Notes from a Big Country, Bill Bryson antiquarian AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER •

AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who

THIS IS GOING TO HURT was the bestselling non-fiction book of the century - a frank

he lovingly called Amalgam

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Notes from a Big Country, Bill Bryson antiquarian AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER •Des Moines, Iowa born writer Bryson's first success was the travel book "The Lost Continent". After living in England for several years, he wanted to go back to the USA to find the perfect little US town of his past, he lovingly called Amalgam. More travel books followed, in the form of "Neither Here Nor There" (where he travels through Europe), "Notes From A Small Island" (where he travels around the United Kingdom, before returning back with his to