Overview
'Wonderfully spirited' DAILY MAIL The follow-up to the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Lost for Words, from Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys. From the huge response to Lost for Words, it's clear that many of us share John's strong feelings about the use and misuse of the English language. Not because we want to split hairs (or infinitives) but because how we use words reveals so much about the way we see the world. Here John takes a sharp look at phrases and expressions in current use to expose the often hidden attitudes that lie behind them - from the schoolroom to the boardroom, from Westminster to the weather forecast. Questioning our assumptions, puncturing our illusions and illuminating the way we live now, Beyond Words is a small book that speaks volumes.
Full Product Details
Author: John Humphrys
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Dimensions:
Width: 12.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.180kg
ISBN: 9780340923764
ISBN 10: 0340923768
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 07 June 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
'Wonderfully spirited.' -- Daily Mail 20061108 'Very amusing... managing to combine mellow wisdom with an endearing rattiness. Beyond Words is among the best books of a new bloodline of non-fiction that dissects modern ails from a position of dismay or bafflement.' -- The Herald 20061111 'He talks a lot of (well-punctuated) sense.' -- londonpaper 20061111 [Praise for Lost for Words]'Humphrys is passionate about language -- and very funny too' -- Rod Liddle 20040901 'an exquisite sensitivity to the misuse of the English language' -- The Sunday Times 20041101 'for all those who care about the English language' -- Ann Widdecombe, New Statesman 20041204
'Wonderfully spirited.' -- Daily Mail 20061108 'Very amusing... managing to combine mellow wisdom with an endearing rattiness. Beyond Words is among the best books of a new bloodline of non-fiction that dissects modern ails from a position of dismay or bafflement.' -- The Herald 20061111 'He talks a lot of (well-punctuated) sense.' -- londonpaper 20061111 [Praise for Lost for Words ]'Humphrys is passionate about language -- and very funny too' -- Rod Liddle 20040901 'an exquisite sensitivity to the misuse of the English language' -- The Sunday Times 20041101 'for all those who care about the English language' -- Ann Widdecombe, New Statesman 20041204
'Wonderfully spirited.' Daily Mail 'Very amusing... managing to combine mellow wisdom with an endearing rattiness. Beyond Words is among the best books of a new bloodline of non-fiction that dissects modern ails from a position of dismay or bafflement.' The Herald 'He talks a lot of (well-punctuated) sense.' londonpaper [Praise for Lost for Words] 'Humphrys is passionate about language - and very funny too' Rod Liddle 'an exquisite sensitivity to the misuse of the English language' The Sunday Times 'for all those who care about the English language' Ann Widdecombe, New Statesman
Author Information
In a broadcasting career spanning forty years John Humphrys is best known for presenting Radio 4's Today programme and BBC television's Mastermind. He has won a string of national awards and been described as a 'national treasure'. He owned a dairy farm for ten years and has homes in Wales and London.
