Bill Bryson Forfatter
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)
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
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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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Made in America: An Informal History of American English (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)
Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent,... Læs mere
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Shakespeare (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.
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