Bill Bryson Collectors Edition, Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson Collectors Edition, Bill Bryson
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Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Author: Bill Bryson

Narrator: Bill Bryson

Abridged: 17 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2006


Synopsis

Notes from a Small Island
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain.

Neither Here nor There
Thirty years after backpacking across Europe, Bill Bryson decides to retrace the journey he undertook in the halcyon days of his youth–carrying with him a bag of maps, old clothes…and a stinging wit honed to razor sharpness by two decades of adult experience.

I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Bill Bryson read “somewhere” that nearly three million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens–clearly the Americans needed Bill back. So after years raising his family in Britain with his English wife, the brood moves to the United States, and leaves Bill to chronicle the quirkiest aspects of life in America as he reveals his own rules for life.

About The Author

Bill Bryson is the author of numerous works of travel literature as well as books on language. In addition to his bestselling books for Broadway, including A Walk in the Woods, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, and In a Sunburned Country, he is the author of Mother Tongue, The Lost Continent, Notes from a Small Island, and Neither Here nor There. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on October 22, 2015

The storytelling was entertaining, and it was the light reading I needed just now, but that was really it. I read "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" years ago, but did not listen to it in this collection. I really did enjoy that book a lot. It helped bring the review to 3 stars and the "I liked it". I enj......more

Goodreads review by William on February 16, 2015

Finally an author who reads from his own work has lived up to my expectations. Just as I imagined him to be. Of course, I enjoy anything that I read from Bryson, so I was prepared to be disappointed "listening" to him read his works. I wasn't, and I look forward to reading (or hearing!) more from hi......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 04, 2008

I loved "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by the author so much that I think this left me a bit disappointed. Lots of stories - life in Great Britain, traveling, and life in America. There was plenty of interesting material, but too often it just sounded like Bill Bryson was just complaining a......more

Goodreads review by Sara on January 07, 2013

I love Bill Bryson and everything he's ever written. He's witty, charming and hilarious. This is a collection of 3 stories ranging from moving to America, his homeland after 20 years abroad, backpacking in Europe and a trip around Britain.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 04, 2018

A fun, frothy collection of essays from an American trying to squeeze himself into the British way of life.......more