Books by Bill Bryson
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review 1: Bill Bryson writes non fiction that reads like fiction and he does it again. Who knew so much happened in the summer of 1927? Lindbergh and Byrd made transatlantic flights, Sacco and Vanzetti were executed,Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs, TV created, the last year of Model T released,...
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review 1: If a book is marketed as a Bill Bryson book, I expect humour, whimsy, and wonderful tidbits of information. I'd have enjoyed this more if they had collected essays from authors that write like Bill Bryson. Instead, there is a lot of tedious wanking on and I felt like a teacher'...
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review 1: A collections of essays from a huge number of contributors writing about their icons of England. Lovely insight into different things that are important top people from village cricket to the English weather. The book makes me want to find out even more and certainly visit some...
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review 1: In some places there were too many statistics, but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as I have done with all of Bill Bryson's books. I learned so much! It would be nice if he created a volume 2, because there are many more home-related topics that he could write abo...
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review 1: I don't know if I can really say I "read" this because it is a reference book. I checked it out and looked through it, but nothing captured my attention. It is the kind of book I wish I owned so that when I do have one of those weird language or spelling questions (like "Do you...