{"title":"Ken Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eDive into the poignant and gritty poetry of Ken Smith. Explore themes of urban life, loss, and resilience through his distinctive voice. Perfect for readers seeking powerful and evocative verse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"junk-english-book-ken-smith-9780922233236","title":"Junk English","description":"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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49505623408913,"sku":"GOR004113171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49709247660305,"sku":"GOR013771037","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49769171616017,"sku":"CIN0922233233VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49779518865681,"sku":"CIN0922233233G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53390224589073,"sku":"CIN0922233233A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0922233233.jpg?v=1751452738"},{"product_id":"wormwood-book-ken-smith-9781852240370","title":"Wormwood","description":"As writer-in-residence at Wormwood Scrubs prison, Ken Smith spent two years working with lifers, time-servers and ne'er do wells: desperate men shut in on themselves, burying their remorse and guilt, or boasting their murders. These poems were written at that time. Wormwood reports from the frontline of society's 'battlefield within': the frontier between the haves and have-nots at the edge of coping, the edge of violence. Poetry Book Society Recommendation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49510289309969,"sku":"GOR001929121","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49577821896977,"sku":"GOR009431215","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49611775901969,"sku":"GOR003659116","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852240377.jpg?v=1751456938"},{"product_id":"active-mathematics-book-ken-smith-9781875268559","title":"Active Mathematics","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49519774007569,"sku":"GOR013429874","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1875268553.jpg?v=1751249367"},{"product_id":"emperor-of-industry-book-ken-smith-9781857951271","title":"Emperor of Industry","description":"Who invented the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong Gun? Who founded Elswick Works, once Tyneside's largest employer? Who built Newcastle's famous Swing Bridge? Who owned the first house in the world to be lit by hydro-electricity? All this was the work of one man - Lord Armstrong of Cragside. Born in 1801 he was one of the most influential men in the North East during the Victorian era. This pioneering engineer was also a great philanthropist. His generosity helped to establish many institutions that still thrive in Newcastle today. They include the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle University and the Hancock Museum. He also gave Jesmond Dene to the city. First published in 2001, this new edition is completely revised with extra chapters and many new photographs.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49521171464465,"sku":"GOR002514394","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735317946641,"sku":"NGR9781857951271","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50515658637585,"sku":"GOR004200902","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951271.jpg?v=1751123847"},{"product_id":"mauretania-book-ken-smith-9781857950434","title":"Mauretania","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49523230507281,"sku":"GOR002261705","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53096660369681,"sku":"GOR014738164","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857950437.jpg?v=1750963731"},{"product_id":"more-tales-from-my-welsh-village-book-ken-smith-9781784618261","title":"More Tales from My Welsh Village","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eTales from My Welsh Village\u003c\/i\u003e (Y Lolfa, 2018).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49529262965009,"sku":"GOR012321217","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49578581885201,"sku":"GOR013541861","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735986413841,"sku":"NGR9781784618261","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50400743653649,"sku":"CIN1784618268G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784618268.jpg?v=1750962833"},{"product_id":"mental-hygiene-book-ken-smith-9780922233212","title":"Mental Hygiene","description":"After scouring obscure educational films for nine years, the author offers a fascinating stroll down memory lane via the hundreds of films designed to keep public school children on the straight and narrow track between 1945 and 1970. 200 photos.