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Book Description
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely diffContinue
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bookpage published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010
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Bryson, as usual, is able to fill his books with a ton (or heaps, considering it is about Australia! ;-) of very interesting facts and precise figures, all the while the books remain real page turners, and most funny and entertaining.
After reading this you won't be able to listen to any news r ... (continue)NickBert said on May 25, 2007 | 1 feedback
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Funny, but not so much as other Bryson's travelogues. It's funny in bits and pieces across nearly 400 pages, so it also often gets boring or uninteresting between one funny bit and another. I guess Bryson's own words about Australia could apply also to this book: there is such a lot to find in it ... (continue)
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Lindyloumac said on Sep 24, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Amazing non-adventures
Bill Bryson manages to be an interesting travel writer in an era where everyone has travelled everywhere (and wrote about it on their blog if not on their book).
Nothing really unusual or super exciting happens to him, along his wanderings through australian country, yet the book is as intriguing ... (continue)
Leonaltro said on Aug 21, 2010 about the Unbound edition | Add your feedback
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Bibliobum said on Jun 22, 2008 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback
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Arthur Lee said on Jan 13, 2008 | 1 feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 352 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0767903862
- ISBN-13: 9780767903868
- Publisher: Broadway
- Pub date: May 15, 2001
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Unbound, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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In a Sunburned Country By Bill Bryson
Wonder down under Bill Bryson, traveler and travel writer extraordinaire, has taken us along on many of his walks, tours, and jaunts and let us worldwatch with him. In a Sunburned Country, his latest bestseller about Australia, seems grander and more ... (read full critics)