New Releases by Humphrey Carpenter

"Includes comprehension questions, vocabulary, and questions for class discussion, essays, and projects." Also includes chronology of Tolkien''s life and quotations from The letters of J.R.R Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien.

Amusing retellings of Shakespeare''s plays set in the present day. The plays include: As You Like It, King Lear, Othello, Richard III, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing.

A very different look at some of Shakespeare''s stories told from a minor character''s point of view. A humorous look at Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer''s Night Dream, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Henry V and others.

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.

School is a lot of fun, especially if the new boy in the class comes from outer space! Suggested level: junior.

The first truly comprehensive biography of the controversial poet. The compassionate narrative does not flinch before the poet''s eccentric personality and later involvement with Fascist ideology, and brings absorbing new detail to his years of incarceration for treason. Exhaustively researched. Carpenter also provides a bibliography of biographical references and notes on sources. Highly recommended. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"What do a North-Indian prince, a Chinese teacher, and a carpenter''s son from the Roman Province of Galilee and an Arabian merchant have in common? The Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad each founded a system of though which in its own way has shaped the lives and thinking of countless generations across the world. What are the distinctive features of these four great traditions? Why have they had such a profound and lasting influence on the way people think today? Readers of these four lucid and authoritative accounts will gain new insight into the different ways in which men and women in both East and West have sought to make sense of some of the most intractable problems of human existence"--from back cover.

''I really am quite useless as a wizard'', says Mr Majeika. But Class Three thinks Mr Majeika is an excellent wizard, particularly when his spells go wrong.

Samenhangende studie over het werk van een tiental auteurs van kinderboeken uit de periode 1860 tot 1930.

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 teachings of Jesus, their differences with those of his contemporaries, and their representation in modern Christian churches are discussed from the point of view of an unbiased historian.

"Several million readers throughout the world have enjoyed The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This is the authorized biography of their creator, J.R.R. 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.