Stanley I Resume: Further Recollections of an Exuberant Life - Couverture rigide

Johnson, Stanley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1849547416 ISBN 13 : 9781849547413

Editeur : Robson Press, 2014

Synopsis

Stanley Johnson: one-time spy, politician, animal rights crusader - and irresistibly brilliant raconteur. From his career as a Member of the European Parliament to his pioneering work saving the rainforests, Stanley Johnson's life has roamed many avenues. Amongst much else, he has served on the staff of the World Bank and the European Commission, penned dozens of books, appeared on many popular television shows and won awards for his environmental campaigning, besides fathering six children, including the current Mayor of London. This second volume of rip-roaring and hilarious recollections from the man himself begins with him falling out of a tree on his fortieth birthday, then picks up where its acclaimed predecessor, Stanley, I Presume, left off. Along the way, we're treated to the sights of Stanley posing as a burglar, horrifying Margaret Thatcher with his cocktail party repartee, climbing Kilimanjaro (twice) and navigating the turbulent rapids of parenthood. Riotous and illuminating, Stanley, I Resume paints a vivid portrait of a politician, poet and adventurer, an idealist, a family man and - above all - a born storyteller.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From his career as a Member of the European Parliament to his pioneering work saving the rainforests, Stanley Johnson's life has roamed many avenues. Amongst much else, he has served on the staff of the World Bank and the European Commission, penned dozens of books, appeared on many popular television shows and won awards for his environmental campaigning, besides fathering six children, including the current Mayor of London.

This second volume of rip-roaring and hilarious recollections from the man himself begins with him falling out of a tree on his fortieth birthday, then picks up where its acclaimed predecessor,Stanley, I Presume, left off. Along the way, we're treated to the sights of Stanley posing as a burglar, horrifying Margaret Thatcher with his cocktail party repartee, climbing Kilimanjaro (twice) and navigating the turbulent rapids of parenthood.

Riotous and illuminating, Stanley, I Resume paints a vivid portrait of a politician, poet and adventurer, an idealist, a family man and above all a born storyteller.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Stanley Johnson is a former Member of the European Parliament, author, journalist and environmental campaigner. He has received the Greenpeace Award for Outstanding Services to the Environment, as well as the RSPCA Richard Martin Award for Services to Animal Welfare and the Silver Medal of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). He also won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry at Oxford University. Stanley is the author of nine novels, one of which The Commissioner was made into a feature film starring John Hurt. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction books on environmental topics, as well as the first volume of this memoir, Stanley, I Presume, which was published in 2009. He is President Emeritus of the Gorilla Organization and an ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). He was one of the first presenters of The Last Word, a guest on Have I Got News For You and, most recently, a contestant on Pointless.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Robson Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1849547416
• ISBN 13: 9781849547413
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 356