Bill Bryson's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A Short History of Nearly Everything (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.
"Painfully funny and genuinely insightful...Bryson has never been
wittier or more endearing."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"Wonderfully droll...Bryson is unparalleled in his ability to cut a
culture off at the knees in a way that is so humorous and so
affectionate that those being ridiculed are laughing too hard to
take offense."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Bill Bryson makes writing look too easy."
--USA Today
"A cross between de Tocqueville and Dave Barry, Bryson writes about
today's America in a way that's both trenchantly observant and
pound-on-the-floor, snort-root-beer-out-of-your-nose funny."
--San Francisco Examiner
"Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever
reducers and still make us laugh out loud."
--Chicago Sun-Times
Getting reacquainted with America.
"Painfully funny and genuinely insightful...Bryson has never been
wittier or more endearing."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"Wonderfully droll...Bryson is unparalleled in his ability to cut a
culture off at the knees in a way that is so humorous and so
affectionate that those being ridiculed are laughing too hard to
take offense."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Bill Bryson makes writing look too easy."
--USA Today
"A cross between de Tocqueville and Dave Barry, Bryson writes about
today's America in a way that's both trenchantly observant and
pound-on-the-floor, snort-root-beer-out-of-your-nose funny."
--San Francisco Examiner
"Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever
reducers and still make us laugh out loud."
--Chicago Sun-Times
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