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49529328861457,"sku":"GOR005402595","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49616559112465,"sku":"GOR010279491","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51009653866769,"sku":"NIN9780922233212","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51325882335505,"sku":"CIN0922233217VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52768818856209,"sku":"CIN0922233217A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52954195624209,"sku":"CIN0922233217G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0922233217.jpg?v=1751298640"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2019-book-ken-smith-9781785302664","title":"The Herald Diary 2019","description":"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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49531887714577,"sku":"GOR010273073","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50400412893457,"sku":"CIN1785302663G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52723269501201,"sku":"GOR011138437","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53193326493969,"sku":"GOR014799926","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1785302663.jpg?v=1751312566"},{"product_id":"steamers-at-the-staiths-book-ken-smith-9781857951608","title":"Steamers at the Staiths","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49534262870289,"sku":"GOR002196007","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53096660074769,"sku":"GOR014738165","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53332147896593,"sku":"GOR005141005","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951603.jpg?v=1751218035"},{"product_id":"emperor-of-industry-book-ken-smith-9781857951653","title":"Emperor of Industry","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49534300586257,"sku":"GOR003290363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52821563638033,"sku":"GOR002050866","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951654.jpg?v=1750725637"},{"product_id":"inside-time-book-ken-smith-9780749301835","title":"Inside Time","description":"This account of the author's two years as writer-in-residence at London's Wormwood Scrubs prison describes the everyday life of prisoners, from those on remand to those facing life sentences, and lets the inmates speak for themselves about justice and the British prison system.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49534454694161,"sku":"GOR003393667","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642470048017,"sku":"GOR003736318","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51592048148753,"sku":"GOR003066423","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/074930183X.jpg?v=1750913539"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2018-book-ken-smith-9781785301797","title":"The Herald Diary 2018","description":"An annual favourite, The Herald Diary takes a selection of the funniest stories of the year that appear in The Herald's `Diary' column. From the political trials and tribulations of the year, sports and celebrity scandals and triumphs, and hilarious stories overheard on the street, The Herald Diary has it all, and is a perfect summary of the year.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49536202572049,"sku":"GOR009649260","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735606075665,"sku":"NGR9781785301797","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51070264869137,"sku":"GOR010460984","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1785301799.jpg?v=1751279638"},{"product_id":"shed-book-ken-smith-9781852245719","title":"Shed","description":"Shed, as in the shed at the end of the garden where the ?rst scribblings that begat many of these poems took place, Shed as in the shedding of skins in these poems, the shedding of lives and identities, from the lost President Perdu and the night on the town enjoyed by Smith’s wandering landsman, Charlie Delta, and the seafarer, Abel Baker, to the restless other lives of Eddie in America and the marooned sailor in Medellin. Shed houses poems from all the poetry books by Ken Smith published by Bloodaxe in the last twenty years. It is a journal of two decades of journeys East and West, a deliberation between the longing for home and the longing to keep going through the babble of languages in a world that is all of it borderland and all of it dangerous. Along with The Poet Reclining: Selected Poems 1962-1980, it was superseded by Ken Smith's Collected Poems (2018).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538400452881,"sku":"GOR002472232","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49652256080145,"sku":"GOR007209087","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852245719.jpg?v=1751440096"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2016-book-ken-smith-9781785300646","title":"Herald Diary 2016","description":"So what did Scots have to smile about this year? In politics, parties kept on losing their leaders, some folk, not us, voted for Brexit and Donald Trump flew in to give Scots his words of wisdom.  In sport Andy Murray smashed it, Rangers returned, and we watched the European Championships from afar, and in The Herald we reminisced about supporters' buses, stern refs, and sexist golf clubs.  Meanwhile Scots continued to muse on the damp weather, why they didn't understand their kids, how to meet the opposite sex, and going to the pub.  All these and more made up The Herald's funniest stories of the year, published every day in the newspaper's Diary column. And now the very best have been gathered here for you to enjoy all over again.