A Short History of Nearly Everything was lauded with critical acclaim, and became a huge bestseller. In his last book, he turned his attention to science. Other travel books include the massive bestseller Notes From a Small Island, which won the 2003 World Book Day National Poll to find the book which best represented modern England, followed by A Walk in the Woods (in which Stephen Katz, his travel companion from Neither Here Nor There, made a welcome reappearance), Notes From a Big Country and Down Under.īill Bryson has also written several highly praised books on the English language, including Mother Tongue and Made in America. It was followed by Neither Here Nor There, an account of his first trip around Europe. In The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson's hilarious first travel book, he chronicled a trip in his mother's Chevy around small town America. He and his family then moved to New Hampshire in America for a few years, but they have now returned to live in the UK. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He settled in England in 1977, and worked in journalism until he became a full time writer. William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, FRS was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951.
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I have to admit that I wasn't exactly thrilled when my book club decided to read THE TRUE STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL by Louise Murphy for our April meeting. Combining classic themes of fairy tales and war literature, this haunting novel of journey and survival, of redemption and memory, powerfully depicts how war is experienced by families and especially by children, and tells a resonant, riveting story. He has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce a succession of bestselling books. He is currently on leave from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He divides his time between homes in Florida, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts where he lives with his wife Jean. He finished his postgraduate medical training at Harvard that included general surgery and ophthalmology. Many have been made into motion pictures.Ĭook is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University School of Medicine. Many were also featured in the Literary Guild. 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But can Aluna’s fierce determination and fighting skills and Hoku’s tech-savvy keep them safe? Set in a world where overcrowding has led humans to adapt – growing tails to live under the ocean or wings to live on mountains – here is a ride through a future where greed and cruelty have gone unchecked, but the loyalty of friends remains true. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are stubborn and bold enough to face the terrors of land to search for way to save their people. The Kampii’s breathing necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above water to seek answers. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony’s survival is at risk. Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. A suspenseful sci-fi escapade plucks two children out of the ocean for a thrilling adventure. |