The Rime of the Modern Mariner

The Rime of the Modern Mariner
Author: Nick Hayes
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-10-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1101617373

An extraordinary, timely update on the classic Coleridge poem Is it possible to update a masterpiece? Only, perhaps, with a brand-new masterpiece. Written in 1797, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” was the original eco-fable; drawn in 2010, The Rime of the Modern Mariner is a graphic novel, now set in the cesspool of the North Atlantic Garbage Patch—thus adding a timely and resonant message about the destruction of our seas. Hayes’s visually striking debut is drawn with complex, iconic images reminiscent of old woodcuts. Emerging from every exquisite page are the poem’s enduring themes: compassion for nature, a sense of connection among all living things, and rightful outrage at man’s thoughtless destruction of the environment. Powerful and evocative, lush and stark, The Rime of the Modern Mariner will appeal to fans of Habibi and Persepolis.

The Rime of the Modern Mariner

The Rime of the Modern Mariner
Author: Nick Hayes (Illustrator)
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Graphic novels
ISBN: 9780670025800

An extraordinary, timely update on the classic Coleridge poem, now a graphic novel and set in the cesspool of the North Atlantic Garbage Patch--thus adding a timely and resonant message about the destruction of the seas.

The Rime of the Modern Mariner

The Rime of the Modern Mariner
Author: Nick Hayes
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011
Genre: Didactic fiction
ISBN: 0224090259

A mariner appears on a park bench and begins his tale...Cursed by an albatross he slew whilst hunting whales, the mariner and his crew find themselves stranded within the North Pacific Garbage Patch- a vast, hypoxic, slow-whirling maelstrom of plastic waste; a hidden repository for the world's litter. Along the way, he meets various characters of our current environmental tragedy- a lady made of oil, a deserted ghost-ship drilling barge, a 2-inch salp (the human race's oceanic ancestor), a blue whale and a hermit. Nostradamus, Cassandra, Medusa, Poseidon, Thor, Gaia, Al-Javari, Mephistopheles and a buzzard also make cameo appearances.

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2010-08-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007369980

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful

Cormorance

Cormorance
Author: Nick Hayes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2016
Genre: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
ISBN: 9781910702055

This is the story of a girl and a boy and and a deserted reservoir. The girl wants only to impress her mother, and finds the perfect challenge to prove herself. The boy suffers a tragedy, becomes fixated with a lost memento and makes it his mission to find it. The water is where, one day, the two will meet. Cormorance is a story of an accidental encounter, an unbreakable bond, and the redemptive force of connecting with the natural world. A wordless, purely visual story, it is - like any work by Nick Hayes - a book of the utmost beauty, and a wonder to hold in your hand.

Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie
Author: Nick Hayes
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1448138884

Forged in the Dustbowl of the 1930s, in an America crippled by the Great World Recession, this humble man found solace in song, and soon those songs became the voice of the People – men and women who had seen their lives deracinated and destroyed by the vicissitudes of global economic forces beyond their control. Guthrie’s influence lives on, a touchstone for Bob Dylan, The Clash and the protest singers of the Occupy movement today. With a delighted eye, and an ear for a tune, Nick Hayes’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rime of the Modern Mariner brings a legend to life with a generous spirit and crackling moral force its subject would have been proud of.

Ancient Mariner

Ancient Mariner
Author: Ken McGoogan
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1443400173

Published to great reviews in Canada, the US and the UK, Ancient Mariner tells the riveting story of how Samuel Hearne—a sailor at 12, a northern explorer at 24, an admirer of Native peoples—became the first European to reach the Arctic coast of North America. Yet, as Ken McGoogan reveals, Samuel Hearne’s place in the history books has been a subject hotly disputed over the past two centuries. This fascinating saga, a skillful blend of literary detective work and finely imagined narrative, delights and surprises as it restores Hearne’s rightful place in history.