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Down Under by Bill Bryson
Category: Audio
It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents, and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring suc ...Show more
Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Category: Australiana | Series: \
"It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life u a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring suc ...Show more
Icons of England by Bill Bryson
Category: Travel
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub sign ...Show more
In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Category: Non-Fiction
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller "A Walk in the Woods." "In A Sunburned Country" is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Aus ...Show more
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, The by BRYSON , BILL
Category: Audio
Traditional Chinese edition of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson, journalist, reporter and one of the most beloved bestselling authors. These deeply nostalgic, utterly hilarious, eccentric, truly affectionate essays are his memoir of growing up during the 1950's. In Chin ...Show more
Made in America by Bill Bryson; William Roberts (Read by)
Category: Audio
Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular cultu ...Show more
Made in America: An Informal History of American English by Bill Bryson
Category: Travel | Series: Bryson
"Funny, wise, learned and compulsive." (GQ). Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Ro ...Show more
Mother Tongue - The English Language by Bill Bryson
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), t ...Show more
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
Category: Non-Fiction
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to . . . ' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongre ...Show more
Neither Here Nor There (Audio CD; unabridged; 8 CDs) by Bill Bryson
Category: Audio
In the early seventies, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe - in search of enlightenment, beer, and women. He was accompanied by an unforgettable sidekick named Stephen Katz (who will be gloriously familiar to readers of Bryson's A Walk in the Woods). Twenty years later, he decided to retrace his journ ...Show more
Neither Here Nor There - Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
Category: Travel
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither here Nor there he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hamemrfest, the norther ...Show more
Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
Category: Travel | Series: Bryson Ser.
"Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northe ...Show more