Notes From A Small Island
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A special hardcover edition to celebrate the phenomenal success of Bill Bryson's bestselling eulogy to Britain. After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. back to the States for a while. But before leaving his much-loved Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around old Blighty, a sort of valedictory tour of the green an

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"Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He settled in England in 1977, and lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He and his family then moved to America for a few years but have now returned to the UK. He is the bestselling author of The Lost Continent, Mother Tongue, Neither Here Nor There, Made in America, Notes From a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes From a Big Country, Down Under and, most recently, A Short History of Nearly Everything. He is also the author of the bestselling African Diary (a charity book for CARE International)."

Reviews

Not a book that should be read in public, for fear of emitting loud snorts
*The Times*

Laugh-out-loud funny
*The Good Book Guide*

Splendid... What's enjoyable is that there's as much of Bryson in here as there is of Britain
*Sunday Telegraph*

Bryson is funny because he is not afraid to give completely of himself
*Daily Express*

Astute and funny...a tribute to [Britain's] enchantments by an unabashed anglophile.
*New York Times*

Wrote PW: "Bryson shares what he loves best about the idiosyncrasies of everyday English life in this immensely entertaining travel memoir." (May)

Not a book that should be read in public, for fear of emitting loud snorts * The Times *
Laugh-out-loud funny * The Good Book Guide *
Splendid... What's enjoyable is that there's as much of Bryson in here as there is of Britain * Sunday Telegraph *
Bryson is funny because he is not afraid to give completely of himself * Daily Express *
Astute and funny...a tribute to [Britain's] enchantments by an unabashed anglophile. * New York Times *

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