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The Lost Continent; Travels in Small Town America and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
by Bryson, Bill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0436201305
- ISBN 13
- 9780436201301
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg, London, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 10] 4-498 pages, (6), acknowledgements. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners and bumping to the backstrip edges Browning to the text block edges and to the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper with white, red and yellow titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. An omnibus of Bill Brysons' travel writing in America and in Europe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; America; Europe; Journalism; ISBN: 0436201305. ISBN/EAN: 9780436201301. Inventory No: 0110701. . 9780436201301
Synopsis
Bill Bryson's very first travel book, a sidesplittingly funny road trip around America. "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels, and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibers. Traveling around thirty-eight of the lower states - united only in their mind-numbingly dreary uniformity - he discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes, and television; lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land. The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson's claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0110701
- Title
- The Lost Continent; Travels in Small Town America and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0436201305
- ISBN 13
- 9780436201301
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Bill Bryson -- Travel Writer -- America -- Europe Travel & Places; America; Europe; Journalism; Unbranded ISBN: 0436201305 EAN: 9780436201301 Bryson, Bill The Lost Continent; Travels in Small Town America and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in
- Bookseller catalogs
- America; Journalism; Europe;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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This Book’s Categories
- Countries & Cultures Europe
- Countries & Cultures North America United States
- Media & Communication Journalism
- Travel & Exploration Travel United States Travel
- Biography & Essays Humor
- Media & Communication Media & Communication Industry
- Science & Technology Technology Computers & Internet Computer Programming Ada
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