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Bryson, Bill A Short History of Nearly Everything
Broadway May 6, 2003 0-7679-0817-1 / 9780767908177 1st Edition Hardcover F/NF
A highly collectible tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. To accomplish this daunting literary task, Bill Bryson uses hundreds of sources, from popular science books to interviews with luminaries in various fields. His aim is to help people like him, who rejected stale school textbooks and dry explanations, to appreciate how we have used science to understand the smallest particles and the unimaginably vast expanses of space. With his distinctive prose style and wit, Bryson succeeds admirably.
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Bryson, Bill Down Under
Transworld Pub July 31, 2001 0-552-99703-X / 9780552997034 Paperback Near Fine
As his many British fans already know, bearded Yankee butterball Bill Bryso n specialises in going to countries we think we know well, only to return w ith travelogues that are surprisingly cynical and yet shockingly affectiona te. It's a unique style, possibly best suited to the world's weirder destin ations. It's helpful here: Bryson's latest subject is that oddest of contin ents, Australia.
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Bryson, Bill Down Under
Doubleday Publishing January 2000 0-385-40817-X / 9780385408172 1st Edition Hardcover NF/NF
A highly collectible first edition/printing, tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition.
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1200.00 JPY
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BRYSON, BRUCE MCCALL (ILLUSTRATOR) BILL MADE IN AMERICA
MINERVA 1995 0-7493-9739-X / 9780749397395 Paperback Fine
This informal history of American English explains why we "paint the town r ed," "talk turkey," "take a powder," and seek out "the real McCoy." Thousan ds of strange & wonderful observations from the American journalist living in England who authored The Mother Tongue.
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Bryson, Bill Mother Tongue: The English Language
Penguin Books Ltd September 26, 1 0-14-014305-X / 9780140143058 Paperback Very Good
Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls i t off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who e lse could rhapsodize about "the colorless murmur of the schwa" with a strai ght face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping from between every sente nce, that carries the book. Bryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone; the more you know about a subject, the more absur d it becomes. No jokes are necessary, the facts do well enough by themselve s, and Bryson supplies tens per page. As well as tossing off gems of fractu red English (from a Japanese eraser: "This product will self-destruct in Mo ther Earth."), Bryson frequently takes time to compare the idiosyncratic to ngue with other languages. Not only does this give a laugh (one word: Welsh ), and always shed considerable light, it also makes the reader feel fortun ate to speak English. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edit ion. From Publishers Weekly Bryson's blend of linguistic anecdotes and Anglo-Saxon cultural history pro ves entertaining but superficial. "While his historical review is thorough. . . he mostly reiterates conventional views about English's structural sup eriority," said PW. "He retells old tales with fresh verve . . . but become s sloppy when matters of rhetoric and grammar arise." Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Bryson, Bill Notes from a Big Country
Transworld Pub October 31, 199 0-385-41019-0 / 9780385410199 1st Edition Hardcover NF/NF
A great crisp first edition, protected in a new brodart wrapper, not price clipped, no inscriptions; A delightful collection of comic pieces from Bryson's column in The Mail on Sunday's Night and Day magazine.
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Bryson, Bill Notes from a Small Island
Harper Perennial May 1, 1997 0-380-72750-1 / 9780380727506 Paperback Fine
Before his return to the U.S. after a 20-year residence in England, journal ist Bryson (Made in America) embarked on a farewell tour of his adopted hom eland. His trenchant, witty and detailed observations of life in a variety of towns and villages will delight Anglophiles. Traveling only on public tr ansportation and hiking whenever possible, Bryson wandered along the coast through Bournemouth and neighboring villages that reinforced his image of B ritons as a people who rarely complain and are delighted by such small plea sures as a good tea. In Liverpool, the author's favorite English city, he v isited the Merseyside Maritime Museum to experience its past as a great por t. Interweaving descriptions of landscapes and everyday encounters with sho pkeepers, pub customers and fellow travelers, Bryson shares what he loves b est about the idiosyncrasies of everyday English life in this immensely ent ertaining travel memoir.
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Bryson, Bill The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
Harper Perennial 1990 0-06-092008-4 / 9780060920081 Paperback Very Good+
Journalist Bryson decided to relive the dreary vacation car trips of his Am erican childhood. Starting out at his mother's house in Des Moines, Iowa, h e motors through 38 states over the course of two months, looking for the q uintessential American small town. "Some of Bryson's comments are hilarious --if you enjoy the nonstop whining wisecracks of a 36-year-old kid,"
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