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Shakespeare: the World as a Stage
The Crafty Writer | September 3rd 2008
This month’s Crafty Writer Book Club discussion is Shakespeare: the World as a Stage by Bill Bryson. For those of you new to The Crafty Writer, once every two months (give or take) we discuss a best-se read more
Book Club Reminder
The Crafty Writer | August 26th 2008
For all you Crafty Writer Book Club members, we will open again this weekend to discuss Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare. That gives you a few days to finish, revisit or speed read the book. For those of you new to The Crafty Writer, once ev read more
Feeling Like a Local
Anglotopia | August 21st 2008 by jonathan thomas
Shaftesbury, Dorset - Morning I am making my way through Bill Bryson’s classic, In a Sunburned Country . It’s the one where he travels through Australia through a period of several years. I am enjoying it so far but I haven’t even g read more
Not A Nation Of Wombles
Up The Hill Backwards | August 12th 2008 by emstuff
I managed to catch up with last night’s BBC Panorama programme which featured author Bill Bryson examining the shocking state of litter in this country. It’s one of those sobering examinations which probably needs someone like Bill Bryson read more
Bill Bryson on Litter: An Environmental Cause Worth Listening To
Boatang & Demetriou | August 11th 2008 by kevin boatang
The government and its left wing cohorts that run through State and society like termites in a log cabin never tire of wagging the finger over pollution and “climate change”. As I have documented, it’s a marvellous new tool with whi read more
Notes on a Dirty Island
The Simple Pastor | August 10th 2008 by Phil W
Heads up about a programme airing on BBC1 tomorrow. Flagship news show Panorama has Bill Bryson and Notes on a Dirty Island which shows up our litter problem! Well worth watching, I suspect read more
A walking adventure
The Ballad of Billy The Kidney | August 5th 2008 by John Daley
With all this walking I've been doing lately, I have had time to reflect on the art of walking and using public transport as a socio-political activity. (Pardon?) Australian society is obsessed with the motor car. Perhaps not as much... read more
"Free" is my middle name
AngloAddict | August 4th 2008 by Lisa
Imagine how excited I was to see that Beautiful Britain magazine is offering a free sample issue to everyone who signs up. They also have back issues on their website available for viewing as .pdf files. I read a charming interview with the author B read more
Some are reading
Letters Home | July 21st 2008 by ian in hamburg
Summer reading. Why are summer holidays the best time to have a stack of books to read? You’d think winter would be the season for it. Rainy, cold, windy, dreary…. No wait. That’s Germany this summer. Good thing I read more
Las Vegas, Nevada. Sin City. Atomic Blast. Cocktails.
BLOKKHED | July 17th 2008 by Matthew Chattle
Las Vegas, Nevada. Personally I can't get enough of that Retro style , not because I think it's kitch, I actually really, really like it. Anything from 1951 to around 1982ish is good for me. Each decade has something to interest me, with this image i read more
Book Review: Neither Here Nor There
Darcy John Perkins | July 17th 2008 by Darcy
Bill Bryson is an amazing author, as I have recently discovered, and there is no better book to introduce me to his interesting, witty and compelling adventures and writing style, than Neither Here Nor There; Travels In Europe. Neither Here Nor There read more
Mad Money?
Stuff From Denman Island | July 15th 2008 by Dave T.
