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Subconsciously, I pressed myself into the loch's banks as that summer inched forward. We'd got off to a rocky beginning, but I started to see Treig in a different way. There was something about this land that told me just to hold on a while longer. It might've been just a whisper at the time, but I knew it was definitely worth heeding. I just knew that was it. This was the place.

Seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as the lonely loch, where he lives off the land. He fishes for his supper, chops his own wood and even brews his own tipple. He is, in the truest sense of the word, a hermit.

From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, Ken always sensed that there was more ot life than an empty nine to five. Then one day in 1974, an attack from a group of drunken men left him for dead. Determined to change his prospects, Ken quit his job and spent his formative years traveling in the Yukon. It was here, in the vast wilderness of northwestern Canada, that he honed his survival skills and grew closer to nature. Returning to Britain, he continued his nomadic lifestyle, wandering north and living in huts until he finally reached Loch Treig. Ken decided to lay his roots amongst the dense woodland and Highland air, and has lived there ever since.

In The Way of the Hermit, Ken shares the remarkable story of his lfe for the very first time. Told with humor and compassion, his unique insights allow us to glimpse the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature and offer wisdom on how each of us can escape the pressures and stresses of modern life.

An insider's guide to the Bible with a focus on sex, gore and lunacy.

AMENHOTEP IV, namesake and middle son of Egypt's beloved Pharaoh, is tormented by puzzling visions that come to him in the form of dreams each night and foretell of a future that he can't quite comprehend. It is a future that hints at greatness when the pantheon of Egyptian gods will bow down in reverence to this awkward, self-conscious young man. Reaching out to the priests of Amun, the wealthy and powerful priesthood that has grown fat at the right hand of more than one pharaoh, Amenhotep seeks interpretation for these visions. He is told that he must cease having the dreams or risk his soul being devoured and entrance into the eternal afterlife denied. Cease dreaming? Easier said than done. This is the story of the man who would come to be known as Akhenaten, heretic pharaoh, husband of the beautiful Nefertiti, father of Tutankhamun. It is a story of frightening visions come true. It is a story of war and deceit. Ultimately, it is a tale of love lost...and death found.

The perfect tonic for anyone who's sick of inspiring tales of triumph over adversity, Raw Deal chronicles the lives of 22 of America's most wretched victims--who did nothing wrong but nonetheless suffered horrible fates. 22 full page portraits.

Junk English 2 combines basic advice -- peppered with contemporary examples of alarmingly common verbal atrocities -- with entertaining invective. Based on the author's uncounted hours of exposure to infomercials, ads, and other dubious cultural forms, the book covers topics like parasitic intensifiers, -ize verbs, and the dreaded weasel words. Useless cabooses -- as well as frequently abused words like focus, factor, and process -- are examined and put in their proper place, as are the seemingly unstoppable impulses toward vagueness and euphemisms. Written so that the ordinary writer and speaker of English can readily see the manipulations of language, especially in the post-9/11 era, Junk English 2 is useful as a quick reference, a source for further exploration, and a fun read. The book is arranged alphabetically, like a dictionary, providing a compendium of frequently abused words and suggested alternates.

Three children. One prince. A mysterious treasure as ancient as the world, itself. Lauren, Ben, and Charlie lead normal lives until the day an ailing, old army captain knocks on their door. He has a secret that he refuses to take to the grave with him. It's a secret that has the potential to unlock the past and change the future; a treasure that must never fall into the wrong hands. The lives of Lauren, Ben, and Charlie are destined to never be the same, especially when they drop in for a visit with one history's most famous conquerors, Alexander the Great. A single, burning question remains: Will they make it back home before time runs out?

Between 1945 and 1970, millions of public school students were subjected to hundreds of films designed to keep them on the straight and narrow. These cultural gems enlightened the nation's youth about proper dating, good table manners, the evils of dope, and what happens to teens who drive too fast on prom night.
Author Ken Smith embarked on an exhaustive nine-year search for these obscure educational films. The result is this fascinating stroll down memory lane. Smith has gathered titles such as Worth Waiting For, Posture Pals, Last Date, Highways of Agony, and Soapy the Germ Fighter. Included are interviews with writers and directors, detailed descriptions of these unintentionally hilarious films, and commentary on the social engineering behind them.

In Junk English, Ken Smith takes on the misuse, abuse, and downright decay of the English language. His weapons? A sharp wit and an almost frightening grasp of the depths of the decline. Written so that the ordinary writer and speaker of English can readily see how the manipulation of words keeps the culture in a haze of misunderstandings and vagueness, Junk English covers the whole spectrum of the problem. In short sections such as Butt-Covering, Feeble Beginnings, God Is on Our Team, Sports Talk, and Touchy-Feely Therapy Talk, Smith shows how everyone from Madison Avenue to middle America has succumbed to euphemisms, mindless jargon, and weasel words. The book's inclusion of basic advice on how to avoid lazy language shows there's at least some hope for the future.

Ken Smith was a rural boy of 18 in 1951 when the U.S. government asked him to serve. Despite his flat feet, he signed up with the U.S. Coast Guard and began a three-year adventure that took him from the frigid North Atlantic to an atoll in the South Pacific called Ulithi. Coast Guard Follies is Smith's fond recollection of his time in the service, when the only dangers came from the push-push girls, the bad judgment of Lieutenant Lard-Ass and an ungrounded goose-neck lamp. This is a hilarious story that will appeal to all old Coasties and landlubbers alike.

The threat of disaster has long been a fact of life for Atlantic Canadians, especially the countless numbers who earn their livelihoods on the unpredictable seas or in the volatile mines. And even with continuing improvements in technology, disasters can still strike at any time, as 1992's Westray mine explosion and 1998's Swissair crash have shown.

