Most Popular Books by Brian Green

Shortlisted for the EU Literary Award 2008, THE MONKEY ON THE MOUNTAIN is about a lonely boy who is unsure of his mother''s love, afraid of his father, and bullied by his older brother. The youngest in his low-income, suburban family, he has to grow up the fastest, if he is to win the acceptance he so desperately desires. But what shocks and rites of passage must he endure in order to belong? What forbidden fruit must he eat to gain the knowledge he needs to enter the adult world, where every group has its own roles and rules? How does a boy learn to become a man? FOR a white boy living in the old South Africa, these are impenetrable, baffling questions. He seeks answers at home and at school. He tries to fit in by leaving behind the wonderland innocence of childhood and by imitating the male figures around him, beginning with his brother. When his role models ultimately fail him, he faces even harder questions about existence and identity. THE NOVEL tells in everyday language the story of a timid schoolboy (whose first name we never learn) trying to make sense of some of the deepest, most mythic and fundamental enigmas of growing up. Using the simple idea of home as a metaphor for culture and society at large, this honest and touching portrayal will make readers think about their own childhood struggle to find meaning and self-worth in the world. REVIEW: ''Green expertly maps the inner workings of a child''s mind as it tries to make sense of a sadly foreign adult world.''-Toni Stuart, The Cape Times ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Other works of prose fiction by the author include DR VIRGIL''S DREAM: OR, HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL WITH A HAMMER, a novel written to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in 1976, and a novella set in present-day, post-Mandela South Africa, WHILE THE ANGELS BAKE BREAD.

Work of three biologists living, working and documenting the life history of Rosenberg''s goanna, Varanus rosenbergi. Includes new field data and previously published accounts Rosenberg''s biology and behaviour. This is a unique monitor lizard living only in the southern part of Australia whose eggs incubate and hatch into a green house atmosphere. Young then transition into a high oxygen atmosphere. Topics include indigenous history, taxonomy, scientific history, general behaviour, home and life ranges, sense organs, prey and foraging, basking, body temperature regulation, photo period, relevance of termite mounds, breeding, breeding frequency, egg laying, egg incubation and duration, embryology, growth, morphometics longevity, predation, survival and threats, field methods, glossary and index. Illustrated with colour photographs, diagrams, tables and graphs.