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Tag Archives: Bill Bryson
Improving My Mind, Understanding My Body #reading #nonfiction
I suppose it’s no surprise. This pandemic has been a forced education for a lot of us as to how the body works, or doesn’t, what antibodies do, what are T cells and RNA based vaccines. It’s a bit ghoulish, … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Books, miscellany, reading
Tagged Adam Kay, Bill Bryson, Books, human errors, Nathan Lents, Reading, reviews, the body, this is going to hurt, Tim Spector
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A Little Of What You Fancy #ashorthistoryofnearlyeverything
Random pictures are a recent walk; just to add colour… I discovered the joys of Bill Bryson many years ago with his Notes From A Small Island about visiting the UK. When he was asked to leave his B&B in … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, miscellany
Tagged a short history of nearly everything, Bill Bryson, Book review
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Booking a vacation
Lisa Reiter’s latest prompt is Holiday Reads. It’s a difficult prompt if only because of the number of holidays someone of my age has been fortunate enough to undertake and the amount of reading material that has accompanied me. For … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, flash fiction, literature, memoires, miscellany, radio, sport
Tagged a short hitory of nearly everything, Alan Ross, Anthony Trollope, Bill Bryson, Canterbury, Charles Dickens, Conan Doye, Gone with the wind, Harry Potter, Herne Bay, Holiday reads, Jane Austen, Jersey, Jersey under the Jackboot, Jim Dale, Montana, Neville Cardus, patricia Cornwall, Peter Wimsey, Reading, Stephen Fry, The Crab with the Golden Claws, Tintin, Wilkie Collins, Wyoming
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