John Lloyd Bücher

Der trockenste Ort der Welt liegt in der Sahara, vom Mond aus kann man die Chinesische Mauer sehen und Laika war das erste Tier im All? Denkste! Denn in der Arktis gibt es Stellen, die nicht mit Eis bedeckt sind und wo es seit 2 Millionen Jahren nicht geregnet hat, vom Mond aus ist nichts erkennbar, was der Mensch auf der Erde gebaut hat, und bereits 1946 wurde eine Fruchtfliege ins All geschossen wurde. John Lloyd und John Mitchinson klären populäre Irrtümer auf, korrigieren vermeintlich geltendes Allgemeinwissen und enthüllen die Wahrheit über all die Dinge, die wir sicher zu wissen glauben. Das Buch für alle Besserwisser!

Wussten Sie, dass Albatrosse zehn Jahre nonstop fliegen können, Hummer 100 Jahre alt werden, Würmer Zigaretten rauchen und Mäuse singen, während sie sich lieben? Nach dieser Safari wird den Leser nichts mehr wundern. Wie Tiere – Hund, Katz, Erdferkel, Binturongs, Asseln, Pinguine und all die anderen – fressen, schlafen, sich bewegen und fortpflanzen, das bietet mehr, als die menschliche Phantasie sich je wird vorstellen können.

Welches ist das größte Lebewesen? Wie heißt der höchste Berg? Wie viele Sinne hat der Mensch? Die Antworten sind nicht der Wal, der Mount Everest und fünf. Dieses Buch entlarvt die Macht der Scheinbildung und korrigiert die schnellen Antworten auf die alltäglichen Fragen des Lebens. Entdecken Sie populäre Irrtümer und Wissenslücken, Lustiges, Bizarres und Groteskes.

Tintenfische haben drei Herzen, Kühe muhen in regionalen Dialekten, zehn Prozent aller Fotos weltweit wurden in den letzten 12 Monaten geschossen - so macht intelligentes Wissen Spaß! Google weiß alles? Eben nicht! Und besonders nicht die 999 verrückten Fakten in diesem Buch: Wissen, das jeden vom Hocker reißt. Kuriose und verrückte Fakten, die amüsant und unglaublich, aber wahr sind. Mit diesem Buch wird Small Talk endlich very big - und witzig!

'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