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Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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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.
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
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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.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING showcases science's crowning achievements and presents them in readable fashion. With topics ranging from continental drift to the nature of time, Bryson, author of I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, offers up clearly argued explanations able to reach even the least scientifically inclined. A New York Times Notable ...
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Notes from a Small Island
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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.
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In a Sunburned Country
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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.
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Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
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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.
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Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
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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.
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
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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.
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The Mother Tongue
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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.
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Mother tongue : the English language
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
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New York Times" bestselling author Bryson explores the life and works of Shakespeare in an entertaining and erudite biography. Crafted as a travelogue of sorts, the book includes Brysons conversations with those who know the Bard best--Shakespearean actors and academics.
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Made in America
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Bill Bryson, author of the national bestseller The Mother Tongue, takes an informed and affectionate look at the history of the U.S. from the perspective of language and popular culture..
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A Walk in the Woods
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God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath--The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the ...
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Bill Bryson's African Diary
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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 ...
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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In this informative yet curiously funny book Bill Bryson, of travel-writing fame, tackles the quirks and growing pains of the English language.
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
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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.
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Down Under
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Neither Here Nor There
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Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to travel writing as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. Travelling with Stephen Katz--also his wonderful sidekick in "A Walk in the Woods"--he wanders from Hammerfest in the far north, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. As he makes his way round this incredibly ...
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Troublesome words
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A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
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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.
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
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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.
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The Lost Continent
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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.
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
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One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides all readers toward precise, mistake-free usage.
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The Best American Travel Writing
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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.
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
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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.
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