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 | A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has ha ... | From £9.99 | More Information » |
 | A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world, and it snakes through some of the wi ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | Adventures on the High Teas : In Search of Middle England Everyone talks about 'Middle England'. Sometimes they mean something bad, like a lynch mob of tabloid readers, and sometimes they mean something good, like a pint of ale in a sleepy Cotswold village. But just where and what is Middle England? Stuart Macon ... | From £11.99 | More Information » |
 | African Diary - Bill Bryson Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of mankind, is a land of contrasts, with famous game ... | From £9.99 | More Information » |
 | Athlete's Foot on my Hands and a Bear's Bottom on my Feet - Patrick Wass Humorous anecdotes and advice from an author who has travelled all over the world, for many years, making numerous mistakes and experiencing a multitude of mishaps. A CD is also available written and sung by Patrick about his travels - 'Disconcerting Ways ... | From £12.10 | More Information » |
 | Attention All Shipping :A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | Down Under - Bill Bryson After tales from the USA and Britain, Bill Bryson turns his roving eye to Australia, the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. It is the driest, flattest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | How Long and How Tall - Patrick Wass Mungo, no hero, feels a strong desire to lose his virginity. He tries to ignore the fact that he was named after his mother's deceased dog, and finds it difficult to believe that he is over six feet tall. University offered opportunities but no success. J ... | From £9.70 | More Information » |
 | Just a Little Run Around the World : 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes - Rosie Swale- After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe fr ... | From £6.99 | More Information » |
 | Made in America - Bill Bryson An entertaining, anecdotal look at the origins of language and ideas in the USA. Bryson explains why two bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight, why the assassination of President Garfield led to the invention of air conditioning ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | Mongolia, Nomad Empire of Eternal Blue Sky This beautifully illustrated book provides a comprehensive and insightful guide to the diverse natural history and rich culture of 'The Land of the Eternal Blue Sky.' Mongolia is a land of constant surprises. Renowned for its classic rolling steppe land - ... | From £16.95 | More Information » |
 | Neither Here Nor There : Travels in Europe - Bill Bryson In "Neither Here nor There" Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such bestsellers as "The Mother Tongue" and "Made in America", decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | Race to the Pole - James Cracknell and Ben Fogle New Year's Day, 2009. Somewhere on the bottom of the world, six teams of adventurers and explorers have gathered to race one another, on foot, to the South Pole. It is the first time that anyone has undertaken such a race in almost a hundred years; the fi ... | From £18.99 | More Information » |
 | Shakespeare : The World as a Stage - Bill Bryson This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligence. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and tr ... | From £7.99 | More Information » |
 | Stephen Fry in America Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and wa ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | The Complete Notes - Bill Bryson This work combines two of Bill Bryson's best-loved books and demonstrates his take on life - from either side of the pond. The books, "Notes from a Small Island" and "Notes From a Big Country", went on to become major bestsellers. &quo ... | From £14.99 | More Information » |
 | The Ghost Train to the Eastern Star : On the Tracks of 'The Great Railway Bazaar' - Paul Therox Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - "The Great Railway Bazaar" - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now The ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the mo ... | From £7.99 | More Information » |
 | The Lost Continent, Travels in Small Town America - Bill Bryson "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to". And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 mile ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | The Places in Between - Rory Stewart Rory Stewart's moving, sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time, Afghanistan was in turmoil foll ... | From £8.99 | More Information » |
 | Uneasy Rider : Travels Through a Mid-life Crisis - Mike Carter A broken heart and a moment of drunken bravado inspires middle-aged, and typically rather cautious, journalist Mike Carter to take off on a life-changing six month motorcycle trip around Europe. Never mind that he hadn't been on two wheels since an inglor ... | From £7.99 | More Information » |
 | With Friends like These - Danny Wallace Danny Wallace is about to turn thirty and his life has become a cliche. Recently married and living in a smart new area of town, he's swapped pints down the pub for lattes and brunch. For the first time in his life, he's feeling, well ...grown-up. But som ... | From £7.99 | More Information » |