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49539648880913,"sku":"GOR007874664","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51592679227665,"sku":"GOR014340376","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1785300644.jpg?v=1751443305"},{"product_id":"brewing-in-britain-book-ken-smith-9781445653167","title":"Brewing in Britain","description":"The story of beer and brewing in Britain is a diverse tale. Like a deep, amber ale, the development of the brewing industry is rich and full of depth. The history of brewing in Britain is a cornerstone of the country's culture. Dating back to the Domesday Book, where more breweries were recorded than wineries, through to the glory days of the Victorians, the industry and the popularity of brewing in Britain has sky-rocketed in the past twenty years with the rise of the micro-brewer. Proving that real ale will never die, the huge number of small craft brewers across Britain show that demand for the industry is still high.In this illustrated book, the Brewery History Society divulge images from their extensive archive to tell the intriguing story of the growth of this significant industry. First setting the scene with the foundation of Sumerian brewing, detailed chapters look at the development of the industry during the medieval period through to the Victorians and the modern brewers of today. Filled with anecdotes and interesting facts, they explore the history of the industry and its important role in the national heritage of Great Britain.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49541796167953,"sku":"GOR007503592","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52954966196497,"sku":"GOR012068243","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445653168.jpg?v=1760522350"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-somebunny-loves-you-book-ken-smith-9781785301469","title":"Herald Diary: Somebunny Loves You","description":"So what did Scots have to smile about this year? The fallout from Brexit continued, snap elections ensued, and we’re all still thoroughly bemused as to how a strangely coiffed son of a Scotswoman became President of the United States. But, despite the threat of all-out nuclear war, readers of The Herald still had a lot to laugh about in the past year.  In their quieter moments they recalled the patter of street traders, daft conversations overheard on buses, how they still cannot fathom the opposite sex, and why we all go mad at the first sign of sunshine. All these and more made up The Herald’s funniest stories of the year, published every day in the newspaper’s `Diary’ column. And now the very best have been gathered here for you to enjoy all over again.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49545370566929,"sku":"GOR008864602","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50705840832785,"sku":"GOR008967214","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1785301462.jpg?v=1751217089"},{"product_id":"tales-from-my-welsh-village-book-ken-smith-9781784615253","title":"Tales from My Welsh Village","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49546689839377,"sku":"GOR009410659","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50629608669457,"sku":"GOR011183253","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784615250.jpg?v=1750962829"},{"product_id":"north-east-coast-book-ken-smith-9781739223304","title":"The North East Coast","description":"The North East Coast presents a selection of true-life accounts from the region's fascinating maritime and seafaring history. Including some of the best stories from his previous books, Newcastle author Ken Smith throws the spotlight on such exciting episodes as Grace Darling and the rescue of survivors from the Forfarshire, the birth of the first purpose-built lifeboat and the career of the illustrious Tyne-built liner Mauretania.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49546973675793,"sku":"GOR013680345","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49745464623377,"sku":"NGR9781739223304","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1739223306.jpg?v=1751377254"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-owling-with-laughter-book-ken-smith-9781785303173","title":"The Herald Diary: Owling with Laughter","description":"You can have a lot of laughs in ten years, which is why we have collected the very best of the amusing stories encountered by the readers of The Herald Diary column over the past decade.   There was even a Scottish Labour Prime Minister all those years ago, Celtic fans could only dream that their team would begin its quest for 10 titles in a row, and the word Covid was simply a typing error for David or cove.   So as everyone could really do with a smile just now, we have combed well over two thousand Diary columns to bring the best of what made Scots laugh over the last ten years, whether it is the sharpest humour from pubs, the daft things children say or the humour from all sides of Scottish courts, the very best are here.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49547350835473,"sku":"GOR011363519","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49599466438929,"sku":"GOR011405973","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50629933269265,"sku":"GOR013546393","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50697944170769,"sku":"NGR9781785303173","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53127814938897,"sku":"GOR014758976","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1785303171.jpg?v=1751154395"},{"product_id":"poet-reclining-book-ken-smith-9780906427514","title":"The Poet Reclining","description":"'Anyone who despairs of contemporary verse should be led by the hand to this book,' wrote P.J. Kavanagh in 1967, reviewing Ken Smith's first book The Pity in The Guardian. He went on: 'If his starkness does not freeze into an attitude, and there are signs already that it will not, he may be a very necessary poet indeed.' Ken Smith has become just that: a major poet whose work has not stood still, whose poetry is vitally important because it challenges our view of the world.  