Notes from a Big Country
by Bill Bryson · first published 1998
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The phenomenal bestseller from the author of Notes From a Small Island.From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents, and from domestic upsets to millennial fever, Bill Bryson just cannot resist airing his opinions and standing up for his (mostly) law-abiding fellow American citizens. But of course after twenty years in England, he is now back on the other side of the pond, and is obviously having a little trouble finding his true American self again.After vigorous exercise on the Appalachian Trail comes this edited collection of Bryson's most splenetic comic pieces culled from hi
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You're definitely right about the overconsumption lifestyle. This is a quote from a Bill Bryson book I was just reading called Notes from a Big country: What is saddest about all this is that a good part of these goals to cut greenhouse emissions could be met without any cost at all if we merely modified our extravagance. It has been estimated that…
on “Canada weather: Heatwave hits record 46.6C as US north-west also frazzles” ↗…like Williamsburg, Virginia, or Mystic, Connecticut, where visitors pay good money to savour the sort of tranquil village atmosphere that they long ago fled for the happy sprawl of suburbs." Bill Bryson, Notes from a big country. In France we are trying to manage those shops and this heritage. I don't say that we succeed (because now those shops are mostly franchises form mains brands, banks, assurances ans real estates, who…
on “Amazon says France's new bill is 'discrimination'” ↗Notes from a big country, Bill Bryson, is an controversial view on the USA from an Englisch man who moved to Amerika.
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗I read 'Notes from a Big Country' by Bill Bryson during my second visit and first road trip in America as a child. I could entirely believe what he wrote on this topic, which fortunately is extracted here [1]. We covered a huge distance,…
on “Walking While Black” ↗