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“come not between the nazgul and his prey”: i-am-no-man’s influence on the predatory behavior of fell-beasts

“ill news is an ill guest”: Oral traditions in Rohan court before the rise of fake news

“Late is the hour in which this conjurer chooses to appear”: Remembering the death of a magical realist, 3 years later.

“I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this”: Elven behavioral pattern and cognitive self-restraint in comparative perspective

The Council of Elrond: Deliberative democracy and Volunteerism in late Third Age Middle Earth

The Death of Boromir and its iconographic similitudes to the representation of Saint Sebastian

Neither Living nor Dead: Toward a Non-Binary Ontology of Wraithdom

Po-ta-toes: The Dissemination of Andean Tuber Cultivation in the Shire

The Eagles are Coming: Intervention and Isolationism in Middle Earth Geopolitics

Geodynamics of the Post-Morgothian Stage in the Evolution of the Mordor Craton

“The Dark Fire Will Not Avail You, Flame of Udûn: Notes toward harnessing a geothermal future”

“The Long Third Age: Problems in Periodization in Middle Earth Historiography”

"What can men do against such reckless hate: sociopathy and socio apathy in Middle Earth geopolitics

“BRRRMMMMMMM: Horn of Helm-Hammerhand and acoustic theory in military communication”

“You would not part an old man from his walking stick: ADA-compliance in Rohan court”

“There’s a foul voice in the air: Surviving acoustically-induced avalanche”

“The White Tree of Gondor: Albinism in Middle Earth botanical history”

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