Ken Smith is a poet of vision, but what is rare about his vision is that it is not fixed but shifts its perceptions and changes its bearings from one place or culture to another. In The Poet Reclining we follow not only the development of Ken Smith's poetry during the past 20 years but also his persistent stalking and shaping through language of his relation to the world. Ken Smith's roots are portable, and his work has developed in response to many places: from the remote rural Yorkshire of his childhood to the landscapes of south-west England and America, and latterly – in the brilliant long poem Fox Running – to the hostile urban environment of London.  Moving through the poems, through the world, are the wanderers: the fatherm Tristan, Urias, Eli. And Fox, exiled in the city, a broken man faking his own death. All these figures relate to the Wanderer and Seafarer of the Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book, whose presence is felt throughout The Poet Reclining in echoes from the two poems and evocations of their author. In his most recent poems, including the title-poem, a meditation on Chagall's painting 'The Poet Reclining', Ken Smith presents some interim conclusions. The wanderer finds home in the very condition of rootlessness. Fox forgives his betrayers. The poet is rehearsing his life, dreaming, relaxing, reclining.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49548073369873,"sku":"GOR002546071","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51733770600721,"sku":"GOR003733913","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0906427517.jpg?v=1751457160"},{"product_id":"beyond-bedlam-book-ken-smith-9780856462962","title":"Beyond Bedlam","description":"Poetry that is testament to the transforming power of the imagination, poetry that catches the reader in the full glare of its light, challenging the isolation, stigma and myths of mental illness.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49551808004369,"sku":"GOR001475238","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49645810549009,"sku":"GOR004175200","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0856462969.jpg?v=1750947622"},{"product_id":"queens-of-the-tyne-book-ken-smith-9781857951134","title":"Queens of the Tyne","description":"On 2nd October 1907, the Tyne's most famous passenger ship, the legendary Mauretania, left the river on her delivery voyage to Liverpool. \"Queens of the Tyne\" celebrates Mauretania's 100th birthday and looks back at some of the many other superb passenger liners built on the Tyne between 1888 and 1973, including Carpathia, heroic rescuer of the Titanic survivors.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49553918066961,"sku":"GOR003095351","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49625106219281,"sku":"GOR002334433","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951131.jpg?v=1751028111"},{"product_id":"great-northern-miners-book-ken-smith-9781857951196","title":"The Great Northern Miners","description":"The miners made the North-East. Their contribution to the region's social and economic development was fundamental. The Great Northern Miners tells the story of the men and boys who toiled underground beneath the streets and fields of Northumberland and County Durham to win the coal and daily faced appalling hazards such as gas, flooding and roof falls. Beginning with the early pits of the 13th Century and ending with the closure of the North-East's last deep mine, Ellington, in 2005, it is a story of courage and unequalled comradeship, highlighting the grassroots of the region's people. Jean and Ken Smith interviewed many former miners and their families who generously contributed their memories.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555020349713,"sku":"GOR002336089","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49650795839761,"sku":"GOR007269585","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951190.jpg?v=1751455115"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-book-ken-smith-9781845023584","title":"Herald Diary","description":"If every Glaswegian thinks they are a comedian, then the \"Herald\" newspaper's daily \"Diary\" column is their jokebook. When true life cartwheels over into humour, or a joke is cracked in a Scottish office, bar or playground, it usually ends up in the \"Diary\". The year 2011 has brought us royal weddings, Scottish elections, tumbling house prices, headline-grabbing football matches, and dire weather. Yet Scots smiled through the lot, and told the \"Diary\" about it. We have now carefully gone over the hundreds of \"Diary\" stories from the past 12 months to bring you the very best. In this volume, we gather the very best tales from the column, proving that ordinary Scots are still the natural comedians of the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49556578763025,"sku":"GOR003564733","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50504077115665,"sku":"GOR003742684","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53127820706065,"sku":"GOR004195033","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845023587.jpg?v=1751123001"},{"product_id":"tyne-to-titanic-book-ken-smith-9781857950243","title":"Tyne to Titanic","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49557448851729,"sku":"GOR007284312","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50454775529745,"sku":"GOR005925870","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51510912418065,"sku":"GOR014309415","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857950240.jpg?v=1750867015"},{"product_id":"11-14-mathematics-book-ken-smith-9780199147823","title":"11-14 Mathematics","description":"Following the format of the \"GCSE: Revision and Practice\" series, this title is targeted at the 3-5 tier of entry. It is aimed at specific tier of entry to ensure that students are focused on the mathematical concepts they need to know. It includes worked examples, showing the key techniques of how to tackle problems and approach questions.