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	1 Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods Black Swan 1998 0-552-99702-1 / 9780552997027 Paperback  Paperback in good condition, minor creasing to front cover.Bill Bryson has made a living out of travelling and then writing about it.In The Lost Continent he re-created the road trips of his childhood; in Neither Here nor There he retraced the route he followed as a young backpackertraversing Europe. When this American transplant to Britain decided to return home, he made a farewell walking tour of the British countryside and produced Notes from a Small Island. Once back on American soil and safely settled in New Hampshire, Bryson once again hears the siren call of the open road--only this time it's a trail. The Appalachian Trail, to be exact. In AWalk in the Woods Bill Bryson tackles what is, for him, an entirely new subject: the American wilderness. Accompanied only by his old college friend Stephen Katz, Bryson starts out one March morning in north Georgia, intending to walk the entire 2,100 miles to the trail's end atop Maine's Mount Katahdin.If nothing else, A Walk in the Woods is proof positive that the journey is the destination. As Bryson and Katz haul their out-of-shape, middle-aged bodies over hill and dale, the reader is treated to both a very funny personal memoir and a delightful chronicle of the trail, the people who created it, and the places it passes through. Whether you plan to make a trip like this one yourself one day or only care to read about it, A Walk in the Woods is a great way to spend an afternoon. Alix Wilber.  Price: 4.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Bryson, Bill Bill Bryson African Diary Doubleday 2002 0-385-60514-5 / 9780385605144 Hardcover  Hardback with D/J in good condition, shows little signs of being read. 2002Doubleday edition."Bryson is one of the funniest travel writers in the business." - The Globeand Mail."Bryson has become an enormously popular travel writer by coming off as themost literate tour guide you?ve ever had." - The New York Times."Bryson is a terrific stylist. You can't help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind." - Ottawa Citizen."Bryson is first and foremost a storyteller - and a supremely comic and original one at that." - Winnipeg Free Press."Here is a man who suffers so his readers can laugh." - Daily Telegraph.Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International.Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves and a vibrant culture. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes, insects and large predators. It is also a country with many serious problems:refugees, AIDS, drought, and grinding poverty. The resultant diary, thoughshort in length, contains the trademark Bryson stamp of wry observation and curious insight.ladylisabooks - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight  Price: 5.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Bryson, Bill The Lost Continent Black Swan 1999 0-552-99808-7 / 9780552998086 Paperback  Paperback in average condition, well read.Good. Hilarious.he can be suave,sarcastic, and very funny.not your typical travel writer,  Price: 4.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart