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The Way of the Hermit My Incredible 40 Years Living in the Wilderness [electronic resource] : by Smith, Ken.aut; Millard, Will.; cloudLibrary;
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.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Adventurers & Explorers; Regional; Personal Memoirs;
© 2024., Hanover Square Press,
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Frostlines : A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic. by Shea, Neil.;
'Frostlines' is a groundbreaking and sweeping exploration of the Arctic - and how its being transformed by climate change - that blends natural history, anthropology, and travel writing, from National Geographic writer Neil Shea. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Polar Regions; NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection; TRAVEL / Polar Regions;
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Red Pockets : A Tale of Inheritance, Ghosts and the Future. by Mah, Alice.;
'Red Pockets' is a poignant personal narrative about family, cultural history, and ecology, and a quest to understand what we owe our ancestors and our descendants. Alice Mah a Chinese Canadian-British writer and professor. She was born in Smithers, BC.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American; NATURE / Ecology; NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection;
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The Atlantic coast : a natural history / by Thurston, Harry,1950-; Barrett, Wayne.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-310) and index.LSC
Subjects: Natural history; Coastal ecology; Natural history; Ecology;
© c2011., D&M Publishers,
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Frozen planet II : a world of wonder beyond the ice / by Brownlow, Mark,author.; White, Elizabeth(Producer),author.;
Find a world of wonder beyond the ice. 'Looking down at our planet from space it may come as a surprise how much of it is blanketed in snow and ice. These vast frozen wildernesses cover more than a fifth of the earth ... From the highest peaks to snow-bound deserts to alien worlds deep beneath the ice, they are home to an astonishing array of animals found nowhere else on earth.' David Attenborough, from the series. Frozen Planet II celebrates the surprisingly diverse worlds of ice-a world that is disappearing before our very eyes. Previously undiscovered stories, from chameleons giving birth on the frosty slopes of Mount Kenya to endangered Amur leopards in the Russian forest and killer whales hunting Weddell seals on ice floes in the Antarctic, shed new light on the beauty and the peril of the world's most fragile ecosystems. Behind-the-scenes insights explore the unique challenges of filming in these frozen worlds, where camera crew and wildlife alike brave the extreme conditions. With over 250 stunning full-colour photographs, Frozen Planet II reveals the wonders of the fastest-changing part of our planet, as we may never see them again.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Animals; Ecology; Natural history;
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The birds of Georgian Bay : sharing the joy of birding / by Whittam, Robert F.,1946-; Friends of Wye Marsh.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Birds; Bird watching; Natural History;
© [2012?], Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre,
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The river / by Humphreys, Helen,1961-author.; Baldwin, Tama,photographer.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Humphreys, Helen, 1961-; Natural history.; Nature; Rivers.; Authors, Canadian (English);
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The Great Lakes : the natural history of a changing region / by Grady, Wayne; Litteljohn, Bruce M.,1935-; David Suzuki Foundation;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Lake ecology; Natural history;
© c2007., Greystone Books,
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Capturing Kahanamoku : How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture. by Rossi, Michael.;
In the 1920's, Henry Fairfield Osborn, a fervent eugenicist and the director of the American Museum of Natural History went to Hawaii to learn how to surf. His teacher was Duke Kahanamoku, the famous surfer. Osborn became obsessed with Kahanamoku, physically perfect, yet belonging to an 'imperfect' race. What happened next changed how we think about race, culture, science, and humanity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Indigenous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports; HISTORY / Study & Teaching; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); NATURE / Regional; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Indigenous / General; SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Surfing;
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Nature's great events / by Bass, Karen.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; Reader's Digest Association (Canada);
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses (p. 315), and index.LSC
Subjects: Natural history.; Animals.; Biotic communities.; Ecological regions.;
© c2009., Reader's Digest Association (Canada),
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