Since
Mac lives, as I do, in Germany, I'd like to point out that there is yet another possibility for obtaining the recordings here.
der hörverlag has LotR, Hobbit, Sil, and Perilous Realm available not only in German translation, but also in the original English:
LotR They can be ordered in bookstores and are usually delivered within a day or two.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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