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5 books by Bill Bryson / Humour / Travelogues & History
1) A Walk in the Woods (Travel #5): Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is a 1998 travel book by the writer Bill Bryson, chronicling his attempt to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail during the spring and summer of 1996
2) Notes from a Big Country (Travel #6): As it’s called in the UK. In the United States it was released as, I’m a Stranger Here Myself. After twenty years in England, Bill Bryson and his family moved back to his native United States, for reasons he can’t quite fathom. To his surprise, his country has changed a lot since he last lived there. Even though he isn’t particularly inclined to write a newspaper column about it, his friend asks him to, and his essays are published weekly. This book is a collection of some of these essays, on topics ranging from the tax system to sports to garbage disposals.
3) Down Under (Travel #7): is the British title In the United States and Canada it was published titled In a Sunburned Country. It describes his travels by railway and car throughout Australia, his conversations with people in all walks of life about the history, geography, unusual plants and animals of the country, and his wry impressions of the life, culture and amenities (or lack thereof) in each locality.
4) The Road to Little Dribbling (Travel #9): More Notes from a Small Island is a humorous travel book by American author Bill Bryson, first published in 2015. Twenty years after the publication of Notes from a Small Island, Bryson makes another journey around Great Britain to see what has changed
5) At Home (History #2): Offers a fascinating insight into the history of daily life at home. From the invention of bed to the evolutionary quirks hiding in modern kitchens, Bryson examines the objects we take for granted revealing how they changed the way we live.
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