pbThe first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed iThe Silmarillioni, iThe Lord of the Ringsi, iUnfinished Talesi, and iThe History of Middle-earthi, and want to learn more about Tolkien's magnificent world.bppIt is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published iThe Hobbiti in 1937 and iThe Lord of the Ringsi in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973.ppFor him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in iThe Nature of Middle-earth ireveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as profound as Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of N menor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hi