The Today Files

John Humphrys

Humor & Entertainment

William Collins

<p>From empty cliche to meaningless jargon, dangling participle to sentences without verbs, the English language is reeling. It is under attack from all sides. Politicians dupe us with deliberately evasive language. Bosses worry about impacting the bottom line while they think out of the box. Academics talk obscure mumbo jumbo. Journalists and broadcasters, who should know better, lazily collaborate. John Humphrys wittily and powerfully exposes the depths to which our beautiful language has sunk and offers many examples of the most common atrocities. He also dispenses some sensible guidance on how to use simple, clear and honest language. Above all, he shows us how to be on the alert for the widespread abuse - especially by politicians - and the power of the English language.</p>

Lost for Words : The Mangling and Manipulating of the English Language

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Hodder Pb

The Welcome Visitor

Death is a subject modern society shies away from. Even doctors avoid the word. But if we regard death as a failure in our frantic desire to prolong life at all costs, how can we ever arrive at a humane approach to those whose lives have lost all meaning?John Humphrys asked himself this question when he watched his father's final sad, lingering, undignified years. His death, when it came at last, was a welcome end to his suffering and the anguish of those who loved him. It inspired this book.Here he takes a wider look at how our attitudes to death have changed as doctors have learned how to prolong life beyond anything that could have been imagined only a few generations ago. He and his co-author Dr Sarah Jarvis, who has 22 years experience of dealing with the dying, confront one of the great challenges facing the western world today. We live for almost twice as long as our great-grandparents but refuse to accept that longevity can sometimes be a curse as well as a blessing. Are we keeping people alive simply because we can? And what of their carers whose lives may be ruined as a result of their own sacrifice?There are of course no easy answers, but the first step must surely be to accept that death can be as welcome as it is inevitable.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Death is a subject modern society shies away  from. Even doctors avoid the word. But if we regard death as a failure in our frantic desire to prolong life at all costs, how can we ever arrive at a humane approach to those whose lives have lost all meaning? John Humphrys asked himself this question when he watched his father's final sad, lingering, undignified years. His death, when it  came at last,  was a welcome end to his suffering and the anguish of those who loved him. It inspired this book. Here he takes a wider look at how our attitudes to death have changed as doctors have learned how to prolong life beyond anything that could have been imagined only a few generations ago. He and his co-author Dr Sarah Jarvis, who has 22 years experience of dealing with the dying,  confront one of the great challenges facing the western world today. We live for almost twice as long as our great-grandparents but refuse to accept that longevity can sometimes be a curse as well as a blessing. Are we keeping people alive simply because we can? And what of their carers whose lives may be ruined as a result of their own sacrifice?There are of course no easy answers, but the first step must surely be to accept that death can be as welcome as it is inevitable.

<p>John Humphrys looks at how our attitudes to death have changed as doctors have learned how to prolong life beyond anything that could have been imagined only a few generations ago. He and his co-author Dr Sarah Jarvis confront one of the great challenges facing the western world today.</p>

Parenting & Relationships

Hodder&Stoughton

A study of language, as we use it at present.

Beyond Words - How Language Reveals the Way We Live Now

Words, Language & Grammar

It was a moment of mad impulse when John Humphrys decided to buy a semi-derelict cottage and a building site on a plot of land overlooking the Aegean. A few minutes' gazing out over the most glorious bay he had ever seen was all it took to persuade him. After all, his son Christopher -- a professional musician fluent in Greek -- was already raising his family there so he would help build the beautiful villa that John dreamed of. What could possibly go wrong?Everything. John was to spend much of the next four years regretting his moment of madness.Some of it had its comic side. He learned to cope with the escaped peacock that took over his lemon grove and even a colony of rats that took over the cottage. Some of the humans proved trickier: the old man demanding payment for olive trees in the middle of John's own land; the unfriendly neighbour who tried to barricade him in and the friendly neighbour who dragged his lovely old fishing boat onto the beach and set fire to it after a row with his wife. And, of course, the builders. If you have ever struggled with builders, read this and be grateful.John learned a lot about Greece in a short time. He grew to love and lament the country and its people, but was never for a moment bored by them. And Christopher learned a bit more about John. Their shared experience revived keen memories for him of growing up with a father for whom patience was never the strongest virtue...Here father and son tell a story by turns hilarious and revealing about a country that intrigues and infuriates in equal measure.

Blue Skies & Black Olives: A survivor's tale of housebuilding and peacock chasing in Greece

In God We Doubt Confessions of a Failed Atheist (Large Print Edition) - John Humphrys - AudioGO Limited

In God We Doubt Confessions of a Failed Atheist (Large Print Edition)

AudioGO Limited

Beyond Words

Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books

In God We Doubt: Confessions of a Failed Atheist

In God We Doubt

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The Today Files

Lost for Words : The Mangling and Manipulating of the English Language

The Welcome Visitor

The Welcome Visitor

The Welcome Visitor

Beyond Words - How Language Reveals the Way We Live Now

Blue Skies & Black Olives: A survivor's tale of housebuilding and peacock chasing in Greece

In God We Doubt Confessions of a Failed Atheist (Large Print Edition)

Beyond Words

In God We Doubt