: "Interesting? Yes, he's certainly that. You'll never get to the bottom of him." You can learn a great deal about people by their friends and nowhere is this more true than in the case of C.S. Lewis, the remarkable academic, author, populariser of faith - and creator of Narnia. He lost his mother early in life, and became estranged ..." |
 | | J. R. R. Tolkien(Updated) The Making of a Legend by Colin Duriez Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2012 by Lion Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-7459-5514-8, ISBN: 0-7459-5514-2 "Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films, J.R.R. Tolkien's creations, imagination, and characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up the intricate languages and perfectly crafted world of Middle-earth? Tolkien had a difficult life, for many years: orphaned and poor, his guardian forbad him to communicate with the woman he had fallen in love with, and he went through the hor ..." |
 | | Francis Schaeffer(1st Edition) An Authentic Life by Colin Duriez Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2008 by Crossway ISBN-13: 978-1-58134-857-6, ISBN: 1-58134-857-6 "A monumental work that draws on specially collected oral history to fully portray the person, work, and teaching of one of the most important figures in modern Christianity. Nearly twenty-five years after his death, Francis Schaeffer's impact as one of the foremost shapers of modern Christianity still reverberates within the church and contemporary culture. A pastor, apologist, best-selling author, and activist whose work and ministry ..." |
 | | Field Guide to Harry Potter by Colin Duriez Paperback, 301 Pages, Published 2007 by Ivp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3430-3, ISBN: 0-8308-3430-3 "Everything you need to know about Harry Potter! From plot summaries to refresh your memory (Do you remember which book introduces the character of Luna Lovegood?) to a delightful glossary of characters, places, spells and special objects (Do you know what the spell aparecium does?), this book, authored by Colin Duriez, is designed to be an excellent companion to the Harry Potter books. With loads of quotes from interviews, you'll lear ..." |
 | | A Field Guide to Narnia(1st Edition) by Colin Duriez, Brian Sibley Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2004 by Ivp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3207-1, ISBN: 0-8308-3207-6 "Are you traveling to Narnia? No matter if this is your first visit to C. S. Lewis's wonderful fantasy world or if you've been there many times, you'll want to bring along this handy companion to the landscape and inhabitants of Narnia, including an A-to-Z guide to characters, places, objects and events. From Narnia expert Colin Duriez you'll learn more about the mind behind Narnia how Narnia relates to other imaginative worlds and chi ..." |
 | | Tolkien and C.S. Lewis(1st Edition) The Gift of Friendship by Colin Duriez Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2003 by Paulist Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58768-026-7, ISBN: 1-58768-026-2 "Both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are literary superstars, known around the world as the creators of Middle-earth and Narnia. But few of their readers and fans know about the important and complex friendship between Tolkien and his fellow Oxford academic C.S. Lewis. Without the persistent encouragement of his friend, Tolkien would never have completed The Lord of the Rings. This great tale, along with the connected matter of The Silmarillion, ..." |
 | | The J. R. R. Tolkien Handbook(1st Edition) A Concise Guide to His Life, Writings, and World of Middle-Earth by Colin Duriez, Brian Sibley Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2002 by Baker Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8010-3014-7, ISBN: 0-8010-3014-5 "J. R. R. Tolkien created an entire fantasy world-complete with its own history, languages, geography, and literature. Readers are quickly caught up in orcs and hobbits, ents, elvin lords, and hundreds of other fascinating and often complex characters who inhabit this magical place. But what are readers to do when they can't remember who Amras was, where in Middle-earth Caras Galadon can be found, or what one might expect to see in the H ..." |
 | | Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings(2nd Edition) by Colin Duriez Paperback, 307 Pages, Published 2001 by Azure Books ISBN-13: 978-1-902694-22-1, ISBN: 1-902694-22-8 "The book opens with an introduction to the various parts and chapters of The Lord of the Rings and links this to a subsequent A-Z section, divided into sub-sections, e.g. beings, places, events, writing, themes. The last part of the book is a brief biography of Tolkien, with information on his professional life, his friends (such as C.S. Lewis and the Inklings) and the shape of his thought and work. This is a refocused and updated versi ..." |
 | | Field Guide to Harry Potter by Colin Duriez 302 Pages, Published 2013 by Intervarsity Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-7785-0, ISBN: 0-8308-7785-1 "113 “magic . . . in one way is the wild imagination actualized”: Colin Manlove, From Alice to Harry Potter (Christchurch, New Zealand: Cybereditions, 2003), p. 187. “a fairly good imitation of Grimm and Dickens, mixed with some true Alpine feeling of my own”: “John Ruskin,” in Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, ed. Humphrey Carpenter and Mari Prichard (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1984). What is most diffic ..." |
 | | Amazing & Extraordinary Facts - Tolkien by Colin Duriez Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2012 by David & Charles ISBN-13: 978-1-4463-0269-9, ISBN: 1-4463-0269-5 "Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: J.R.R. Tolkien is the authoritative collection of facts about the man behind Middle-earth, and his remarkably detailed imaginative world of Hobbits and Elves. Though undoubtedly an academic, there was much more to J.R.R. Tolkien. He was ‘kidnapped’ as a baby in South Africa, orphaned, and mentally scarred from the bloody Battle of the Somme of World War I. His major book, The Lord of the Rings, one of the ..." |
 | | AD 33 The Year That Changed the World by Colin Duriez Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by The History Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-3976-8, ISBN: 0-7509-3976-1 "AD 33 was the year when an obscure religious teacher died a criminal's death in an outpost of the Roman Empire, an event which had world-changing consequences in the form of the beginnings of Christianity. What was the world like in that momentous year? In this breathtaking book, events in the Roman Empire and beyond are covered in order to obtain a picture of the historical setting of the year of Christ's death." |
 | | AD 33(1st Edition) The Year that Changed the World by Colin Duriez Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Ivp Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3396-2, ISBN: 0-8308-3396-X "How did Jesus shape history? In A.D. 33 an obscure religious teacher died a criminal's death in a distant outpost of the Roman Empire. Yet this was an event with world-changing consequences. What was the world like in that momentous year? Colin Duriez's compelling book brings to life events in the Roman Empire and beyond. As we look back on that remarkable year, we can see from the perspective of world history that it was dominated by ..." |
 | | The C. S. Lewis Chronicles by Colin Duriez Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2005 by Darton Longman And Todd ISBN-13: 978-0-232-52646-2, ISBN: 0-232-52646-X "C S Lewis (1898-1963) is known around the world for his beloved and classic series "The Chronicles of Narnia", which includes "The Lion", the "Witch and the Wardrobe". One of the greatest writers and thinkers of modern times, he was an eminent scholar, who taught at Oxford and Cambridge, and was a close friend of J R R Tolkien. "The C S Lewis Chronicles" takes a refreshingly different and highly illuminating approach to the life, though ..." |
 | | A Guide to Middle Earth by Colin Duriez Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by Sutton Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-3982-9, ISBN: 0-7509-3982-6 "This absorbing guide to the mind behind middle-earth will introduce or remind readers of the abundance that exists in Tolkein's thought and imagination. Interweaving sections explore The Lord of the Rings and its history; the key themes, concepts and images in Tolkein's work; the people and places in his life, and his other writings. At the heart of the book is an indispensible A-Z of middle-earth, with detailed entries on Beings, Place ..." |
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