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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