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49558614901009,"sku":"GOR002914940","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0199147825.jpg?v=1751444362"},{"product_id":"foundation-11-14-mathematics-revision-and-practice-book-ken-smith-9780199147809","title":"Foundation 11-14 Mathematics Revision and Practice","description":"Following the successful format of the GCSE: Revision and Practice series Foundation 11-14 Mathematics is targeted at the 3-5 tier of entry. * Aimed at specific tier of entry to ensure that students are focused on the mathematical concepts they need to know * Key learning points at the beginning of each section so students can see what they need to know * Worked examples showing the key techniques of how to tackle problems  and approach questions effectively * Graded exercises presented in two sections allow students to revisit and practise an area twice to consolidate understanding * Regular revision sections including past National Tests paper questions so students can check their understanding and test long-term memory * National Test style practice papers at the end of each book allow students to spend valuable time familiarising themselves with the tests while testing knowledge","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49561016893713,"sku":"GOR002447029","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49649443701009,"sku":"GOR002432822","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50009636995345,"sku":"GOR002324319","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0199147809.jpg?v=1751419819"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-book-ken-smith-9781845023157","title":"The Herald Diary","description":"Wherever Scots gather they tell jokes and stories. And the very best of these much-loved tales find their way to the daily Diary column of Scotland's best-selling quality newspaper, \"The Herald\". It is the home of humour from the chip-shop queues of late-night Glasgow, to the bons mots of High Court judges, to the humour of the classroom. No wonder Sir Sean says it is the first thing he reads online everyday from his home in the Bahamas. In this volume we gather the very best tales from the column, proving that ordinary Scots are still the natural comedians of the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49562968490257,"sku":"GOR002611888","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53528010293521,"sku":"GOR004063136","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845023153.jpg?v=1751422624"},{"product_id":"terra-book-ken-smith-9780906427941","title":"Terra","description":"Terra presents Ken Smith's further adventures in the urban landscape, following on from Fox Running and his retrospective The Poet Reclining: Selected Poems. They include his new London Poems, the cryptic Ignore Previous Telegram, and Hawkwood, the secret journal of a 14th century mercenary. Poetry Book Society Recommendation, shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49567093489937,"sku":"GOR004895081","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49648006725905,"sku":"GOR007446053","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0906427940.jpg?v=1751457656"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2014-book-ken-smith-9781845028121","title":"The Herald Diary 2014","description":"It's a memorable year in Scotland. The country will vote on independence, Glasgow will welcome the world to the Commonwealth Games, and the world's best golfers battle it out in the Ryder Cup on Scottish soil. Meanwhile, Scots do what they always do - eat and drink too much, complain about the weather and, fortunately, have a laugh about it. Their tales of the funniest events will be sent to The Herald newspaper's iconic Diary column, and the best of them are gathered here.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49569293533457,"sku":"GOR006382139","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52866382070033,"sku":"GOR006501521","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845028120.jpg?v=1751412237"},{"product_id":"wallsend-reflections-book-ken-smith-9781857951424","title":"Wallsend Reflections","description":"Wallsend's name recalls its origins as a settlement on the frontier of the Roman Empire. Over the centuries the town at the end of the Wall would become just as famous for its coal, ships and marine engineering. In \"Wallsend Reflections\", Jean and Ken Smith spotlight important aspects of the history of this friendly Tyneside community. This book is published in association with North Tyneside Libraries.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572247339281,"sku":"GOR006113799","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53070443544849,"sku":"GOR004188688","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951425.jpg?v=1751436904"},{"product_id":"heart-the-border-book-ken-smith-9781852241391","title":"The heart, the border","description":"The poems of the The heart, the border were written first while Ken Smith was writer-in-residence at Wormwood Scrubs prison, continuing his exploration of the territory of Wormwood (1987), and then while he was living in Berlin writing a book about the Wall when the Wall come down. It was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.    