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...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â The classic chronicle of a âterribly misguided and terribly funnyâ ( The Washington Post ) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the...
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in Americaâmajestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If youâre going to take a hike, itâ...
This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Brysonâs exciting, informative journey into the world of science.
Explore the mysteries of the universe without ever leaving your home! Bill Bryson takes on the world of science and answers questions big and small, perfect for curious readers looking to learn outside of the classroom!
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to . . ' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd,...
With Troublesome Words , journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word...
Originally published as "The Penguin Dictionary For Writers & Editors", it has now been completely revised and updated by Bryson. Covering everything from spellings and usages, capitalisation, plurals, phrases, abbreviations and foreign places,...
"Bestselling writer Bill Bryson's brilliantly readable biography of our greatest dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is updated to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. Examining centuries of myths, half truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson...
Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Katz, der aufgrund gewaltiger Leibesfülle und einer festverwurzelten Leidenschaft für Schokoriegel nicht gerade die besten Voraussetzungen dafür mitbringt, will er den längsten Fußweg der Welt, den...
THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠One of the worldâs most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journeyâinto the most intriguing and...
One of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey-into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods . In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that doubles as a continent,...
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens â as...