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Terry Pratchett

Shaking Hands with Death

Terry Pratchett

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English
Corgi
01 October 2015
Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die; Fantasy Reference
Terry Pratchett on our right to a good life and a good death - the text of his landmark BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture now available as a standalone volume with a new introduction by Rob Wilkins.

Why we all deserve a life worth living and a death worth dying for

'Most men don't fear death. They fear those things - the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb - which precede, by microseconds if you're lucky, and many years if you're not, the moment of death.'

When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it. In this essay, broadcast to millions as the BBC Richard Dimblebly Lecture 2010 and previously only available as part of A Slip of the Keyboard, he argues for our right to choose - our right to a good life, and a good death too.
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Imprint:   Corgi
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 160mm,  Width: 110mm,  Spine: 4mm
Weight:   44g
ISBN:   9780552172776
ISBN 10:   0552172774
Pages:   64
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. His fortieth Discworld novel, Raising Steam, was published in 2013. His books have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. www.terrypratchett.co.uk @terryandrob

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