He writes how he was at a kind of midpoint with this book, on the border with his baggage in order, coming back to tell the border tales: These are communiques from border states between the Kingdom of Pity and the Republic of Terror: poems made from the debris of separate moments brought in the poem into some kind of credibility, some sort of continuity, some sort of a life, some kind of a journey. As ever it is a journey chiefly urban and uncertain, and as ever it is shadowed by childhood. Indeed there are several voices, most of them imprisoned: Brady the childkiller and Bamber the murderer of his entire family, Jack the anonymous lad, Harry who serves his time and emerges into the larger prison of himself, and the man who retires to Herculaneum just as Vesuvius is about to blow up. These poems travel the distance between the prison wall and the Berlin Wall, they confront one prison to confront a further prison, they break away from the press of many voices and other personae into a single clear voice.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572855808273,"sku":"GOR013743333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49583114617105,"sku":"GOR003565938","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/185224139X.jpg?v=1751457069"},{"product_id":"way-of-the-hermit-book-ken-smith-9781035009817","title":"The Way of the Hermit","description":"The extraordinary story of a true hermit, an alternative way of life and endless isolation in the Scottish Highlands. Written with Will Millard, Ken Smiths The Way of the Hermit is an unforgettable journey of discovery, as one man pits his wits against the wilderness for four decades.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49576597225745,"sku":"GOR013191986","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49743202517265,"sku":"NGR9781035009817","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50141350494481,"sku":"GOR013486927","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50588904882449,"sku":"GOR013321828","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51307224793361,"sku":"CIN1035009811G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52673470857489,"sku":"NLS9781035009817","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53517707313425,"sku":"GOR014953988","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1035009811.jpg?v=1751174197"},{"product_id":"black-diamonds-by-sea-book-ken-smith-9781857950199","title":"Black Diamonds by Sea","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49580688408849,"sku":"GOR003701905","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50932834337041,"sku":"GOR005764897","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53209116705041,"sku":"GOR014807088","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857950194.jpg?v=1751314238"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2015-book-ken-smith-9781845029937","title":"Herald Diary 2015","description":"So what did the Scots have to laugh about this year? Well, there were politicians charging round the country looking for votes, the new Scottish MPs flooding into Westminster gave us a smile or two, the Open Championship at St Andrews cheered up the sports fans once the summer wind and weather had done its worst, and even Al Pacino made us smile telling us what he thought of Glasgow women.  All these and more provided readers of The Herald with the funniest stories of the year, the very best of which are now collected here for your entertainment. And they're staggeringly good!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49581530382609,"sku":"GOR007216340","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52714898063633,"sku":"GOR007408706","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845029933.jpg?v=1750929851"},{"product_id":"inside-time-book-ken-smith-9780245547201","title":"Inside Time","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49582483833105,"sku":"GOR005329010","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51681298415889,"sku":"GOR003275400","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0245547207.jpg?v=1751291562"},{"product_id":"klaonica-book-ken-smith-9781852242831","title":"Klaonica","description":"This international anthology has been assembled in a matter of days as an immediate if inadequate response to the suffering in Bosnia. What else is there to say about Bosnia? What more can anyone do?  KLAONICA is the poets’ attempt to do or say something. It includes poems by many leading writers, some already published in The Independent’s series Bosnia Poems. The poems are baffled, helpless, heartfelt, heartbreaking, angry, tender, grieving. Useless too: except that readers should find some comfort, some hope, in this book. And the book is published to raise funds for Bosnian relief.  The writers come from Britain, Ireland, Europe, North America and Bosnia. They include Annemarie Austin, Joseph Brodsky, Gillian Clarke, David Constantine, Ivor Cutler, Maura Dooley, Ian Duhig, Gavin Ewart, Roy Fisher, Linda France, Rebecca Hayes, Adrian Henri, Ted Hughes, Nicki Jackowska, Kathleen Jamie, Medbh McGuckian, Ian McMillan, Glyn Maxwell, Christopher Middleton, Czeslaw Milosz, Adrian Mitchell, Andrew Motion, Josip Osti, Ruth Padel, Brian Patten, Patricia Pogson, Peter Porter, Simon Rae, Peter Reading, Tadeusz Rózewicz, Carole Satyamurti, Jo Shapcott, Abdulah Sidran, Ken Smith, Heather Spears, Mario Susko, R.S. Thomas, Stevan Tontic  and John Hartley Williams.  