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.
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
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
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.
The best selling popular science book of the 21st century! Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't... Læs mere
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
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2020! `We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works... Læs mere
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.
Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years.