Green on Blue

Elliot Ackerman

ISBN 10: 1476778558 / ISBN 13: 9781476778556

Published by Scribner Book Company, 2015

About this Item

This adult coloring book contains 40 Panda coloring pages in paisley, henna and mandala style designs that are designed to promote stress relief and relaxation. This coloring book for adults is a fantastic item for coloring book beginners and enthusiasts alike, that enjoy coloring mandala, paisley and henna style images and it is designed for people of any coloring skill level. Therefore this coloring book for grown ups makes a great gift or buy for any Panda bear lover who is either looking to start coloring, or someone who is already experienced in coloring books for grownups. The designs in this book range in complexity, with bigger easier to color mandalas and designs to more complex, detailed Henna and Paisley designs. Not only has this book been designed to help allow the user to relieve stress, but also helps to promote creative expression by containing a variety of different styles, patterns and designs for you to color. Not only is this coloring book for grown ups great value for money, but the images inside the book are compiled by different artists, this helps to ensure a variety of styles and designs. The designs on the coloring pages inside this book are printed single sided to not only prevent bleed through, meaning this book is appropriate for a range of different coloring mediums, such as felt tips, coloring pencils, crayons and many more. But also allows the user to remove the pages for hanging or framing purposes without risking the loss of any of the other designs. While this coloring book was designed with stress relief for adults in mind, this book is also suitable for people of all ages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Green on Blue
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476778558
• ISBN 13: 9781476778556
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

From a decorated veteran of the Iraq and Afghan Wars, and White House Fellow, a stirring debut novel about a young Afghan orphan and the harrowing, intractable nature of war.

Aziz and his older brother Ali are coming of age in a village amid the pine forests and endless mountains of eastern Afghanistan. There is no school, but their mother teaches them to read and write, and once a month sends the boys on a two-day journey to the bazaar. They are poor, but inside their mud-walled home, the family has stability, love, and routine.

When a convoy of armed men arrives in their village one day, their world crumbles. The boys survive and make their way to a small city, where they sleep among other orphans. They learn to beg, and, eventually, they earn work and trust from the local shopkeepers. Ali saves their money and sends Aziz to school at the madrassa, but when US forces invade the country, militants strike back. A bomb explodes in the market, and Ali is brutally injured.

In the hospital, Aziz meets an Afghan wearing an American uniform. To save his brother, Aziz must join the Special Lashkar, a US-funded militia. No longer a boy, but not yet a man, he departs for the untamed border. Trapped in a conflict both savage and entirely contrived, Aziz struggles to understand his place. Will he embrace the brutality of war or leave it behind, and risk placing his brother—and a young woman he comes to love—in jeopardy?

Having served five tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, Elliot Ackerman has written a gripping, morally complex debut novel, an astonishing feat of empathy and imagination about boys caught in a deadly conflict.

About the Author

Elliot Ackerman served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and is the recipient of the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. A former White House Fellow, his essays and fiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and Ecotone, among others. He currently lives in Istanbul where he writes on the Syrian Civil War. Green on Blue is his first novel.