Humphrey Carpenter Bücher

Die Biographie stützt sich auf Dokumente aus Tolkiens Nachlaß (darunter seine in Elbenschrift geführten Tagebücher). Sie informiert auch über unveröffentlichte oder für den deutschen Leser schwer zugängliche Arbeiten Tolkiens, insbesondere seine philologischen Schriften, die so manchen indirekten Kommentar zu seinem erzählerischen Werk enthalten.

Anna hat einen ganz verrückten Schultag erlebt. (ab 5).

A biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.

Summarizes Auden's ambiguity: 'Here, as so often in his life, Auden adopted a dogmatic attitude which did not reflect the full range of his opinions, and which he sometimes flatly contradicted.'

A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world’s most famous storytellers.

When Class Three and Mr Majeika go to the circus, it's definitely not as fun as they imagined. Everyone's a bit old, creaky and rubbish really! So when Mr Majeika casts a small spell to help the performers with their circus show, Billy Balance, the slack rope walker, kidnaps Mr Majeika so that Mr Majeika can magically help him.

This text examines the British satire explosion of the early 1960s - from Private Eye and Beyond the Fringe to That Was the Week That Was - and its lasting influence on comedy.

'Music teacher? What music teacher?' The sudden arrival of a new music teacher throws St barty's School into confusion. Mysterious smells start coming from the staffroom and creepy-crawlies appear out of nowhere. The new arrival is, of course, Wilhelmina Worlock, a wicked witch with some nasty tricks. It's up to Mr Majeika to try to outwit her...

Mysteriously stranded in the fog at night, Mr Majeika and Class Three find themselves in a creepy hotel near Hadrian's Wall, where some very spooky things start to happen. Strange lights, ghostly sounds and vanishing people.