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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition

35 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2005

A Classic in Every Way
Full disclosure: I'm a fan that was brought in by the movies. Normally, I try to read a book before seeing it in movie form, but I was actually convinced not to in this case (more on that in a moment). Eventually, though, I watched the Peter Jackson film adaptations, loved them, and decided I'd like to get the full story. As a first-time LOTR reader, this edition looked like the best choice, as ...

The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)

169 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Very nice edition to have
This review is only about the `50th anniversary edition' and not about the master work of J.R.R.Tolkien. I don't see any issues with the quality of the book. Like few other reviewers mentioned, the folded map is glued together and you need to take little care while viewing it for the first time without damage. That is not an issue or a reason to give this excellent edition a poor rating. Most ...

Remembrances of the Angels: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective on the Fire No One Can Forget
John Kuenster

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008

On a terrible day in December 1958, one of the deadliest fires in American history took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago. The tragedy shocked the nation, tore apart a community with grief and ange

The Evil and the Guilty (Great Books Foundation 50th Anniversary Series)

1 review

Great Books Foundation, 1997

The Evil and the Guilty
Another great Great Books anthology! If you're like me, you'll be amazed to find yourself reading a selection from Musil's A Man without Qualities (a Big Famous Book I thought I'd never get near). I was equally surprised to find myself reading (and enjoying) the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. My book group enjoyed the shorter format of these selections - we used to read novels only, and we'd ...

I Can Read 50th Anniversary Box Set (I Can Read Book 1)
Various

HarperTrophy, 2007

Celebrate the 50th birthday of I Can Read with a classic collection that contains four I Can Read classics: Amelia Bedelia , Biscuit , Frog and Toad Together , and Danny and the Dinosaur .

The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition
William Strunk, E. B. White

Longman, 2008

You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. And now The Elements of Style--the most widely read and employed English style manual--is available in a specially bound 50th Anniversary Edition that offers the title's vast audience an opportunity to own a more durable and elegantly bound edition of this time-tested classic. Offering the same content as the Fourth Edition, revised in 1999, the new ...

The Lucky Baseball Bat: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (Matt Christopher Sports Fiction)

4 reviews
Matt Christopher

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2004

A tale of simpler, less hectic days
After reading the first couple of chapters of THE LUCKY BASEBALL BAT, I had to go back to the copyright page to see just when this book was written. After all, the hero of the story, a young boy named Martin and his younger sister Jeannie are invited into the house of Barry Welton, a teenager they had just met after Martin had an unfortunate incident on the ball field that left him sad and ...

This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill (Popular Science)
Carl Djerassi

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

On October 15, 1951, in a small laboratory in Mexico City, one of the key episodes in 20th century social history occurred: the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive--an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honored worldwide for that accomplishment, which ultimately changed the life of women and the nature of human reproduction in ways that were not then foreseeable. Now, on the 50th ...

Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)

150 reviews

HarperTrophy, 1981

We Love Harold !
My son loves to read about Harold's adventures over and over and over again. After Harold, it's Cyrano, a caterpillar failing in school in Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Successand then Nate the piglet that turns a school upside down when he visits in The Big Squeal: A Wild, True, and Twisted Tail. These books are so wonderful for kid's imagination...and you know what ..I enjoy ...

Singin' In The Rain- The Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition (Songbook) (Piano Vocal Chords)
Alfred Publishing

Alfred Publishing, 2007

Arranged For Piano & Guitar With Lyrics, Chords & Chord Frames. All the songs from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to one of Hollywood's most memorable films. Also includes a 12 page essay written by authors Betty Comden and Adolph Green and their fond memories of working on the film set. Also includes a photo gallery of the films stars, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and more. This is a collectable that every music lover ...

Sports Illustrated: The 50th Anniversary Book
Editors of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated, 2006

For 50 years, Sports Illustrated has set the standard for sports writing and action photography.Now, for the culmination of the magazines 50th Anniversary celebration, some of the finest writing and most memorable pictures from Sports Illustrateds archives have been collected in a lavish coffee table book that will be treasured by the magazines devoted readers for years to come.Along with the stunning photography, which includes every one of the ...

Identity and Self-Respect (The Great Books Foundation 50th Anniversary Series)

1 review

Great Books Foundation, 1997

Identity and Self-Respect
This is a favorite anthology of mine from the Great Books Foundation. My book group isn't done with all the selections yet, but we've been impressed by the wide variety of writings, and how the questions for discussion really focus us on the literature. We're reading more seriously now and having better discussions. I was especially impressed with the questions for T.S. Eliot's Prufrock - a ...

Turning 50: Quotes, Lists, and Helpful Hints

1 review
William K. Klingaman

Plume, 1994

James Joyce and the Dead/Portrait
To William Klingaman - you have ruined our lives. Since we took your class, we've been unhealthily interested in James Joyce - we just watched a movie called "Nora" about his wife. We didn't understand...ran to the computer, read a biography on James Joyce, and looked frantically for some criticism on the film to help explain it to us. We are now in pursuit of your email address so we can make ...

Barbie 50th Anniversary
Yona Zeldis McDonough

Assouline, 2008

Big-eyed, blonde, and beautiful, Barbie took over the world in 1959 with little more than a white-and-black striped bathing suit and a pair of high heels. Today, Mattel sells three Barbies a second, and children in more than one hundred and fifty countries know her name.Now, on her fiftieth anniversary as cultural icon, Assouline presents the ultimate collector s volume on the world s most popular doll. Encapsulating her history, chronicling her ...

Muscles: Testing and Function (Limited 50th Anniversary Edition)

4 reviews
Florence P. Kendall, Patricia Geise Provance, ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999

Worthwhile purchase
If you ever needed to know what all the muscles in the body were, where exactly they attached to the skeleton, what movement they created, and ways to test how strong they are this is the bible. As a physical therapist, this has been an invaluable book to have both as a student and as a clinician.

I Love Lucy: The Official 50th Anniversary Edition, Celebrating 50 Years of Love and Laughter

17 reviews
Elisabeth Edwards

Running Press, 2001

Excellent Source of Entertaining Information on I Love Lucy!
I received this book as a birthday present, and have enjoyed reading and looking through the numerous amounts of memorable pictures this book has to offer. It takes you through each episode, giving you little known facts about each episode, and provides excellent pictures from each episode. Anyone who is a fan of "I Love Lucy" show strongly consider buying this book!!!

Fly High, Fly Low (50th Anniversary ed.)

1 review
Don Freeman

Puffin, 2007

Pigeon Love in San Francisco
No child growing up in the SF Bay Area should be deprived of this classic tale of love in the nation's most romantic city. Read it aloud to ages 3 to 6. Sid and Midge are pigeons who eat the bread crumbs from Blum's Bakery (now the Macy's Union Square entrance ...ugh) and enjoy the city together, particularly Union Square. Kids can really relate to Sid's plight on a horribly stormy day, when ...

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