Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385539290
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A loving and hilarious—if occasionally spiky—valentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter. Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed—and what hasn’t. Following (but not too closely) a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis in the south to Cape Wrath in the north, by way of places few travelers ever get to at all, Bryson rediscovers the wondrously beautiful, magnificently eccentric, endearingly singular country that he both celebrates and, when called for, twits. With his matchless instinct for the funniest and quirkiest and his unerring eye for the idiotic, the bewildering, the appealing, and the ridiculous, he offers acute and perceptive insights into all that is best and worst about Britain today. Nothing is more entertaining than Bill Bryson on the road—and on a tear. The Road to Little Dribbling reaffirms his stature as a master of the travel narrative—and a really, really funny guy.
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson (Trivia-On-Books)
Author: Trivion Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Trivia-on-Book: The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! Having written the highest selling travelogue ever, author Bill Bryson undertakes to write its sequel by working his way along the longest straight line distance through the Island nation of Britain from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath. Although he pinballs much on his way through, he is able to capture the very soul of modernized Britain by his harrumphing prose. The Sunday Times national bestseller, The Road to Little Dribbling, is the latest of Bill Bryson’s travel memoirs. An honorary OBE recipient, Bill has over twenty books to his credit—more than half of which have made bestseller lists. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan? Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. Whether you're looking for new materials to the book or would like to take the challenge yourself and share it with your friends and family for a time of fun, Trivia-on-Books provides a unique approach to The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson that is bothinsightful and educational! Features You'll Find Inside: • 30 Multiple choice questions on the book, plots, characters and author • Insightful commentary to answer every question • Complementary quiz material for yourself or your reading group • Results provided with scores to determine "status" Promising quality and value, come play your trivia of a favorite book!!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Trivia-on-Book: The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! Having written the highest selling travelogue ever, author Bill Bryson undertakes to write its sequel by working his way along the longest straight line distance through the Island nation of Britain from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath. Although he pinballs much on his way through, he is able to capture the very soul of modernized Britain by his harrumphing prose. The Sunday Times national bestseller, The Road to Little Dribbling, is the latest of Bill Bryson’s travel memoirs. An honorary OBE recipient, Bill has over twenty books to his credit—more than half of which have made bestseller lists. You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself a fan, but few truly are. Are you a fan? Trivia-on-Books is an independently curated trivia quiz on the book for readers, students, and fans alike. Whether you're looking for new materials to the book or would like to take the challenge yourself and share it with your friends and family for a time of fun, Trivia-on-Books provides a unique approach to The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson that is bothinsightful and educational! Features You'll Find Inside: • 30 Multiple choice questions on the book, plots, characters and author • Insightful commentary to answer every question • Complementary quiz material for yourself or your reading group • Results provided with scores to determine "status" Promising quality and value, come play your trivia of a favorite book!!
The Road to Little Dribbling
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385685734
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bill Bryson returns to his internationally beloved topic, Britain, with his first travel book in fifteen years. In 1995, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his home. The hilarious book he wrote about that journey, Notes from a Small Island, became one of the most loved books of recent decades. Now, in this hotly anticipated new travel book, his first in fifteen years and sure to be greeted as the funniest book of the decade, Bryson sets out on a brand-new journey, on a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis on the south coast to Cape Wrath on the northernmost tip of Scotland. Once again, he will guide us through all that's best and worst about Britain today--while doing that incredibly rare thing of making us laugh out loud in public.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385685734
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bill Bryson returns to his internationally beloved topic, Britain, with his first travel book in fifteen years. In 1995, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his home. The hilarious book he wrote about that journey, Notes from a Small Island, became one of the most loved books of recent decades. Now, in this hotly anticipated new travel book, his first in fifteen years and sure to be greeted as the funniest book of the decade, Bryson sets out on a brand-new journey, on a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis on the south coast to Cape Wrath on the northernmost tip of Scotland. Once again, he will guide us through all that's best and worst about Britain today--while doing that incredibly rare thing of making us laugh out loud in public.
Summary of Bill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I knew nothing about Bognor Regis before I went there for the first time. I had heard that some British monarch, at some point in the past, called out the words Bugger Bognor just before expiring. #2 The king chose Bognor not because he had any special affection for it, but because a rich friend of his named Sir Arthur du Cros had a mansion there called Craigweil House, which he offered to the king for his private use. The king died six years later, and the town petitioned to have the word Regis added to its title. #3 The town of Bognor Regis is not such a bad place. It has a long beach with a curving concrete promenade, and a town center that is compact and tidy, if not thriving. But the residents of the smart houses on the promenade pretend not to see us on the beach, because they are afraid of being seen by their neighbors. #4 I was excited about taking a bus to Brighton, and I had carefully selected the 12. 19 as the best bus for my purposes. But as I ambled to the bus stop, I watched in mild dismay as my bus departed just ahead of a cloud of black smoke.
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I knew nothing about Bognor Regis before I went there for the first time. I had heard that some British monarch, at some point in the past, called out the words Bugger Bognor just before expiring. #2 The king chose Bognor not because he had any special affection for it, but because a rich friend of his named Sir Arthur du Cros had a mansion there called Craigweil House, which he offered to the king for his private use. The king died six years later, and the town petitioned to have the word Regis added to its title. #3 The town of Bognor Regis is not such a bad place. It has a long beach with a curving concrete promenade, and a town center that is compact and tidy, if not thriving. But the residents of the smart houses on the promenade pretend not to see us on the beach, because they are afraid of being seen by their neighbors. #4 I was excited about taking a bus to Brighton, and I had carefully selected the 12. 19 as the best bus for my purposes. But as I ambled to the bus stop, I watched in mild dismay as my bus departed just ahead of a cloud of black smoke.