Best Selling Books by Brian Sibley

Writer and broadcaster Brian Sibley is a foremost expert on The Lord of the Rings (he adapted the novel for the award-winning BBC radio dramatisation in 1980), and here in this clothbound hardback he will take you to the First Age of Middle-earth, many thousands of years before the events chronicled in The Lord of the Rings. This was the setting for the great War of the Jewels, as recounted in J.R.R. Tolkien''s The Silmarillion and includes a gazetteer of the many places shown on the full-colour illustrated map which accompanies the book. The Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North is faithfully reproduced in full colour by world-renowned Tolkien artist John Howe, the conceptual artist employed by Peter Jackson to work on his multi-award winning Lord of The Rings film trilogy, and who is soon to work on Guillermo del Toro''s Hobbit film. The map is based on the original map by Christopher Tolkien. Embellished with heraldic emblems and dramatic scenes from The Silmarillion, it completes the trio of authorized Tolkien maps by John Howe which can be removed for reference or even for framing. Each element in this collector''s package is special; together they provide an enchanting and desirable artefact that will be a prized possession of Tolkien readers of all ages.

''We feasted on love, every mode of it - solemn and merry, romantic and realistic, sometimes as dramatic as a thunderstorm, sometimes as comfortable and unemphatic as putting on your soft slippers.'' C. S. Lewis The celebrated scholar and writer C. S. Lewis achieved great success in his life - yet to many he remained an engima. Although he had many friends, few if any ever saw the real, private Lewis and for six decades of his life he remained a confirmed bachelor. Then, at the age of sixty, Lewis met Joy Davidman. Davidman, an unconventional American divorcee, turned his world upside down. It was with her that Lewis truly found love and was drawn out of his shell. This is the story of their brief but incandescent love, its tragic end and a faith that endures beyond even the deepest grief. This updated edition contains a new Introduction by author Brian Sibley and a Preface by the UK''s leading Lewis scholar, Alister McGrath.

"A book that all animators will marvel at." —Computer Arts From the creators of the wildly successful Wallace and Gromit films and Chicken Run, here is a practical guide to making your own 3-D (or stop-action) animation, a practice whose robust presence in contemporary filmmaking continues strong. At the heart of the book is a guide to the process of 3-D animation today: a practical, fully illustrated, step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard and sets, and then an entire film. This new edition includes a brand new chapter offering exclusive interviews with the producer and director of Aardman’s latest blockbuster, Shaun the Sheep Movie, a special segment giving you unprecedented behind-the-scenes insight into the making of The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and a revised chapter on CGI technology that explores and celebrates the very latest, up-to-the-minute developments in the field.

Before Middle Earth there was Beleriand, the setting of the great War of the Jewels which took place 7000 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings. This is a full colour, fold-out poster map of Beleriand, with a booklet about the territory

A large, lush artifact from the world of The Golden Compass, this volume documents the process of bringing the book to life. Includes exclusive cast and crew interviews, storyboards, production sketches, and on-set photos. This is the ultimate collectible for every fan

The story of C. S. Lewis''s life with Joy Davidman, his terminally ill wife.

Por primera vez se puede seguir la gran aventura del hobbit Bilbo a traves de un magnifico mapa ilustrado y coloreado. El Bosque Negro, El Arrollo Encantando, La Desolacion de Smaug, Rivendel, y El Yermo son algunos de los lugares que Bilbo visita en su extraordinario viaje. El mapa ha sido creado por el artista John Howe. El texto explicativo e ilustrado que acompana el mapa es de Brian Sibley, autor tambien de los textos que comentan EL MAPA DE LA TIERRA MEDIA.

Le livre indispensable pour ceux qui veulent tout savoir du film, rempli d''anecdotes, d''interviews et de photos inédites du tournage. Brian Sibley nous invite à découvrir l''envers du décor, révélant les heures de travail, mais aussi les trésors d''imagination et d''inventivité qu''il a fallu déployer pour porter à l''écran La Communauté de l''Anneau, le premier épisode de la célèbre trilogie. 16 pages de photos couleur surprenantes. Le réalisateur Peter Jackson s''explique sur son projets et ses inspirations. Dans les coulisses avec les acteurs et l''équipe du tournage. Les secrets des monstres, du maquillage et des effets spéciaux. La magie du XXIe siècle au service de la création de la Terre du Milieu. Les bonnes et les mauvaises surprises du tournage en extérieur. Et bien plus encore !

The story of C. S. Lewis’s life with Joy Davidman, his terminally ill wife.

