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"A poetic voice of great sensitivity.” - Alexander McCall SmithBeneath the Ice tells the fascinating, often troubling, story of the Sami - the indigenous people of the Scandinavian Arctic. A proud and resilient people in an unforgiving yet stunningly beautiful northern wildscape, the Sami have carved out an existence rich in tradition, where the old ways of reindeer herding, shamanic belief and the veneration of bears have not yet been forgotten.Author Kenn...

In the tradition of 1984 and It Can't Happen Here, 2020 is a timely dystopian novel about a country divided, a terrorist attack, and an populist leader who promises he alone is the solution.In 2020, Britain is at a breaking point. Years of economic turmoil, bitter debates over immigration, anger at the political elites, and fears about the future have created a maelstrom, a dis-United Kingdom, with citizens tempted to find easy answers in demagoguery and i...

Poet, novelist and essayist Kenneth Steven takes us on a series of meditative quests in search of “atoms of delight”—treasures, both natural and spiritual.In this captivating collection of short pieces, each documenting a different journey through some of Scotland's most beautiful landscapes, Steven invites readers to accompany him as he seeks out crystal-clear waters, delicate orchids, plump berries, and pebbles polished by time and tide. Appreciative of the gift ...

Two geologists emerge from caves in the south-west of England to discover that the world they left a few days before has been encased in ice. After wandering for hours through a transformed landscape, they begin to get a sense of what must have taken place - the fall of a giant asteroid. As they begin to adapt to their new world, and to piece events together through their meetings with fellow survivors, the men start to realise that their survival was no accident. Indeed the survival of ot...

You do not need a degree in English literature to write poetry, nor do you need to possess the right accent. All you need is imagination, sensitivity, inspiration and dedication.If you’re an aspiring poet, this concise, informative handbook will be a valuable reference source. As a complete step-by-step guide to poetry writing, you will be taken from the very first spark of inspiration through to the final revision.Find out how to build a poem from start to finish, how to u...

Kenneth Steven grew up in the heart of Highland Scotland, but from earliest childhood days he spent the summer days on the Atlantic coast and in the islands of the Hebrides. At the heart of those islands lies Iona, the place St. Columba came to from Ireland to build his monastery. Kenneth Steven is first and always a poet, and this collection gathers fifty of his best poems from across thirty years, works that speak of wild beauty, truth, love, and sanctity.

One man walks alone through an abandoned country. He has lost everything, even his own name. It may be that he is the last living person. As he walks, he remembers, and recounts what he remembers. He is the scribe. And yet, somehow, he is not alone. Sometimes, somehow, he knows the company of the child he came to feel in the end was his own. More than anything, despite all that he has lost and all that has been taken from him, he knows a sense of God. For in the horrors that have befallen ...

More people than ever before are desperately trying to gain an audience for their poetry. More often than not, they end up frustrated because they don’t really know where to start.Help is at hand. This essential guide will show you how to get published and how to be taken seriously as a poet.Expert advice will guide you through the process that leads to publication: from attending poetry readings and submitting your work to magazines, to preparing a collection for a publishe...

Two British geologists are working deep underground in the hills of southwest England. They emerge to a landscape locked in ice and work out after a time that something extraordinary has taken place, that an asteroid has fallen and plunged the world into winter. But as the days progress they start to realize the asteroid’s fall was no surprise event, and their survival far from the accident they had imagined.

IN 2020, BRITAIN IS AT BREAKING POINTIn a country sorely divided, what happens to empathy and tolerance, to generosity of spirit? And can hope survive? In 2020, years of economic turmoil, bitter debates over immigration, and anger at the political elites have created a maelstrom, a dis-United Kingdom. The country is a bomb waiting to explode. Then it does.As the nightmare unfolds, a myriad of voices – from across the political and social spectrum – offer wi...

This new collection of lyrical and witty poems shows some of the surprise and excitement to be found in the natural world – both rural and urban.Even the familiar world of animals, seasons and seascapes is full of magic and mystery. The accessible poems are varied in style – from light-hearted to reflective. Children will enjoy reading these poems to themselves, and their teachers will appreciate the use of metaphor, rhythm and sound.

Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and '70s. In Illinois Justice, Kenneth Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only ended an Illinois Supreme Court justice's aspirations to the US Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning of little-known lawyer John Paul Stevens's rise to the high court.In 1969, citizen gadfly Sherman Skolnick accused two Illinois Supreme Court justices of accepting...