#4087819 - 03/05/15 02:17 AM
Yes! A new Bill Bryson travel book is on its way!
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Over twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his home. The hilarious book he wrote about that journey, Notes from a Small Island, became one of the most loved books of recent decades, and was voted in a BBC poll as the book that best represents Britain. Now, for his first travel book in fifteen years, Bryson sets out again, on a long-awaited, brand-new journey around the UK.
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#4090345 - 03/10/15 08:35 PM
Re: Yes! A new Bill Bryson travel book is on its way!
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Although not a book,I'm just watching the TV series based on the book http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278171/Made in 1999,this is the first time I've seen it and it's very good. What particular books of his would you guys recommend?
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#4090979 - 03/12/15 03:20 AM
Re: Yes! A new Bill Bryson travel book is on its way!
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He started out with some travel books that - in my opinion - are the funniest ever written. My favorites are Notes from a small Island, A Walk in the woods and Down Under. Funny as these books are, they contain a lot of pretty dry facts (but brought in a very digestable way). After his travel books, he started writing other books as well - an autobiography about his youth, a history of the world, a history about private life at home and others.
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#4091025 - 03/12/15 09:31 AM
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Thank you Legend.After watching the series,the book it was based on was certainly on my list.I'll be sure to check out the others you have recommended.
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#4104949 - 04/11/15 09:47 PM
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I have become a fan, that's for sure. Now reading "In a Sunburned Country", and it contains the funniest passage I have ever read, evah! "Moist bubbles of intestinal gas", indeed!  Those who have read this book will surely remember the whole paragraph. Good stuff, indeed!
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