The Road from Wigan Pier: Memoirs of a Linguist

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The story of Richard D. Lewis' life from a Lancashire mining village to head of an international training consultancy. This detailed work looks at:

How he managed to be able to speak 10 languages by the age of 25
Why Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gary Liniker, Mark Hughes, Nick Farr-Jones, Timo Sarpaneva and Lasse Viren all took training with him
How he came to write speeches for Konrad Adenauer
Tutoring Empress Michiko of Japan
Working with Danny Kaye, Ed Muskie and Hubert Humphrey
His friendships with Prince Mikasa and Charles Berlitz
People he knew from the sporting world: Sir Stanley Rous, Stanley Matthews, Don Howe, Terry Neale, George Graham, Joe Egan, Cecil Mountford, Victor Barna and Alec Brook
Tales from the over 120 countries he has visited
Recruiting teachers in war-time Vietnam
His bestseller "When Cultures Collide"
Being knighted by President Ahtisaari of Finland

Author: Richard D. Lewis

Length: 403 pages

Weight: 1139 grams

Publisher: Transcreen Publications

ISBN: 978-0-9534398-0-5

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Our award winning e-learning site is relaunched with over 150 new features and enhancements

Based on the Lewis Model of Culture, the new 'integrated' site features dramatic improvements in navigation, as well as a huge number of new features, both for end-users and trainers. As a bonus, the assessments are now available in German and Japanese, with more languages to follow!