KLAONICA is the Serbo-Croat word for slaughterhouse, abattoir, butchery, shambles, and describes conditions in that doomed country after over a year of vicious warfare that includes massacre, rape, pillage, ethnic cleansing, concentration camps, the destruction of towns and villages, churches and mosques, and ultimately of a state and a whole society. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this conflict – and there are more wrongs than rights to it – it amounts to genocide, in Europe, here at the end of the twentieth century. The Bosnians are starving. They have planted no crops, they have used up all their stores and savings, they have no fat left, and winter is coming. Over and above the depredations of a three-sided war, they need food and medicines. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be given to Feed the Children and other organisations seeking to alleviate the suffering in Bosnia.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49584276439313,"sku":"GOR005004130","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49875771228433,"sku":"CIN1852242833G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852242833.jpg?v=1750834909"},{"product_id":"breeding-birds-of-hertfordshire-book-ken-smith-9780952168508","title":"The Breeding Birds of Hertfordshire","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49589500248337,"sku":"GOR008872631","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50667394793745,"sku":"GOR005120207","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0952168502.jpg?v=1751108534"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-book-ken-smith-9781845022747","title":"The Herald Diary","description":"Wherever Scots gather they tell jokes and stories. And the very best of these much-loved tales find their way to the daily Diary column of Scotland's best-selling quality newspaper, \"The Herald\". It is the home of humour from the chip-shop queues of late-night Glasgow, to the bons mots of High Court judges, to the humour of the classroom. No wonder Sir Sean Connery says it is the first thing he reads online every day from his home in the Bahamas. In this volume we gather the very best tales from the column, proving that ordinary Scots are still the natural comedians of the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49591666901265,"sku":"GOR001726807","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845022742.jpg?v=1751379132"},{"product_id":"mr-merch-and-other-stories-book-ken-smith-9780907768197","title":"Mr. Merch and Other Stories","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49593737707793,"sku":"GOR006713271","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0907768199.jpg?v=1751012518"},{"product_id":"tender-to-the-queen-of-spain-book-ken-smith-9781852242619","title":"Tender to the Queen of Spain","description":"Ken Smith's latest book ranges round a turbulent world, from Dresden to Bosnia, by way of Weymouth Harbour. Its methods, serendipity and chance encounters, things heard in the street, produce these urgent messages, spoken by masks, worked out in these poems. Poetry Book Society Recommendation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49593749111057,"sku":"GOR006296211","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852242612.jpg?v=1751456893"},{"product_id":"you-again-book-ken-smith-9781852246709","title":"You Again","description":"Ken Smith was a major voice in world poetry, his work and example inspiring a whole generation of younger British poets. He collected his poetry from four decades in two volumes, the second being Shed: Poems 1980-2001, published the year before his untimely death in 2003. You Again includes all his last poems as well as other uncollected work, along with tributes from other poets, photographs, a biographical portrait and interviews covering the whole range of his life and work. Ken Smith's 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49595083882769,"sku":"GOR003884141","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52110456127761,"sku":"GOR014468216","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53185302167825,"sku":"GOR009632285","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852246707.jpg?v=1751217881"},{"product_id":"wild-root-book-ken-smith-9781852244613","title":"Wild Root","description":"More journeys, more borders, more strange encounters, more transactions in the trade of language: in his latest collection, Wild Root, Ken Smith's wanderings take him further and further out, among the wastelands of Eastern Europe after Communism, and again to North America, where his as-if counterpart Eddie lives his imaginary lives, among the other kinless wanderers. East and West, the distances merge into each other... Poetry Book Society Choice, shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49597490430225,"sku":"GOR013458855","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49663664161041,"sku":"GOR003795223","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49770421256465,"sku":"GOR003746631","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852244615.jpg?v=1751457350"},{"product_id":"stephenson-power-book-ken-smith-9781857951868","title":"Stephenson Power","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49598513512721,"sku":"GOR002927528","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53070443741457,"sku":"GOR002050870","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857951867.jpg?v=1750867017"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2012-book-ken-smith-9781845024871","title":"The Herald Diary 2012","description":"It was the year that saw Rangers Football Club face