If you grew up in the 50's or early 60's like me.... and came from a small town anywhere, you'll laugh out loud when you read this book.By now BC'ers have received their $100 carbon tax cheque in the mail. Firstly, I have to wonder what the administr read more
No Tardis required
richardbarley.com | July 1st 2008 by Richard Barley
One of my favourite books ever is “A Short History or Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson. I have always been fairly into science, space and all that kind of stuff, and this book served to really fuel my interest. I’ve read it about 4 read more
Kings and Horse Thieves
Hello Boomers Magazine | June 15th 2008 by Hello Boomers Magazine
How my family tree yielded a few surprises 'We are the vehicles in which our ancestors ride," my father used to intone sententiously at the dinner table, after spotting some trait in his children that had been a hallmark of earlier generations. I ha read more
Bobcat on the Appalachian Trail
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog | June 12th 2008 by Jeff
I’ve always admired and looked up to people who have accomplished great physical feats. Whether it’s Shackleton’s epic journey across the southern oceans, Hillary’s first summit of Mt. Everest, a Tour De France competitor finishing first in a read more
Grammar Wars
CopyWrite | June 5th 2008 by Kimota
Although, by night, I may pose as a mild-mannered blogger and amateur scriptwriter, by day I work as copywriter and online editor for Netregistry. Therefore, I was a little surprised to receive the following comment on a recent promotional piece I wr read more
A Walk in the Woods
leafsouplife | May 28th 2008 by Brenda
I just finished reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I read quite a bit, but this is the first time I ever laughed out loud while reading. I laughed a lot. Bill Bryson sets out on an adventure with an old acquaintance. They were never rea read more
the man who came between us
sheeps clothing - news from the flock | May 21st 2008 by Stacey
1974I think it sounds a bit schoolgirlish to call someone your best friend when you are in your 30s, but surely its okay when the person in question has held the title since before you were even in primary school?The good thing about having one frie read more
Bill Bryson...
Marie des anges | May 19th 2008
A cause d'une envie de m'évader un peu je suis tombée par hasard sur les excellents ouvrages de Bill Bryson qui raconte avec beaucoup d'humour ses voyages. Je rigole toute seule. J'en suis à Motel Blues dans lequel il narre... read more
Reading is Sexy
DC is my Manhattan | May 15th 2008 by Pithy
It’s that time of year again — Payment of Library Fines in 3 States! Something about warm weather and lovely breezes brings out the bookworm in me. And since I can’t possibly afford to buy all the books I am currently lusting over, read more
Bill Bryson's Thunderbolt Kid
If You Write It | May 13th 2008 by Descartes
"Happily," Bryson writes, "we were indestructible. We didn't need seat belts, air bags, smoke detectors, bottled water, or the Heimlich maneuver."Listening to Bill Bryson as he reads, with some relish, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, one read more
Bill Bryson - Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem
Milchjunkies | April 20th 2008 by Wolfgang Schmidt
Eigentlich ist die populärwissenschaftliche Fachliteratur ja das Steckenpferd einer nicht näher zu nennenden Bloggerin aus Greifswald. Aber zu meiner Entschuldigung muss ich gestehen, dass ich vor dem Kauf nicht wusste um was für ein Buch es sich read more
Boston, Massachusetts
Mimzie's Muzings | April 14th 2008 by mimzie
Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.Julia Ward HoweBoston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.Bill read more
The Sunday Scribbler: Bill Bryson
CopyWrite | April 13th 2008 by Kimota
”Among the many thousands of things that I have never been able to understand, one in particular stands out. That is the question of who was the first person who stood by a pile of sand and said, ‘You know, I bet if we took some of this and mixe read more
How our minds work: Library books
the queen's caffeine | April 2nd 2008
Larry and I hit the main library branch today; the list of checked-out books give a nice illustration of our mindspace, methinks: The Museum of Hoaxes * Alex Roese The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics * R. P. T. Davenport-Hines El read more
Email Of The Day
Mimzie's Muzings | February 27th 2008 by mimzie
I don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up.Sarah Jessica ParkerI don't like telephones.Marc BolanI have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid peop read more
the thunderbolt kid
another piece of sky | February 14th 2008 by k
i had just finished reading bill bryson’s a short history of nearly everything a few days ago and was mulling over the lack of some good reading material when i came home to see a package lying by my room’s door. it contained the life and read more
Nachttischlektüre
riddleculous | January 31st 2008 by Pascal
textworker veranstaltet eine Blogparade und ich hab sie bei cimddwc gesehen. 1. Wie viele Bücher warten darauf, endlich fertig gelesen zu werden? Sortiert nach Lesefortschritt… Richard P. Feynmann: Sechs physikalische Fingerübungen + Physika read more
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