The Thin Man The Thin Man The Thin Man (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in the December 1933 issue of "Redbook". It appeared in book form the following month. Hammett never wrote a sequel but the book became the basis for a successful six-part film series, which also began in 1934 with "The Thin Man" and starred William Powell and Myrna Loy. "The Thin Man" television series aired on NBC from 1957-59, and starred Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk . In 1999, Knopf published a collection of Hammett's early works, including an early draft of "The Thin Man".
The Man Who Planted Trees for BBC Radio 4 with Bill Paterson narrating. The original book has inspired a 2012 book on the same theme: "The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet" by Jim Robbins. Robbins work cites Giono's work and goes on to consider the modern-day work of David Milarch, a Michigan nurseryman. Environmentalist and silvologist Gabriel Hemery wrote a sequel in 2016 titled: "The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life". The short story follows a girl's life-long relationship with a forest and its trees. The Man Who Planted Trees The Man Who