The House of the Wolfings: The William Morris Book that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings    by Michael W. Perry
Price: $0.99 USD. 91520 words. Published on November 29, 2008. .
In a 1960 letter, J. R. R. Tolkien referred to The Lord of the Rings when he wrote, “The Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme. They owe more to William Morris and his Huns and Romans, as in The House of the Wolfings or The Roots of the Mountains.” With a foreword and introduction, this is the text of that classic tale.

Masculinity in Tolkien    by Melanie Rost
Price: $2.99 USD. 36240 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .
In Masculinity in Tolkien, Rost argues that despite Tolkien's often conservative views when it comes to sex and gender, a closer look at how masculinity is performed in his works actually shows the social criticism hidden within, the rejection of the heroic code and the search for a hero and a masculinity which is built on love and loyalty, not the excess of courage and pride of heroic poetry.