The Green Man

The Green Man

Author: Kingsley Amis

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1590176162

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The owner of a haunted country inn contends with death, fatherhood, romantic woes, and alcoholism in this humorous and “rattling good ghost story” from a Booker Prize–winning author (The New York Times) Maurice Allington has reached middle age and is haunted by death. As he says, “I honestly can’t see why everybody who isn’t a child, everybody who’s theoretically old enough to have understood what death means, doesn’t spend all his time thinking about it. It’s a pretty arresting thought.” He also happens to own and run a country inn that is haunted. The Green Man opens as Maurice’s father drops dead (had he seen something in the room?) and continues as friends and family convene for the funeral. Maurice’s problems are many and increasing: How to deal with his own declining health? How to reach out to a teenage daughter who watches TV all the time? How to get his best friend’s wife in the sack? How to find another drink? (And another.) And then there is always death. The Green Man is a ghost story that hits a live nerve, a very black comedy with an uncannily happy ending: in other words, Kingsley Amis at his best.


In the Shadow of Man

In the Shadow of Man

Author: Jane Goodall

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780618056767

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The classic study of primates.


Green Man, Earth Angel

Green Man, Earth Angel

Author: Tom Cheetham

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780791462706

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Argues for a renewed vision of the cosmos based on the centrality of the human encounter with the sacred.


The Green Man's Heir

The Green Man's Heir

Author: JULIET E. MCKENNA

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-19

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781908039699

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A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles.


The Eye of the World

The Eye of the World

Author: Robert Jordan

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1990-01-15

Total Pages: 753

ISBN-13: 0312850093

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The Wheel of Times turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, and Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.


The Green Man's Foe

The Green Man's Foe

Author: Juliet E McKenna

Publisher:

Published: 2019-08-15

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781908039873

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Daniel Mackmain, the son of a dryad, is called into action again, this time to confront an ancient menace lurking in a lake. A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles. Sequel to The Green Man's Heir.


The Green Man's Challenge

The Green Man's Challenge

Author: JULIET E. MCKENNA

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781913892234

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A while back, Daniel Mackmain's life took an unexpected turn. Now the Green Man expects him to resolve clashes between those dwelling unseen in wild places and the ordinary people who have no idea what's out there. Dan's father is human and his mother's a dryad, so he sees what's happening in both these worlds. Once upon a time, giants walked this land. So says everyone from Geoffrey of Monmouth to William Blake. This ancient threat is stirring in the Wiltshire twilight, up on the chalk downs. Can Dan meet this new challenge when he can only find half-forgotten fairy tales to guide him? Will the other local supernatural inhabitants see him - or the giant - as friend or foe? A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles. The book also features a bonus short story starring Dan's boss, Eleanor Beauchene.


Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn

Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn

Author: Greg Leitich Smith

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2014-06-10

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1626720959

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Beach culture and UFOs collide in this lighthearted adventure story about an alien encounter at an aging Cocoa Beach motel.Twelve-year-old Aidan lives and works at his parents' motel on the Space Coast in Florida, so he's seen a lot of weird stuff. Even his best friend, Louis, is a little bit crazy—he's obsessed with UFOs and swears he saw one two years ago. But things at the Mercury Inn are about to get a whole lot weirder. When an actual unidentified flying object suddenly appears in the sky over the motel, Aidan begins to realize that some of the residents of the Mercury Inn may be much more unusual than he thought. And Louis might not be so crazy after all. Filled with quirky characters and atmosphere, this beachy alien caper, like the aging motel where it takes place, is anything but ordinary.


Shadow

Shadow

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2014-12-23

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1466888091

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Author of War Horse, and bestselling storyteller Michael Morpurgo touched our hearts with this beautiful story of a boy, his lost dog, and the lengths he would go to be reunited. This timely story of battle-scarred Afghanistan delivers a masterful portrait of war, love, and friendship. With the horrors of war bearing down on them, Aman and his mother are barely surviving in an Afghan cave, and staying there any longer will end horribly. The only comfort Aman has is Shadow, the loyal spaniel that shows up from places unknown, it seems, just when Aman needs him most. Aman, his mother, and Shadow finally leave the destroyed cave in hopes of escaping to England, but are held at a checkpoint, and Shadow runs away after being shot at by the police. Aman and his mother escape--without Shadow. Aman is heart-broken. Just as they are getting settled as free citizens in England, they are imprisoned in a camp with locked doors and a barbed wire fence. Their only hope is Aman's classmate Matt, his grandpa, and the dream of finding his lost dog. After all, you never lose your shadow.