Bill Bryson

pen4hire on June 5th, 2009

Destination: England Book: Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (audio book reviewed) I’m playing catch up with some travel classics.  With the exception of Bruce Chatwin‘s Patagonia, I had not read the highly recommended classic travel literature that I have talked about this week. Many travelers list Bill Bryson‘s Notes from a Small [...]

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pen4hire on April 27th, 2009

Destination: Australia Books: In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Conversations at Curlow Creek and Remembering Babylon by David Malouf Mike Cadogan, the commenter known as sandandsurf came up with a site for people looking for books about Australia and two specific books. Cadogan recommended Bill Bryson’s  In a Sunburned Country.  Bryson is a favorite [...]

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pen4hire on April 2nd, 2009

“A genuine road book should open unknown realms in its words as it does in its miles. If you leave a journey exactly who you were before you departed, the trip has been much wasted, even if it’s just to the Quickee Mart.” William Least Heat Moon in Roads to Quoz. While you could fill [...]

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