Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. Settled in England for many years, he moved to America with his wife and four children for a few years ,but has since returned to live in the UK. His bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent, Notes From A Small Island, A Walk In The Woods and Down Under. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History Of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of the decade in the UK.
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As the year is drawing to a close, it's only right that we look back on some of the most memorable books of the year. Here is a list Top Ten of bestselling books of 2011. Does your favourite appear on the list? All Book Author 1 INHERITANCE...
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Books by Bill Bryson
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At Home: A short history of private life
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/06/2011
Will do for social history what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.
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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/09/2010
A new edition of Bill Byson's worldwide bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything abridged and adapted for children. With full colour illustrations and photographs.
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Bill Bryson: The Complete Notes
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/09/2010
A paperback omnibus edition of Bill Bryson's two best-loved bestsellers, Notes from a Small Island and Notes from a Big Country, giving his unique take on life - from both sides of the pond
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Icons of England
by Edited by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/06/2010
England: our favourite things, by well-known names led by Bill Bryson, Michael Palin and Eric Clapton.
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Walkabout (Omnibus)
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/05/2010
A combined edition of two classic Bill Brysons - A WALK IN THE WOODS and DOWN UNDER.
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Bryson's Dictionary: for Writers and Editors
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/07/2009
A very personal reference tool from the desk of bestselling author Bill Bryson.
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The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/08/2007
Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Illustrated
by Bill BrysonPublished: 09/11/2005
Fully illustrated edition of Bryson’s prize-winning popular science bestseller.
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A Short History Of Nearly Everything
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/06/2004
Bill Bryson takes us with him on the ultimate eye-opening journey...
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Bill Bryson African Diary
by Bill BrysonPublished: 02/12/2002
Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International and brings his inimitable humorous and humane view to Africa.
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Notes From A Big Country
by Bill BrysonPublished: 03/09/1999
The phenomenal bestseller from the author of Notes From a Small Island.
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The Lost Continent
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/04/1999
Bill Bryson's very first travel book, a sidesplittingly funny road trip around America.
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A Walk In The Woods
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/09/1998
The funniest travel writer in the world takes a hike.
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Made In America
by Bill BrysonPublished: 02/05/1998
Bill Bryson being very funny about his native land.
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Neither Here, Nor There
by Bill BrysonPublished: 02/05/1998
Bill Bryson's second, achingly funny book, retracing his own steps as a student backpacking through Europe, twenty years later.
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Notes From A Small Island
by Bill BrysonPublished: 01/10/1996
Bill Bryson's hilarious tour of his adopted country: the book that was voted the nation's favourite book on modern Britain in a World Book Day BBC poll.
