Bill Bryson, author portrait
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Bill Bryson

BILL BRYSON's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A Short History of Nearly Everything (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.
The Body
When Things Go Wrong: Diseases
The Road to Little Dribbling
One Summer
At Home: Special Illustrated Edition
At Home
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Bill Bryson's African Diary
In a Sunburned Country
Notes From a Small Island
Neither Here Nor There
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
A Walk in the Woods

Books

The Body
When Things Go Wrong: Diseases
The Road to Little Dribbling
One Summer
At Home: Special Illustrated Edition
At Home
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
Bill Bryson's African Diary
In a Sunburned Country
Notes From a Small Island
Neither Here Nor There
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
A Walk in the Woods

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