An insider''s tour of twenty years of movie-making magic at Weta Digital - a stunning look at visual effects are created for the world''s most iconic films. A talented director with the right cinematography crew may see in his or her head exactly the movie he wants to make. But to realize that vision he must have the right visual effects. These are exactly what the geniuses at Weta Digital provide. Movies featured include: The Lord of the Rings trilogy Avatar The Hobbit trilogy The Avengers Prometheus District 9 The Adventures of Tintin King Kong The Chronicles of Narnia Rise of the Planet of the Apes Elysium (premiering this August 2013. Directed by Neil Blomkamp of District 9 fame)

Narnia fans of all ages will love this sumptuous, full-colour Treasury packed with information about C. S. Lewis and his most famous creation. If, like many readers of Narnia, you have secretly pushed against the back of a wardrobe to see if you could enter Lewis''s magical land, this book is for you It is an appreciation of Narnia and all things Narnian -- Aslan, Earthmen, Marsh-wiggles, countries under the earth and across distant oceans -- and of C. S. Lewis himself. Aimed both at children and adults, there are sections on different aspects of Narnian life and its customs, on the people who travelled to Narnia, on its rulers, wise or evil, and on the books themselves. It is illustrated throughout by Pauline Baynes''s intricate drawings which are almost as much a part of Narnia as the text; there are also many early photographs of the author and his family, showing his childhood, his homes and his inspirations.

This deluxe slipcased two-volume set is an insider''s tour of twenty years of movie-making magic at Weta Workshop and Weta Digital, the creative team behind such celebrated films as ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''Avatar'', ''The Avengers'', ''King Kong'' and ''District 9''. Brimming with never-before-published content, including concept designs, sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, and interview material from cast and crew members, it is a look at how the sets, costumes, creatures and characters, weaponry, and visual effects are created for the world''s most iconic films.

J.R.R. Tolkien once wrote: "I wisely started with a map, and made the story fit." The Maps of Middle-earth presents four of Tolkien''s iconic maps, reimagined and newly updated for this edition by acclaimed Tolkien artist, John Howe, and richly decorated with scenes from the books: Middle-earth, a breath-taking panorama of all the locations from Hobbiton to Mordor that feature in The Lord of the Rings; Wilderland, a charming evocation of the realm to which Bilbo journeyed ''there and back again'' in The Hobbit; Beleriand, a lyrical portrayal of the ancient landscape of the First Age, where the great tales of The Silmarillion took place; Númenor, an exclusive reproduction of the legendary island described in Unfinished Tales, which was sunk beneath the waves in the Second Age of Middle-earth. The maps are accompanied by an authoritative text written by Brian Sibley, which tells the stories behind The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, and gives accounts of how the original maps came into being. Filled with illustrations by John Howe, many of which appear here for the first time, the book also features gazetteers of all the names on each of the four maps. They provide revealing insights into the significant role each place-name played in the stories, including those of Númenor, the island-kingdom once inhabited by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anárion, ancestors of Aragorn, that was sunk in a cataclysmic storm following the treacherous deeds of Sauron, as told in Of the Rings of Power in The Silmarillion.

Provides a behind-the-scenes look at the cast, crew, creatures, costumes and special effects featured in the final film of the The Hobbit trilogy directed by Peter Jackson and starring Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Billy Connolly. Original. 100,000 first printing.

This beautiful colour version of Tolkien''s map of wilderland, lovingly re-created by artist John Howe, will take you to all the places Bilbo the Hobbit travelled through on his great adventure. Trace Bilbo''s epic journey through the Forest of Mirkwood to the Enchanted River and the ElvenKing''s Halls; Travel through the Desolation of Smaug to the heart of the Lonely Mountain, wherein lives the huge and evil dragon; Visit Rivendell, home of the Elves, in a hidden valley beyond the Edge of the wild. ''The Map of the Hobbit'' comes with an illustrated explanatory booklet by Brian Sibley, creator of the highly successful BBC radio dramatisation of ''Lord of the Rings.''

Chicken Run is the first feature film from Aardman Animation, the British 3-D animation studio that created the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit short films. In this spirited comedy, to be released in the U.S. by DreamWorks in June 2000, a band of intrepid chickens led by an American rooster (the voice of Mel Gibson) and an English hen (Julia Sawalha of Absolutely Fabulous) bust out of their coop to avoid becoming chicken potpies -- and prove that some chickens are anything but. Here''s the complete story of the making of this epic adventure. The book takes readers inside England''s magical Aardman animation studio, where animators make movies (at a rate of four seconds per day) out of bits of clay, metal, paper, and wood. Based on extensive interviews with acclaimed directors Nick Park and Peter Lord and their gifted team of stop-action animation artists, and reproducing a wealth of visual material, the book is the next best thing to spending every day for three years building and playing with model chickens

Provides a full record of all aspects of the life and career of the cartoon character, from his conception in 1928 to his latest accomplishments