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Our Summer Book Picks
06 Sep 2025 09:09 GMT
… History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Bryson does an amazing job … should be cautioned that this book will intensify their neurosis.)
… Catch by Mick Herron
This novella unexpectedly relates to a current … , based on letters the author found of a father and …
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Simone de Beauvoir’s travel diary — if Bill Bryson were a nerdy French woman…
13 Aug 2025 19:57 GMT
… sways in the sky.”
Originally published in 1948, a year before … in places even funny, like Bill Bryson if he were a nerdy … the treatment of the young author Calder Willingham, who was being … of Vice for his debut novel End as a Man, which …
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Summer book picks to escape the EU bubble
13 Aug 2025 07:28 GMT
… stories from Pierre Mejlak, an author from Malta, called “What the … Will Not Die,” from Danish author Tove Ditlevsen. As an American … a popular book, “I’m a Stranger Here Myself,” by Bill Bryson, who … partly a biography of Arthurian novelist T. H. White that …
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5 amazing Iowa authors (+ which of their books we recommend)
03 Aug 2025 15:59 GMT
… short stories.
Her first novel, “Housekeeping,” was published in 1980. It won … your own personal reflections.
2. Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson was born into a family … . He devoured one or two books a day, foreshadowing his future …
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Escape the EU Bubble: Expert Summer Book Picks
01 Aug 2025 03:49 GMT
… turning to something more refreshing: books.
Host Sarah Wheaton is … audio producer (and self-confessed book nerd) Dionisios Sturis for … also speak with Jeroen Reijnen, author of “Big in Brussels” — … m a Stranger Here Myself – Bill Bryson
H is for Hawk – Helen …
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In the world’s most car-obsessed nation, I took an epic train trip
07 Sep 2025 19:12 GMT
… Zephyr’s route.Bill Bryson famously began one of his books with the … . For the first night, I book a “roomette”, a self-contained … the lesson. The earlier you book the better. If I’d …
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The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County announces book discussion for A Walk in the Woods
16 Jul 2025 05:36 GMT
… book discussion on "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson … New York Times bestseller. The book delves into the Appalachian Trail … , attendees can call (740) 392-BOOK or visit the Main Circulation …
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The North Yorkshire village so bizarre Bill Bryson wants to be buried there
23 May 2025 22:38 GMT
… chapel of ease.
Author Bill Bryson famously declared in his book "Notes From … names like Potto and Sockburn.
Author Bill Bryson loves the North Yorkshire village … beloved authors - and this author is so enamoured by its …
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Children’s author Khyrunnisa A on her latest book in the ‘Butterfingers’ series
29 Jun 2025 06:34 GMT
… And Other Stories. The prolific author from Thiruvananthapuram, who delights readers … three stories in the new book published by Penguin Random House (Puffin … also love the writings of Bill Bryson, Gerald Durrell, Jerome K Jerome …
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Norfolk author hits back at Bill Bryson over self publishing
15 Apr 2025 06:15 GMT
… I currently have three self-published books.
The first, " … territory.
He savages self-published books, which he refers to … were before your first book was published.
Being an … Bill Bryson.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend and fellow village author …