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Notes from A Small Island
Journey Through Britain
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
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. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite; a military hero whose dying wish was to ...
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The Body
A Guide for Occupants - THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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At Home
A Short History of Private Life
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
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 consists of. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. This book is about the history of the way we live.
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Icons of England
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
A celebration of the English countryside that focuses on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. It also presents an eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.