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Everything a young angler needs to know as they set out on their first day fishing.

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'Ken Smith’s advice for staying alive in inclement conditions could equally be applied to achieving hard-won dreams' – Geographical 'A most peculiar book' – Scotsman'Ken Smith comes across as a thoughtful, resourceful and above all humane man, one who has faced down his unpromising prospects and boldly lived life. For anyone who feels they are merely going through the motions, this book will make an inspiring read' – BBC Countryfile*****Could you leave behind the bustle of modern society and spend your days immersed in nature? In The Way of the Hermit, seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith recounts a life he has chosen to spend alone with the wilderness.Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone, with no electricity or running water. 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.For the first time, Ken shares the story of his life. From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, to the formative years he spent travelling in the Yukon and finally how he came to be the Hermit of Loch Treig. Looking back through decades of diary entries, Ken reflects upon the reasons he turned his back on society, the vulnerability of old age and the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature. The Way of the Hermit is a humorous, transcendent and life-affirming memoir.

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'A wonderfully fluent account of how the strange magic of water and the beings that inhabit it can enchant and intoxicate' Chris Yates'[Will Millard] writes with a genuine sense of humility (...) humour and reflection' Kevin Parr, Countryfile ***Growing up on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Will Millard never felt more at home than when he was out with his granddad on the riverbank, whiling away the day catching fish. As he grew older his competitive urge to catch more and bigger fish led him away from that natural connection between him, his grandfather and the rivers of his home. That is, until the fateful day he let a record-breaking sand eel slip through his fingers and he knew that he had lost the magic of those days down by the river, and that something had to change. The Old Man and the Sand Eel is at its heart the story of three generations of men trying to figure out what it is to be a man, a father and a fisherman. It plots Will's scaly stepping stones back to his childhood innocence, when anything was possible and the wild was everywhere.***'Delightful and informative (...) beautifully drawn' The Spectator '[Will Millard] is a master wordsmith and his first book is a joyful testament to that' Isabelle Broom, Heat'The writing is sharp and clever (...) I loved all of it and would as happily read it again as I would sit beside the river waiting for the evening rise of trout to begin' Tom Fort, Literary Review'This is post-modern nature writing that embraces beauty where it finds it and marvels at nature's tenacity (...) But there's more here than just fish. This is also a book about growing up, about how to retain a connection with those who raised you while forging your own identity - what to keep and what to discard. And it's about men. The strong surges of emotion that both draw them together and keep them apart, and the shared pastimes which recognise that intimacy and meaning aren't always accompanied by words' Olivia Edward, Geographical

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Uncover five nature stories in a single garden. Watch a bug turn into a ladybird and a honeybee store nectar in her hive as you lift the double-layer lift flaps in 1... 2... 3! With read-aloud rhyming texts and first words to see and say, this book reinforces early language skills.

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Uncover five nature stories in a single rock pool. Watch a prawn cleaning up the floor and a hermit crab change his shell as you lift the double-layer lift flaps in 1... 2... 3! With read-aloud rhyming texts and first words to see and say, this book reinforces early language skills.

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Uncover five nature stories in a single tree. Watch a squirrel bury an acorn and a woodpecker drum a hole as you lift the double-layer lift flaps in 1... 2... 3! With read-aloud rhyming texts and first words to see and say, this book reinforces early language skills.

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"This gorgeous board book is a lovely introduction to pond life [and] a great resource for early language skills" - Dr Jess French, The Big Issue Uncover five nature stories in a single pond. Watch a tadpole grow into a frog and a fish escape a kingfisher as you lift the double-layer lift flaps in 1... 2... 3! With read-aloud rhyming texts and first words to see and say, this book reinforces early language skills.

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