Best Selling Books by Humphrey Carpenter

Humphrey Carpenter is the author of J. R. R. Tolkien. Una biografía (2021), Dennis Potter (1998), A Thames Companion (1981), J. R. R. Tolkien. La biografia (2016), J.R.R. Tolkien. Uma biografia (2018).

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J. R. R. Tolkien. Una biografía

release date: Apr 14, 2021
J. R. R. Tolkien. Una biografía
La biografía del padre de la Tierra Media. Humphrey Carpenter, autor entre otros libros de una biografía del poeta W.H. Auden, narra en esta obra la larga carrera de J.R.R. Tolkien, desde las vicisitudes de una infancia difícil a los trabajos y obligaciones de la vida académica, como profesor en la Universidad de Oxford. Carpenter escribió esta biografía del creador de la Tierra Media consultando documentos inéditos, y entrevistando a parientes y amigos.

Dennis Potter

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter''s death in 1994 deprived British television of one of the most controversial figures it has ever known. Peter was a prolific writer of genius. For this biography of Potter, Carpenter has interviewed everyone who came close to him.

J. R. R. Tolkien. La biografia

release date: Jan 01, 2016

J.R.R. Tolkien. Uma biografia

release date: Aug 01, 2018
J.R.R. Tolkien. Uma biografia
"A biografia autorizada do criador da Terra-média. Nas décadas posteriores ao falecimento de J.R.R. Tolkien, em setembro de 1973, milhões de pessoas leram O Hobbit, O Senhor dos Anéis e O Silmarillion e ficaram tão fascinadas quanto intrigadas com o homem muito reservado por trás dos livros. Nascido na África do Sul, em janeiro de 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ficou órfão durante a infância e cresceu quase na pobreza. Ele serviu na Primeira Guerra Mundial e sobreviveu à Batalha do Somme, onde perdeu quase todos os seus amigos mais íntimos. Após a guerra, retornou à vida acadêmica, conquistando uma grande reputação como estudioso e professor universitário, e tornando-se, por fim, Professor de Inglês em Oxford, onde fez amizade com C.S. Lewis e os outros escritores conhecidos, formando um grupo denominado Os Inklings. Então, de repente, sua vida mudou dramaticamente. Certo dia, enquanto corrigia provas, ele acabou escrevendo no verso de uma folha: "Numa toca no chão vivia um hobbit" – e a fama mundial o aguardava. Humphrey Carpenter recebeu acesso irrestrito a todos os documentos de Tolkien e entrevistou seus amigos e familiares. A partir dessas fontes ele segue o longo e doloroso processo de criação que produziu O Senhor dos Anéis e O Silmarillion e fornece uma vasta gama de informações sobre a vida e a obra de um dos mais estimados autores do século XX."

Robert Runcie

release date: Jan 01, 1997

The Seven Lives of John Murray

release date: Jan 01, 2008
The Seven Lives of John Murray
From the burning of Byron''s memoirs, Jane Austen''s clipped businesslike manner, and the lucrative controversy caused by the publication of Darwin''s Origin of Species, through to the discovery of the new young poet John Betjeman, the name John Murray has for more than two hundred years been synonymous with challenging, intelligent and progressive publishing. From its birth in 1768, when the first John Murray of Edinburgh came down to London, each of its seven leaders has made his own contribution to the dissemination of literature and the understanding of the world. One became Byron''s publisher and confidante; another began the revolutionary series of Murray handbooks which transformed world travel in the early years of the railways; a third broke controversial new ground with the publication of Queen Victoria''s letters. So the tradition progressed to the end of the twentieth century, and a list of literary giants including Patrick Leigh Fermor, Osbert Lancaster, Fransoise Sagan and Poet Laureate, John Betjeman. Written in Carpenter''s rollicking and iconoclastic style, it is an affectionate and vibrant account of the longest-surviving publishing house in the world.

Charlie Crazee's Teevee

release date: Jan 01, 1993

J.R.R. Tolkien, une biographie

release date: Sep 07, 2023

Gli inklings. Tolkien, Lewis, Williams & Co.

Het leven van J.R.R. Tolkien

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Het leven van J.R.R. Tolkien
Studie over het leven en de literaire werken van de Engelse auteur (1892-1973).

Mister Majeika

release date: Mar 01, 1997

Mr. Majeika and the Haunted Hotel &

release date: Jan 01, 1992

סיפור חייו של טולקין

release date: Jan 01, 2013

Shakespeare malo drugače

release date: Jan 01, 1996

Correspondence Concerning W.H. Auden, 1982

Correspondence Concerning W.H. Auden, 1982
Comments, in a letter addressed jointly to Humphrey Carpenter and Edward Mendelson, on their studies of W.H. Auden; responses from both; photocopy of his essay on Auden, published in Spender''s Tribute (1974).

The Authorized Biography of Tolkien

The Authorized Biography of Tolkien
Tolkien''s life through diaries, private papers, letters and living memory, this is a vivid portrait of the man who created a whole magical world beloved to millions.

Makers of Christianity

release date: Jan 01, 1993
Makers of Christianity
Contains studies of the most influential figures in the early Christian world: Jesus, Paul, Augustine and Aquinas. The four separate studies which make up this book constitute a guide to the making of Christian doctrine.

What Did You Do at School Today?

release date: Jan 01, 1992
What Did You Do at School Today?
School is a lot of fun, especially if the new boy in the class comes from outer space! Suggested level: junior.

Shakespeare with a Difference

release date: Aug 01, 1995

Some Effects of the Guilt Motive on Learning and Behavior in Children

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