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1	Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	In a Sunburned Country more books like this by Bill Bryson (Read by) add to wishlist Bryson, author of A WALK IN THE WOODS and I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, takes on Australia. Bryson's wit and capacity for observation remain in top working condition despite the heat, and his encounters with the locals are engaging in this typical Brysonian look beyond the obvious. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson lived in Britain for 20 years, then returned with his family to the U.S. Here he writes about the process of re-entry--the shocks, the adjustments, the excesses, and (especially) the funny bits. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From Scandinavia to Turkey, Bryson retraces his youthful, solo backpacking expedition that eventually landed him in England for 20 years. His experience lends wit to this slightly ethnocentric tour of greater Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Short History of Nearly Everything more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist The author of A Walk in the Woods traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world's most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are. Reprint. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $7.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Shakespeare: The World as Stage more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist In this new installment in the critically acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Bryson explores the life and work of Shakespeare in a typically Brysonian fashion. That is to say, he has crafted a travelogue of sorts, narrating his quest for the Bard. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.32! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language comes a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Notes from a Small Island more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Before returning to the United States after 20 years in England, Bryson embarks on a farewell circuit of the country. He integrates history and reflections of his own debut tour of England in this valediction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bryson contemplates the state of the United States as he travels across the country in a visitation of family holidays and a quest for the apex of small-town America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist In this informative yet curiously funny book Bill Bryson, of travel-writing fame, tackles the quirks and growing pains of the English language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions
11	The Mother Tongue more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist The author of the acclaimed The Lost Continent now steers us through the quirks and byways of the English language. We learn why island, freight, and colonel are spelled in such unphonetic ways, why four has a u in it but forty doesn't, plus bizarre and enlightening facts about some of the patriarchs of this peculiar language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson lived in Britain for 20 years, then returned with his family to the U.S. Here he writes about the process of re-entry--the shocks, the adjustments, the excesses, and (especially) the funny bits. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Walk in the Woods more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail covers 14 states and over 2000 miles, and stretches along the east coast of America from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Made in America more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Travel writer Bill Bryson looks at the language of America and explains the history behind it, including the origins of phrases such as "The real McCoy" and the "G-string"; why two humble bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight when the world's greatest engineers couldn't get a model aircraft off the ground; why the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Covering spelling, capitalization, plurals, hyphens, abbreviations, and foreign names and phrases, this reference is an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered world of the English language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.02! \| SVS
16 view cover	Bill Bryson's African Diary more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Invited by CARE International, the author of "In a Sunburned Country" now visits Kenya and observes the many contrasts of Kenyan life, from the country's dramatic geography and famous game reserves to its postcolonial poverty and environmental problems. The author's earnings from this diary, as well as a portion of the profits, go to CARE. of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.01! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson add to wishlist One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer about the universe and civilization. see all copies from $39.99! new only from $149.99!
18 view cover	Mother tongue : the English language more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary? In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the mother tongue and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Down Under more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist After tales from the USA and Britain, Bill Bryson turns his roving eye to Australia, the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. It is the driest, flattest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents. It has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Notes from a Big Country more books like this by Bryson add to wishlist Des Moines, Iowa born writer Bryson's first success was the travel book "The Lost Continent". After living in England for several years, he wanted to go back to the USA to find the perfect little US town of his past, he lovingly called Amalgam. More travel books followed, in the form of "Neither Here Nor There" (where he travels through Europe), ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Best American Travel Writing more books like this by Bill Bryson (Editor), Jason Wilson (Foreword by) add to wishlist Edited by the inimitable Bill Bryson, this inaugural anthology of travel writing--25 multifaceted essays by writers such as P.J. O'Rourke, Dave Eggers, Mark Ross, and Patrick Symmes--represents some of America's finest wandering eyes. A New York Times Best Book in Travel for 2000. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Neither Here Nor There more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. He retraces his travels as a student twenty years earlier with caustic hilarity and his own unique brand of humour. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson lived in North Yorkshire for many years. First published in 1991 by Secker & Warburg. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Revised, updated, and thoroughly (but not overly) Americanized, this is an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. With 1,000 entries, a helpful glossary and guide to pronunciation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.83!
24	Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist On the coattails of THE MOTHER TONGUE, this book explores specifically American issues with the English language. It is in effect a history of the United States from a linguist's perspective. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Bizarre World more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist A collection of tall tales, absurd stories and crazy true-life anecdotes. Bill Bryson is also the author of "The Lost Continent", "Made in America" and "Neither Here Nor There". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.94!

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