John Lloyd Libros

'A fantastic collection of pithy conversation-starting facts.' Charlie Higson

John Lloyd was the poster boy of British tennis, a former British number one, Grand Slam finalist, Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion and Davis Cup captain. This autobiography is filled with captivating tales of Hollywood celebrities, tennis icons and lost loves, along with sobering details of his battle with cancer and drug addiction in his family.

Public relations and journalism have historically maintained a complex relationship marked by both dependence and distrust. Journalists wield the power to control access to information, while PR professionals possess compelling stories, contacts, and substantial budgets for campaigns. The advent of the internet and social media has significantly altered this dynamic, transforming audiences into active participants who can influence the reputation and brand of entities ranging from political figures to consumer products through viral content. In this environment, organizations seek greater protection against potential reputational damage caused by individual missteps or public miscommunications. The digital age compels public figures and institutions to safeguard their images while leveraging new channels for self-promotion, bypassing traditional media gatekeepers. Consequently, communications professionals have gained increased importance and influence within business and political spheres. Organizations must now function as media entities, disseminating messages continuously and creating engaging content to attract and involve their audiences. As journalism adapts to this evolving landscape, characterized by the breakdown of old barriers and the establishment of new relationships—often with PR at the forefront—this study sheds light on a transformed media landscape that is both more transparent and more vulnerable.

The threat of terrorism and the increasing power of terrorist groups has prompted a rapid growth of the security services and changes in legislation, permitting the collection of communications data. This provides journalism with acute dilemmas. The media claims responsibility for holding power to account, yet cannot know more than superficial details about the newly empowered secret services. This book is the first to analyze, in the aftermath of the Snowden/NSA revelations, relations between two key institutions in the modern state: the intelligence services and the news media. It provides the answers to crucial questions including: how can power be held to account if one of the greatest state powers is secret? How far have the Snowden/NSA revelations damaged the activities of the secret services? And have governments lost all trust from journalists and the public?

Annotation In recent years, media coverage of the European Union has faced its most serious test. The crisis in the Euro currency has thrown into sharp relief the shortcomings of a style of reporting too often unable to engage the interest of audiences deeper than political, official, academic and diplomatic elites. The crisis also put under the spotlight a style of journalism which is geared largely towards reporting on relations between the EU and the country which the news organisation serves. This book, based on extensive interviews with EU correspondents, editors, public relations and other EU executives, reveals how this powerful group of institutions at the heart of the Union are covered - or are not covered

Brilliant quotes for every occasion chosen by the QI team.

The Third Book of General Ignorance gathers together 180 questions, both new and previously featured on the BBC TV programme's popular 'General Ignorance' round, and show why, when it comes to general knowledge, none of us knows anything at all. Who invented the sandwich? What was the best thing before sliced bread? Who first ate frogs' legs? Which cat never changes its spots? What did Lady Godiva do? What can you legally do if you come across a Welshman in Chester after sunset?

The QI team have blown your socks off, made your jaw drop and knocked you sideways. Now they return with 1,234 brand-new mind-blowing facts that will leave you speechless. - Flowers get suntans. - Denmark imports prisoners. - Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest. - The Republic of Ireland first got postcodes in 2015. - Martin Luther King Jr got a C+ in Public Speaking. - No one in the UK dies of 'natural causes'. - Penguins can't taste fish.

Etidorhpa is an early science fiction novel depicting a man's descent into the bowels of the Earth at the instigation of a mysterious secret society ? it is presented here complete with the original illustrations. Llewyllyn Drury is visited by a mysterious old man whose defining physical feature is his large, protruding forehead. The man offers to tell his story, promising his life and knowledge is worth writing down. As the man displays certain enthralling and supernatural powers, Drury takes on the task ? Etidorhpa is this story, interspersed with pauses wherein Drury questions his strange guest. John Uri Lloyd was a popular author of mystery and science fiction books. His profession however was pharmacology, with his specialism being herbal medicines and ethnobotanicals. The presence of giant mushrooms in one part of the story, plus the various fantastical elements described, have led some readers to speculate that the author's knowledge of mind-altering substances influenced Etidorhpa's plotting.

Filled with animal facts and figures, this book helps you to learn about koalas that don't drink, geese that mourn their dead and lobsters that live for a century.