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As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'Moving, intellectual and unsentimental. I think it will become a classic' Melvyn Bragg'Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly clever and oddly joyous, Every Third Thought is beautiful' Kate Mosse In 1995, at the age of forty-two, Robert McCrum suffered a dramatic and near-fatal stroke. Since that life-changing event, McCrum has lived in the shadow of death, unavoidably aware of his own mortality. And now, in his sixties, he is noticing a change: his friends are joining him there. Death has become his contemporaries' every third thought. And so, with the words of McCrum's favourite authors as travel companions, Every Third Thought takes us on a journey towards death itself. This is a deeply personal book of reflection and conversation - with brain surgeons, psychologists, hospice workers and patients, writers and poets, and it confronts an existential question: in a world where we have learnt to live well at all costs, can we make peace with dying?

Every Third Thought - On life, death and the endgame

With an introduction by Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmMy brain, which had just let me down so badly, was perhaps never so active. The paramedics' question was a fundamental one. Who are you? Yes indeed. Who am I?Robert McCrum was forty-two when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body totally paralysed, his speech drastically impaired, and his sense of himself radically altered. What followed was a prolonged period of recovery, full of heart ache and frustration, as he gradually regained sensation, movement and self-esteem and as his family pulled together in the extraordinary effort necessary to make him well again. My Year Off is a moving story of determination, courage and love that sings with wit and honesty. An invaluable insight into the reality of life after stroke, the moments of hope, the anger and despair, this is a touching classic that gives voice to millions.

My Year Off - Rediscovering Life After a Stroke

À la fois biographie et hommage de certains des designs les plus célèbres de John McConnell, ce livre rassemble la refonte exclusive de McConnell pour Faber & Faber - une nouvelle approche révolutionnaire des couvertures de livres du début des années 1980. La liste des collaborateurs de John McConnell est longue et comprend de nombreux noms célèbres tels que Boots, Faber & Faber, Halfords, Clarks ou encore John Lewis. Le logo Biba, pour lequel il a remporté le D&AD Silver en 1969, le logo de la National Grid ou les couvertures d'une série de manuels scolaires Penguin du début des années 1970 ont sans doute exercé une influence considérable sur le design britannique depuis les années soixante.

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