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A Waiter Made of Glass

Verlyn Flieger

Signum Press

Award-winning author Verlyn Flieger takes readers through a series of insightful short stories exploring tragic aspects of human nature. A few...

Conversations: Verlyn Flieger

Signum Studios

Welcome to an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Signum Studios' new Conversations series of interviews, starting with Dr. Verlyn Flieger. Le...

Exploring Beowulf

Michael Drout

Signum Press

Lovers of Beowulf, Professor Mike Drout has a quest for you if you’re willing to accept it. Many of you may be following his lecture series, E...

Exploring Jackson's LotR Films

Corey Olsen, Maggie Parke

Signum Studios

You’ve seen the films. You’ve watched the extra features, the extended additions, the commentaries, the interviews, and probably every other p...

Exploring the LotR, Volume 1

Corey Olsen

Signum Press

Exploring the Lord of the Rings is a chapter-by-chapter discussion of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Each of Tolkien's chapters will be cov...

Freyja's Garden

Mary Dockray-Miller

Signum Press

One third of the way through the Old English poem Beowulf (lines 1063-1159), the main characters listen to a bard tell a cryptic tale of a feu...

Hip Hop and Tolkien

Corey Olsen, Willie Jenkins

Signum Studios

The Song of Words: Hip Hop and Tolkien This space is a very special place where we provide analysis and compare the poems of J.R.R Tolkien an...

How To Learn How To Think

Michael Drout

Signum Press

How To Learn How To Think by Professor Michael Drout presents the enduring value of the liberal arts. In this project room, you will be able t...

The Flower of the Cedar

Kay ben-Avraham

Signum Press

In The Flower of the Cedar, Kay ben-Avraham brings to life the enchanting tale of a young dryad who must journey through perilous lands and fa...

The Knewbettafication of the Silmarillion

Willie Jenkins

Signum Studios

This space is a fun, accessible place where those of all walks of life, education,and backgrounds can come learn about the notoriously difficu...

The Silmarillion Primer

Jeff LaSala

Signum Press

Join Jeff LaSala for an exploration of The Silmarillion! The Silmarillion Primer guides readers through The Silmarillion, a challenging book ...