Bill Bryson

Notes From a Big Country

Doubleday, London, 1998. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780385410199 Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers . Light shelf-wear on upper and lower edges of dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0385410190. ISBN/EAN: 9780385410199. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10118061205. ISBN: 0385410190

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Bryson, Bill

Notes from a Big Country.

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Bryson, Bill

Notes from a Big Country

London, Doubleday, 1998. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. black cloth, silver lettering, dust jacket, 318 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good/very good.

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Bill Bryson

Notes from a Big Country

Doubleday 1998 Hardback, 328pp. Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes, even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, he upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al, and returned to live in the country he left in his youth. Of course, there were things Bryson missed about Blighty - the Open University, Boxing Day, Branston Pickle and irony, to name a few. But any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a New England autumn; the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in shorts, and motel rooms where you can generally count on being awakened in the night by a piercing shriek and the sound of a female voice pleading, 'Put the gun down Vinnie, I'll do anything you say'. When an old friend asked him to write a weekly dispatch from New Hampshire for the 'Mail on Sunday's Night & Day' magazine, Bill firmly turned him down. So firm was he, in fact, that gathered here is 18 months' worth of his popular columns about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, the jaw-slackening direness of American TV or the smug pleasure of being able to eat beef without having to wonder if when you rise from the table you will walk sideways into the wall, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world's richest and craziest country. DJ. DJ bumped at edges. (ISBN: 9780385410199). Good.

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Bill Bryson

Notes from a Big Country

Doubleday 1998 Hardback, 328pp. Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes, even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, he upped sticks with Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al, and returned to live in the country he left in his youth. Of course, there were things Bryson missed about Blighty - the Open University, Boxing Day, Branston Pickle and irony, to name a few. But any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a New England autumn; the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in shorts, and motel rooms where you can generally count on being awakened in the night by a piercing shriek and the sound of a female voice pleading, 'Put the gun down Vinnie, I'll do anything you say'. When an old friend asked him to write a weekly dispatch from New Hampshire for the 'Mail on Sunday's Night & Day' magazine, Bill firmly turned him down. So firm was he, in fact, that gathered here is 18 months' worth of his popular columns about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, the jaw-slackening direness of American TV or the smug pleasure of being able to eat beef without having to wonder if when you rise from the table you will walk sideways into the wall, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world's richest and craziest country. DJ. (ISBN: 9780385410199). Good.

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Bill Bryson

Notes From A Big Country

Transworld Pub 1999 Paperback. "After nearly two decades in England, Bill Bryson returned to the country of his birth. Gathered here are 18 months' worth of his "Mail on Sunday" columns about that strange phenomena, the American way of life, in which he brings his bemused wit to bear on one of the world's craziest countries.", (ISBN: 9780552997867). Good.

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