Des Moines, Iowa born writer Bryson's first success was the travel book "The Lost Continent". After living in England for several years, he wanted to go back to the USA to find the perfect little US town of his past, he lovingly called Amalgam. More travel books followed, in the form of "Neither Here Nor There" (where he travels through Europe), "Notes From A Small Island" (where he travels around the United Kingdom, before returning back with his to the USA to live there for good) and "A Walk In The Woods" (where he walks the Appalachian trail). After moving back to the States, Bryson started to write a column for "The Mail on Sunday Night and Day" magazine. This is a collection of these column entries. Bryson writes about everything from everyday chores, to sueing people, the beach, TV, movies, air conditioners, college, Americana, injury dangers, wasting resources and holiday seasons.
Over one billion people speaking in 22 official languages -it'd be easy to mistake your Kashmiri from your Konkani, but notwith this little beauty in your backpack. You'll be conversingeffortlessly across the whole inspiring land. This phrasebookcovers: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Marwari (Rajasthani), Oriya, Punjabi,Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. * Covers 15 of the 22 languages * Thoroughfood and culture section * Practicalities like transport andaccommodation * Maps to show you what language is spoken where.
After tales from the USA and Britain, Bill Bryson turns his roving eye to Australia, the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. It is the driest, flattest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents. It has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way that anywhere else. Yet when Bill Bryson travelled to Australia he promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, the cities safe and clean, the food is excellent, the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. He tries to find out why Aussies are so cool, digging up a past that reveals convicts, explorers, gold diggers and outlaws.
Russell the sheep is thrilled with his latest discovery: a chest containing the Lost Treasure of Frogsbottom Field. What will he find when he turns the key? Russell is so disappointed when he opens the chest to find some useless items and an ancient camera. But when the camera accidnetally goes off with a bright FLASH…Russell realizes there is a whole new world ready for his creativity. Soon Russell finds himself with a tersury rich in photos. Each page is brilliantly illustrated as Russell discovers new things to take pictures of. Follow along to see all of Russell’s new riches!
