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ISBN:
0767903854
EAN:
9780767903851
Book Title:
In a Sunburned Country
Item Length:
9.2in.
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Publication Year:
2000
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Item Height:
1.1in.
Author:
Bill Bryson
Genre:
Travel
Topic:
General, AU & Oceania
Item Width:
5.5in.
Item Weight:
19 Oz
Number of Pages:
320 Pages
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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 (well, most of it) resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. Now he has traveled across the world and all the way Down Under to Australia, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. In a Sunburned Country is his report on what he found there--a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiosity. Australia is a country that exists on a vast scale. It is the only island that is also a continent and the only continent that is also a country. Despite being the most desiccated, infertile, and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the ten most deadly poisonous snakes on the planet, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, seashells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish (don't ask). The dangerous riptides of the sea and the sun-baked wastes of the outback both lie in wait for the unwary. It's one tough country. Bill Bryson adores it, of course, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond the beaten tourist path. Here is a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost--yes, lost--while swimming at sea to Japanese cult members who may have set off an atomic bomb (sic) entirely unnoticed on their 500,000-acre property in the great western desert. Wherever he goes (and Bryson goes just about everywhere) he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging--the beaming products of a land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine. On occasion the Aborigines, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, make a haunting appearance in this book. But by and large Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. Published just in time for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, In a Sunburned Country offers the best of all possible introductions to what may well be the best of all possible nations. Even with those jellyfish.
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Publisher
Broadway Books
ISBN-10
0767903854
ISBN-13
9780767903851
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1626907
Product Key Features
Book Title
In a Sunburned Country
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, AU & Oceania
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Travel
Number of Pages
320 Pages
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Item Length
9.2in.
Item Height
1.1in.
Item Width
5.5in.
Item Weight
19 Oz
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Du105.2.B83 2000
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"In the late afternoon, I stopped at a roadhouse for gas and coffee. I studied my book of maps . . . Then, having nothing better to do, I leafed through the index and amused myself, in a very low-key way, by looking for ridiculous names, of which Australia has a respectable plenitude. I am thus able to report that the following are all real places: Wee Waa, Poowons, Borrumbuttock, Suggan Buggan, Boomahnoomoonah, Waaia, Mullumbimby Ewylamartup, Jiggalong, and the supremely satisfying Tittybong." From the Hardcover edition., In the late afternoon, I stopped at a roadhouse for gas and coffee. I studied my book of maps . . . Then, having nothing better to do, I leafed through the index and amused myself, in a very low-key way, by looking for ridiculous names, of which Australia has a respectable plenitude. I am thus able to report that the following are all real places: Wee Waa, Poowons, Borrumbuttock, Suggan Buggan, Boomahnoomoonah, Waaia, Mullumbimby Ewylamartup, Jiggalong, and the supremely satisfying Tittybong.
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2000
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00-025566
Dewey Decimal
919.404/65
Dewey Edition
21
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Yes
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qwertymarkell
Nov 02, 2015
One of the top 10 books I've ever read!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: goodwillsouther...
calendula1219
Feb 16, 2021
Funny and informative book
Wonderful book. Very funny and informative. Makes me want to go to Australia.
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antoinette2212
Apr 29, 2022
Sunburned Country
So much information in a quick to read book - Loved it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fishingpaul703
Oct 23, 2013
Light but insighful reading about Australia
Cheery, fun reading. Somewhat disjointed trip, peppered with personal anecdotes and keen observations. Gives one a clear "flavor" of Australia and Australian life....including its "warts." Not a standard place-by-place travel guide. Suggested reading if a trip to Australia is planned.
diminjan
Jul 19, 2016
good 'un
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