Bill Bryson Forfatter
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A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world.
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really... Læs mere
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is... Læs mere
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Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
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.
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land. Bryson’s acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature –... Læs mere
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Notes From A Small Island: Journey Through Britain (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.
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Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years.
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Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Presenting a tour of English from its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity;... Læs mere
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One Summer: America 1927 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In summer 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a... Læs mere
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The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Bill Bryson’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, ‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.’ In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious world of 1950s Middle America.
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Notes From A Big Country: Journey into the American Dream (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing... Læs mere
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