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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home....
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Bryson does it again
- By Robert on 10-15-10
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 10-05-10
- Language: English
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Bryson, best-selling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-listen owner's manual for everybody....
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Must Read for the Sheer Fun of It
- By J.B. on 10-16-19
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science...
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The Only Book I reread imediatley after reading
- By Andrew on 11-09-09
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-04-03
- Language: English
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In a Sunburned Country
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail...
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Laugh out loud funny
- By Larry on 06-09-03
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In a Sunburned Country
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-30-00
- Language: English
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A Walk in the Woods
- Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Rob McQuay
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America - majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes....
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Informational
- By Amber C on 03-29-17
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A Walk in the Woods
- Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
- Narrated by: Rob McQuay
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-25-12
- Language: English
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Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
- Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
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In the first of three essays included in this audiobook, Bill Bryson decides to move back to the United States, after nearly two decades in Britain. But not before taking one last trip....
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Bryson's best with Google
- By Shawn on 03-31-08
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Bill Bryson Collector's Edition
- Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-09-06
- Language: English
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Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science
- By: Bill Bryson
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Sunday Times best-selling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Brys....
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Very interesting
- By Gabriela on 04-28-20
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Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....
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Bryson Not Reading Makes For a Rare Fail
- By John on 02-28-14
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Made in America
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-16-06
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The World as Stage
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition....
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Too Little, Too Short
- By Charles L. Burkins on 11-30-07
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Shakespeare
- The World as Stage
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-23-07
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Christmas
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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Christmas is the single biggest annual event on the planet, a time for merry-making, over-indulgence, peace, goodwill, and the occasional family row. It’s as comfortable and familiar as a pair of old shoes and yet still glittery and exciting. But what do you really know about it....
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Fascinating and Entertaining
- By Laura Carrington on 11-23-22
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The Secret History of Christmas
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 11-22-22
- Language: English
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson takes his ultimate journey...
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This audio edition is abridged!
- By Brent Cochran on 08-04-03
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-09-03
- Language: English
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One Summer
- America, 1927
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country....
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Why 1927?
- By Mark on 10-18-13
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One Summer
- America, 1927
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 10-01-13
- Language: English
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- A Memoir
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century, 1951, in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, in the middle of the largest generation in American history, the baby boomers....
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Fun, but not for squeamish
- By David on 11-30-06
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 09-28-06
- Language: English
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Une histoire de tout, ou presque...
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
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Posez une question, Bryson y répond dans ce livre audio, clair, synthétique, vivant, truffé d'anecdotes, qui conjugue avec bonheur science et sourire...
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Superbe
- By Kindle Customer on 03-18-21
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Une histoire de tout, ou presque...
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Lemire
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 03-12-20
- Language: French
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One Summer
- America 1927
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
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Audible is proud to present One Summer: America, 1927, the new book by Britain’s favourite writer of narrative nonfiction, Bill Bryson....
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Bill in usual greatness... but too much baseball!
- By Simon on 05-10-14
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One Summer
- America 1927
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-26-13
- Language: English
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The Mother Tongue
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience, and sheer fun of the English language....
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More satire than history
- By Barbara Kindle Customer on 12-18-15
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The Mother Tongue
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-15-15
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The World as a Stage
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions....
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Not the book you might think it is...
- By Russell on 10-11-09
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Shakespeare
- The World as a Stage
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-09-07
- Language: English
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A Walk in the Woods
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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"Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path....
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the unforgetable stroll....
- By DocEdward on 12-17-02
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A Walk in the Woods
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-15-99
- Language: English
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Notes from a Small Island
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate....
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Crackin' yarn, lad!
- By Dave on 03-28-05
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Notes from a Small Island
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-15-99
- Language: English
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of....
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Interesting content but poor narration
- By lo on 07-31-18
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 05-27-10
- Language: English
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