Product Description

This book has all you will ever need to know, and much more besides. The Art of Shen Ku presents strategies for coping with any situation you will encounter in life. From a sweat-soaked shirt (soak it in dissolved aspirin), how to avoid shark attack while swimming and you can even brush up on your boy-scout morse code. There are ancient secrets for surviving the modern world and traditional knowledge that will guide you through life: palmistry, numerology and Chinese astrology. It is like owing an exotic, entertaining encyclopaedia that will keep you engrossed for hours. It is a combination of philosophies and time-tested skills from a hundred cultures; simple lessons for living anywhere, at any period in history and for any species.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #556473 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

'The Washington Post'
Offbeat, irreverent yet profound in simple lessons for living... a whacked-out Boy Scout manual on steroids.

About the Author
Zeek was born in Manchester and as a child travelled all over the world with his father who was an officer in the British Army. When he was fifteen Zeek was blinded in an accident while belly boarding on an isolated beach in Nigeria, he had to trek for a day through the jungle to the nearest town while almost entirely blind. He began to study alternative therapies to find a cure, which he managed to find, and started to assemble the eclectic knowledge that he would call "Shen Ku". As a teenager he bought his first boat and set out to travel around the world, after seven years and two shipwrecks he and the boat limped into Australia. He has travelled almost continuously since and has lived in virtually every country with a coast.

Customer Reviews

the book of everything !
This is one of those books that you will use for years to come; the information included in side, cover every aspect of life from aromatherapy , breathing techniques ,martial arts ,knots CPR, first aid ,I could spend hours just listing what's covered.
Every page has pearls of wisdom and practical advice on how to deal with situations throughout life ,detailed illustrations in a cartoon format give clear and precise instructions on each subject. This is a book that will refuse to be put away on a shelf , everyone who comes in contact with it will pick it up for a 'quick flick' and wont put it down for hours
Simply it's the best book I own !

amazing, a work of art
This book is fantastic, for its quality and the information one can gather from its pages it would still be value for money if it cost ten times its usual retail price. I cant rate this book highly enough, the author is obviously an amazing person who has dedicated his life to his art and his own way.