Author: Edgar Wallce
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Edgar Wallace's "The Little Green Man and Other Stories" is an excellent collection of mystery stories. These are thrillers with interesting plot twists, and a touch of romance. This book contains the following stories: The Little Green Man - Code No. 2 - The Stretelli Case - The Man Who Never Lost - Christmas Eve At The China Dog - Chubb Of The "Slipper" - The King's Brahm - The Man Who Killed Himself - The Undisclosed Client
The Little Green Man and Other Stories
Author: Edgar Wallce
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Edgar Wallace's "The Little Green Man and Other Stories" is an excellent collection of mystery stories. These are thrillers with interesting plot twists, and a touch of romance. This book contains the following stories: The Little Green Man - Code No. 2 - The Stretelli Case - The Man Who Never Lost - Christmas Eve At The China Dog - Chubb Of The "Slipper" - The King's Brahm - The Man Who Killed Himself - The Undisclosed Client
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Edgar Wallace's "The Little Green Man and Other Stories" is an excellent collection of mystery stories. These are thrillers with interesting plot twists, and a touch of romance. This book contains the following stories: The Little Green Man - Code No. 2 - The Stretelli Case - The Man Who Never Lost - Christmas Eve At The China Dog - Chubb Of The "Slipper" - The King's Brahm - The Man Who Killed Himself - The Undisclosed Client
A Little Book of the Green Man
Author:
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781854105639
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Who is the green man who stares down enigmatically for the corbels and capitals of churches across Europe? He has been linked to Robin Hood, Pan, the Oak King and the Holly King. For such a blatantly Pagan image to have persisted in Christian churches all over Europe surely implies a tremendous power and significance.
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9781854105639
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Who is the green man who stares down enigmatically for the corbels and capitals of churches across Europe? He has been linked to Robin Hood, Pan, the Oak King and the Holly King. For such a blatantly Pagan image to have persisted in Christian churches all over Europe surely implies a tremendous power and significance.
The Green Man
Author: Kingsley Amis
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590176162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590176162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
The Green Man
Author: Michael Bedard
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770495118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When Ophelia's father heads off to Italy for the summer to finish work on his book on the poet Ezra Pound, O - as she prefers to be called - is sent by train to stay with her Aunt Emily, who runs a secondhand bookshop back east called The Green Man. Emily has recently suffered a heart attack. Part of the reason O is sent to stay with her is to see if she can help out with the shop. Part mystery, part fantasy, this compelling and beautifully written novel slips between the real world, and that of the creative imagination. Cloaked in the simple story of a young woman taking over a bookstore from her aged aunt, The Green Man is an eerie story about finding voice and courage, and about suspending disbelief!
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770495118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When Ophelia's father heads off to Italy for the summer to finish work on his book on the poet Ezra Pound, O - as she prefers to be called - is sent by train to stay with her Aunt Emily, who runs a secondhand bookshop back east called The Green Man. Emily has recently suffered a heart attack. Part of the reason O is sent to stay with her is to see if she can help out with the shop. Part mystery, part fantasy, this compelling and beautifully written novel slips between the real world, and that of the creative imagination. Cloaked in the simple story of a young woman taking over a bookstore from her aged aunt, The Green Man is an eerie story about finding voice and courage, and about suspending disbelief!
Little Green Man
Author: Simon Armitage
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780753166222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Thirty-something, out of work, separated from his wife and alienated from his autistic son, Barney retreats into the fantasy world of his past. He harks back to the do-or-dare days with his mates, Winkie, Pompus, Stubbs and Tony Football. Nearly twenty years later, rummaging in the attic, Barney unearths a priceless possession, one that reunites his old circle of friends. As the men get involved in the re-creation of their childhood game - this time with very grown-up stakes - jealousies, rivalries and enmities test their friendship to breaking-point and even threaten their lives. Now, everyone is willing to do or die for the little green man...except this time it's for keeps.
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780753166222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Thirty-something, out of work, separated from his wife and alienated from his autistic son, Barney retreats into the fantasy world of his past. He harks back to the do-or-dare days with his mates, Winkie, Pompus, Stubbs and Tony Football. Nearly twenty years later, rummaging in the attic, Barney unearths a priceless possession, one that reunites his old circle of friends. As the men get involved in the re-creation of their childhood game - this time with very grown-up stakes - jealousies, rivalries and enmities test their friendship to breaking-point and even threaten their lives. Now, everyone is willing to do or die for the little green man...except this time it's for keeps.
