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Jan 1, 2001 · Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again, Notes from a Small Island is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.
May 15, 2001 · 4.2 8,791 ratings. Part of: Notes from a Small Island (2 books) See all formats and editions. Featuring an all-new cover, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson's irrevent and hilarious journey through the beloved island nation he called home for two decades.
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Notes from a Small Island is a humorous travel book on Great Britain by American author Bill Bryson, first published in 1995. Overview. Bryson wrote Notes from a Small Island when he decided to move back to his native United States, but wanted to take one final trip around Great Britain, which had been his home for over twenty years.
Jun 2, 2015 · If you're an Anglophile, you'll devour Notes from a Small Island. From Publishers Weekly Before his return to the U.S. after a 20-year residence in England, journalist Bryson (Made in America) embarked on a farewell tour of his adopted homeland.
His new number one Sunday Times bestseller is The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island. His acclaimed book on the history of science, A Short History of Nearly...
Jul 30, 2015 · In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.
Notes from a Small Island. Bill Bryson. HarperCollins, Jun 2, 2015 - Travel - 368 pages. Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he took...
