The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

The Hobbit by J R R TolkienBilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. The prelude to

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Liesel Meminger

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This book distils the conclusions of Emeritus Professor Alan Powell

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a Northern Territory Aboriginal community whose history showed so much promise but whose dysfunction is now more prominent that its famous artwork

In this book Boochani's collected writings are combined with essays from experts on migration

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