A History of Disaster chronicles 43 of Atlantic Canada's most deadly disasters, many well-remembered and none ever forgotten. Included are not only the region's iconic disasters like the Halifax Explosion and the Springhill mine collapses, but also lesser-known events, such as the 1977 Saint John jail fire. Photos and illustrations of the aftermath, the rescue efforts, and in some cases, of the disaster itself, reveal the heartbreak and bravery that accompanied these life-altering catastrophes. Now in a new size.

The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest single engagement of the Second World War, resulted in the coming-of-age of the Royal Canadian Navy. By 1945, the Canadian Navy had transformed from a small force of 3,500 personnel and 13 vessels into the third-largest naval power in the world. As German U-boats threatened to weaken the Allied war effort, the Canadian Navy was put to work protecting convoys across the Atlantic and hunting for submarines off the coast of Atlantic Canada.

War at Sea uses first-hand accounts from the veterans who survived, as well as a detailed catalogue of the technology, weapons, and ships, to describe the history of this pivotal conflict. Author Ken Smith emphasizes the contribution of Atlantic Canadians, who worked in areas vital to the war effort while under constant threat from U-boats, sabotage, and spies.

Travel back in time with international award winning photographer Ken Smith. He will share with you when steam locomotives ruled the rails. From static displays, to running locomotives, enjoy the trip to days gone by. Then, fast forward to current diesel operations along some of America's major Railroads. Enjoy the scenery, photography, and some of the stories behind the 265 color photographs of some of the most popular trains in America

A novel based around the amusing antics of a group of characters in a village in the South Wales Valleys. One of the main characters is Fred, the landlord of the Plough Inn, a born practical joker and also a grave digger who, with the assistance of others, can turn a harmless situation into a rip-roaring escapade without even trying, to the hilarity of everyone in the pub. While some of the episodes are entirely fictitious, others are very loosely based on the ridiculous exploits of certain members of the 1960s pub fraternity in the author's home village. This is Ken Smith's first novel.An easygoing, nostalgic collection of tales inspired by the author's past in rural Wales. This is a pleasant story perhaps best read aloud, with the book in one hand and a pint of beer in the other.--Kirkus Reviews.

Creating a resilient leadership team, Creating clarity, and Communicating clarity are the three C's of organizational cohesiveness and this book will provide law enforcement leaders with a blueprint for achieving it.

Ken Smith is an experienced insurance sales and marketing executive who knows firsthand the challenges of the sales profession. He speaks hundreds of times a year in front of agent groups, and therefore he also understands how so many of today's agents are missing out on the accumulated wisdom of some the best sales minds in the business. For these reasons, Ken has written Sales Lessons from the Masters. The masters who provide the lessons here are Frank Bettger, W. Clement Stone, Ben Feldman, and Joe Gandolfo. By reviewing their lives and the challenges they overcame, along with the sales principles they used to guide their practices, Ken passes along their sales wisdom to a new generation of agents.

Ken Smith (1938-2003) was a major voice in world poetry, his work and example inspiring a whole generation of younger British poets. His politically edgy, cuttingly colloquial, muscular poetry poetry shifted territory with time, from rural Yorkshire, America and London to the war-ravaged Balkans and Eastern Europe (before and after Communism).

His early books span a transition from a preoccupation with land and myth to his later engagement with urban Britain and the politics of radical disaffection. The pivotal work marking this shift was his long poem Fox Running (1980), brought to recent attention when an archive recording of him reading it was broadcast by BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please in 2016. His Collected Poems brings together poetry from four decades, including all the work from two earlier retrospectives, The Poet Reclining: Selected Poems 1962-1980 (1982) and Shed: Poems 1980-2001 (2002), together with the posthumously published You Again: last poems & other words (2004).

The book is introduced with essays by Roger Garfitt and Jon Glover. Its publication coincided with his 80th birthday and with the 40th anniversary of the publication of Bloodaxe's first title, Ken Smith's Tristan Crazy (1978).

Ken Smith is a successful fine art photographer and artist who has sold his artwork across the US and in 37 countries during the course of his career. He has watched artists struggle to make ends meet while other artists thrived quickly. During his observations, he determined what it was that separated the successful and thriving 2-D artist from those who eventually failed and folded up. Ken put together those secrets that are now in book form and ready for you.This is not some easy quick rich method. In fact, it is the exact opposite. This is hard work and you will get your hands dirty in the process, but the rewards of your elbow grease and Ken's methods will produce positive results if you apply them.

Perhaps the greatest story ever written is the story of man and his best friend the dog. Its pages abound with tales of adventure, courage, and loyalty - pages that continue to be written every day by both man and dog.

Cookie Crumbs is the story of the author's dog, Cookie, a female black Labrador retriever. Her life was spent adventuring into the great outdoors and the great indoors.

In her thirteenth year, Cookie set off on her adventure into the great unknown. Native legend tells us that the Milky Way is where the spirits and souls of animals go after they pass away from their life here on earth.

From the Milky Way, Cookie is calling.

A second humorous novel based on the outrageous antics and practical jokes of local characters from the author's early life in the rural South Wales Valleys in the 1960s and 1970s. By the author of the very popular and funny Tales from My Welsh Village (Y Lolfa, 2018).

What are folk desperate for these days? A laugh, we reckon. And fortunately the readers of The Herald newspaper agree, as over the past year they have sent the newspaper's Diary column their funniest moments, whether it's about the daft things that happen in their office, the outrageous comments they are told in the pub, or just the eyebrow-raising observations they overhear on the train into town. They even have the occasional smile over politics, would you believe. And the very best of them are gathered in this handy volume. So if you want to know why Scotsmen still cannot understand their partners, the funniest claims made on the golf course, and the outrageous shenanigans of police officers, apprentices, shop-workers and school teachers, then look no further.