The Green Man
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504060385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up “a tasty treat for fantasy fans” (Booklist). There are some “genuine gems” in this “enticing collection” of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring “diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world,” most involving a teen’s coming-of-age. Delia Sherman “takes readers into New York City’s Central Park, where a teenager wins the favor of the park’s Green Queen.” Michael Cadnum offers a “dynamic retelling of the Daphne story.” Charles de Lint presents an “eerie, heartwarming story in which a teenager resists the lure” of the faerie world. Tanith Lee roots her tale in “the myth of Dionysus, a god of the Wild Wood.” Patricia A. McKillip steeps her story in “the legend of Herne, guardian of the forest. Magic realism flavors Katherine Vaz’s haunting story. Gregory Maguire takes on Jack and the Beanstalk, and Emma Bull looks to an unusual Green Man—a Joshua tree in the desert” (Booklist). These enduring works of eco-fantasy by some of the genre’s most popular authors impart “a real sense of how powerful nature can be in its various guises” (School Library Journal). “A treasure trove for teens and teachers exploring themes of ecology and folklore.” —Kirkus Reviews “The stories are well-written and manage to speak to both the intellect and the emotions.” —SF Site
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504060385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Drawing on the mythology of the Green Man and the power of nature, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and others serve up “a tasty treat for fantasy fans” (Booklist). There are some “genuine gems” in this “enticing collection” of fifteen stories and three poems, all featuring “diverse takes on mythical beings associated with the protection of the natural world,” most involving a teen’s coming-of-age. Delia Sherman “takes readers into New York City’s Central Park, where a teenager wins the favor of the park’s Green Queen.” Michael Cadnum offers a “dynamic retelling of the Daphne story.” Charles de Lint presents an “eerie, heartwarming story in which a teenager resists the lure” of the faerie world. Tanith Lee roots her tale in “the myth of Dionysus, a god of the Wild Wood.” Patricia A. McKillip steeps her story in “the legend of Herne, guardian of the forest. Magic realism flavors Katherine Vaz’s haunting story. Gregory Maguire takes on Jack and the Beanstalk, and Emma Bull looks to an unusual Green Man—a Joshua tree in the desert” (Booklist). These enduring works of eco-fantasy by some of the genre’s most popular authors impart “a real sense of how powerful nature can be in its various guises” (School Library Journal). “A treasure trove for teens and teachers exploring themes of ecology and folklore.” —Kirkus Reviews “The stories are well-written and manage to speak to both the intellect and the emotions.” —SF Site
The Last Night at the Jupiter Saloon and Other Stories
Author: Jim Driesen
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
A diverse collection of forty-three stories inhabited by eclectic characters waiting to meet you. A stranger enters a saloon in a desolate, baking hot town in the Arizona desert with a cryptic warning. A murder mystery involving Santa Claus. Ghosts with a sense of humor haunting a graveyard on Halloween. Dogs chasing cats, kids playing T-ball, what really happened to Hitler, and aliens from Alpha Centauri that have plans for planet earth. Plus, many more. Sit back in a comfortable chair and enjoy the journey.
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
A diverse collection of forty-three stories inhabited by eclectic characters waiting to meet you. A stranger enters a saloon in a desolate, baking hot town in the Arizona desert with a cryptic warning. A murder mystery involving Santa Claus. Ghosts with a sense of humor haunting a graveyard on Halloween. Dogs chasing cats, kids playing T-ball, what really happened to Hitler, and aliens from Alpha Centauri that have plans for planet earth. Plus, many more. Sit back in a comfortable chair and enjoy the journey.
The Coming of the Little Green Man
Author: John Agard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780374185
Category : Caribbean poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. In The Coming of the Little Green Man, his eighth Bloodaxe collection, we enter a world of play and parable - in which the little green man stands for all pesky outsiders - in provocative poems charged with contemporary resonance. Which box should the little green man tick on the question of identity? Will the little green man survive as a minority of one in a multiracial London? What if the little green man volunteers to give blood to 21st-century humankind? Winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, he brings to bear his trademark trickster wit that bridges the metaphysical and the political, the comic and the poignant, the oral and the literary. His Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems (2009) was followed by Travel Light Travel Dark (2013) and Playing the Ghost of Maimonides (2016).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780374185
Category : Caribbean poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. In The Coming of the Little Green Man, his eighth Bloodaxe collection, we enter a world of play and parable - in which the little green man stands for all pesky outsiders - in provocative poems charged with contemporary resonance. Which box should the little green man tick on the question of identity? Will the little green man survive as a minority of one in a multiracial London? What if the little green man volunteers to give blood to 21st-century humankind? Winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, he brings to bear his trademark trickster wit that bridges the metaphysical and the political, the comic and the poignant, the oral and the literary. His Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems (2009) was followed by Travel Light Travel Dark (2013) and Playing the Ghost of Maimonides (2016).
The Green Man
Author: Jane Gardam
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781900624213
Category : Green Man (Tale).
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
First published in a collection of short stories called Missing the Midnight: Hauntings and Grotesques, this is a modern twist on the ancient fertility image of legend, church carvings and pub signs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781900624213
Category : Green Man (Tale).
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
First published in a collection of short stories called Missing the Midnight: Hauntings and Grotesques, this is a modern twist on the ancient fertility image of legend, church carvings and pub signs.
Thinking Like a Watershed
Author: Jack Loeffler
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826352340
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Thinking Like a Watershed points our understanding of our relationship to the land in new directions. It is shaped by the bioregional visions of the great explorer John Wesley Powell, who articulated the notion that the arid American West should be seen as a mosaic of watersheds, and the pioneering ecologist Aldo Leopold, who put forward the concept of bringing conscience to bear within the realm of “the land ethic.” Produced in conjunction with the documentary radio series entitled Watersheds as Commons, this book comprises essays and interviews from a diverse group of southwesterners including members of Tewa, Tohono O’odham, Hopi, Navajo, Hispano, and Anglo cultures. Their varied cultural perspectives are shaped by consciousness and resilience through having successfully endured the aridity and harshness of southwestern environments over time.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826352340
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Thinking Like a Watershed points our understanding of our relationship to the land in new directions. It is shaped by the bioregional visions of the great explorer John Wesley Powell, who articulated the notion that the arid American West should be seen as a mosaic of watersheds, and the pioneering ecologist Aldo Leopold, who put forward the concept of bringing conscience to bear within the realm of “the land ethic.” Produced in conjunction with the documentary radio series entitled Watersheds as Commons, this book comprises essays and interviews from a diverse group of southwesterners including members of Tewa, Tohono O’odham, Hopi, Navajo, Hispano, and Anglo cultures. Their varied cultural perspectives are shaped by consciousness and resilience through having successfully endured the aridity and harshness of southwestern environments over time.