Another travel book, A Walk in the Woods, has become a major film starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson. Bryson wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes" Daily Mailīill Bryson's bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island, which in a national poll was voted the book that best represents Britain. None of them, however, can write fluent Brysonese, which, as pretty much the entire Western reading public now knows, is an appealing mixture of self-deprecation, wryness and punnery" Spectator "The very book I have been looking for most of my life. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the world around them in the same way again" Daily Express "Of course, there are people much better qualified than Bill Bryson to attempt a project of this magnitude. A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. There is a phenomenal amount of fascinating information packed between its covers. And the famous, slightly cynical humour is always there" Evening Standard "A genuinely useful and readable book. It might well turn unsuspecting young readers into scientists. It's the sort of book I would have devoured as a teenager. I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written" Sunday Telegraph "A fascinating idea, and I can't think of many writers, other than Bryson, who would do it this well. "Mr Bryson has a natural gift for clear and vivid expression.
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