Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson: 9780767915069 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books (2024)

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The book details a trip Bryson took to Kenya in 2002. Bryson describes his experiences there and observations about Kenyan culture, geography, and politics, as well as his visits to poverty-fighting projects run by CARE International, to which he donated all royalties for the book.

Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. In 1995, while in the United Kingdom, Bryson authored Notes from a Small Island, an exploration of Britain. In 2003, he authored A Short History of Nearly Everything. In October 2020, he announced that he had retired from writing books.

Bryson's greatest gift as a writer and storyteller is his very dry, very sardonic sense of humour, which must have been finely honed by his years living in the UK. Indeed it's hard to imagine he's actually American.

Bill Bryson's wife says these words to the children in order to prevent another mishap from happening. She knows that her husband is sloppy and may spill the food about or worse the plate of food would fly into someone else's lap. So she tells her responsible children to do the work on his behalf.

This is a short concise book about the US Constitution's first 10 amendments called The Bill of Rights. The author gives a brief history of the Bill of Rights and then discusses each amendment explaining the story behind each one.

Bill Bryson (born on December 8th, 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a bestselling American non-fiction author of several travel and academic books. His travel books tend to be humorous in tone; his first, Notes from a Small Island, about his the 20 years he spent in Britain.

In 1996, writer Bill Bryson attempted to hike all 2,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) He failed. But he succeeded big time with his humorous account of the trip. His book, “A Walk in the Woods,” quickly became a best seller and inspired a lot more people to hike the Trail.

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Perhaps the most astonishing thing that the Brits built is the hedgerow. Hedgerows don't seem like they're worth a second thought, but many are a lot older than most of the other tourist attractions in the country.