administration, that saw Greece struggle with teetering debt, that saw Scots wrestle with the idea of a referendum on independence, and saw the Scottish football team once again watching an international competition from the outside. And what did most Scots do? Well, what they usually do - they laughed about it. Fortunately they then sent their musings to \"The Herald\" newspaper's \"Diary\" column where their views on world affairs, plus all the stories of all the daft and amusing things that happened in Scotland's pubs, trains, streets and homes were gathered, polished and printed. This is the compilation of the best of these stories. It is where the best of Scottish humour is gathered and kept so that the stories are not lost forever, and if you are a Scot anywhere in the world, you will recognise the humour in them. And even if you are not Scottish you should still be able to smile, even though you have to ask a Scot for the occasional piece of clarification.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49599849365777,"sku":"GOR004663350","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50683575009553,"sku":"GOR011377715","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845024877.jpg?v=1751438516"},{"product_id":"herald-diary-2013-fur-goodness-sake-book-ken-smith-9781845027056","title":"The Herald Diary 2013 - Fur Goodness' Sake!","description":"There are big questions being asked in Scotland this year. Should Scotland become independent? When will the economy improve? And what happened to the sun? For readers of The Herald, the country's leading quality newspaper, there were other questions which were being asked in the newspaper's Diary column. Do you remember being belted at school? Did you have a good Burns Supper this year? And should we go for a pint on the way home? The sheer daftness of day-to-day life and the hilarious tales of work, home, the pub, travel and relationships were told in the daily Herald column, and the very best of them have been rounded up for this year's Diary book, which tells of the funny things that happen to Scots the world over. And being Scotland, there might be a little bit of fitba' in there as well.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49603509551377,"sku":"GOR005448945","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1845027051.jpg?v=1751186049"},{"product_id":"11-14-mathematics-intermediate-level-book-ken-smith-9780199147816","title":"11-14 Mathematics: Intermediate Level","description":"Following the successful format of the GCSE: Revision and Practice series Intermediate 11-14 Mathematics is targeted at eh 3-5 tier of entry. * Aimed at specific tier of entry to ensure that students are focused on the mathematical concepts they need to know * Key learning points at the beginning of each section so students can see what they need to know * Worked examples showing the key techniques of how to tackle problems  and approach questions effectively * Graded exercises presented in two sections allow students to revisit and practise an area twice to consolidate understanding * Regular revision sections including past National Tests paper questions so students can check their understanding and test long-term memory * National Test style practice papers at the end of each book allow students to spend valuable time familiarising themselves with the tests while testing knowledge","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49606118211857,"sku":"GOR001502855","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49660907847953,"sku":"GOR001594536","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50895686107409,"sku":"GOR004866521","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0199147817.jpg?v=1751258928"},{"product_id":"turbinia-book-ken-smith-9781857950779","title":"Turbinia","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49612184551697,"sku":"GOR008952189","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50459307311377,"sku":"GOR010198265","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1857950771.jpg?v=1750725634"},{"product_id":"splendour-of-the-gala-book-ken-smith-9780955751073","title":"Splendour of the Gala","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49623689691409,"sku":"GOR006040386","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0955751071.jpg?v=1750981420"},{"product_id":"book-of-chinese-whispers-book-ken-smith-9780906427934","title":"A Book of Chinese Whispers","description":"These prose pieces develop areas and images encountered elsewhere in Smith's poetry. Some are fictions, some fables, some prose poems, some ill-tempered jokes, some existential romances with mundane reality. As in the game of Chinese Whispers, messages are passed, repeated, misheard, misremembered, delicately tampered with, and fiddled with in the interests of politics, commerce and the pursuit of power. Even the language is suspect, as are our perceptions. Our hero struggles to survive against all the odds, invited apparently to forget all he knows and begin again at the beginning. Or at the end. Smith writes in the radical tradition of Borges, Brautigan, Burroughs, and Buster Keaton.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49624151589137,"sku":"GOR006100945","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49654167109905,"sku":"GOR007715411","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0906427932.jpg?v=1750851360"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/fr-fr\/collections\/auteur-livres-de-ken-smith.oembed?page=3","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}