Bill Bryson

Morgan`s book purports to be the story of an American woman who is invited to live with an Aboriginal tribe, whom she later comes to call "the real people." On the supposition that their tribe would soon become "extinct", they invite her to learn about their culture and spread it to the world....

Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction Bill Bryson travels back in time to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and, in five eventful months, changed the world for ever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the...

Nach zwanzig Jahren in England findet Bill Bryson, dass es nun genug sei. Er kehrt seiner Wahlheimat den Rücken, um sich mit seiner Familie wieder in Amerika zu etablieren. Mit frischem Blick, geschärft durch die Jahre der Abwesenheit, macht sich Bryson daran, den amerikanischen Alltag unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Sarkastisch und beißend, ironisch und...

Was ist das für ein Land, in dem sich fliegende Füchse tummeln und Schweinefußnasenbeutler einst ihr Unwesen trieben? In seinem ebenso amüsanten wie informativen Streifzug durch ein unbekanntes Australien erzählt Bill Bryson von den historischen Hintergründen der Entdeckung dieses faszinierenden Kontinents - und hält den Leser mit seinem scharfen...

This is a farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. It is full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions with the natives who often astonish him (and the reader) with their observations and attitudes. A good-natured tour de force through the country`s...

Adult/High School?The Thunderbolt Kid was born in the 1950s when six-year-old Bryson found a mysterious, scratchy green sweater with a satiny thunderbolt across the chest. The jersey bestowed magic powers on the wearer?X-ray vision and the power to zap teachers and babysitters and deflect unwanted kisses from old people. These are the memoirs of...