Bill Bryson
The Secret History of Christmas
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The Secret History of Christmas
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,375
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,168
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,167
Christmas is the single biggest annual event on the planet, a time for merry-making, over-indulgence, peace, goodwill, and the occasional family row. It’s as comfortable and familiar as a pair of old shoes and yet still glittery and exciting. But what do you really know about it....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Facts
- By TeeJay62 on 11-12-22
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The Secret History of Christmas
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 22-11-22
- Language: English
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,894
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11,117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11,018
A Radio 4 Book Club Selection.
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A short Review of Nearly Everything
- By Roy on 08-08-05
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 26-12-04
- Language: English
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Made in America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,418
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,104
In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A history of America through its language
- By Tom on 12-05-10
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Made in America
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 16-01-06
- Language: English
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,026
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,379
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,345
Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories, The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological makeup....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent starter in Anatomy, Physiology and Bioch
- By Roger Boyle on 16-10-19
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The Body
- A Guide for Occupants
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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The Lost Continent
- Travels In Small Town America
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,312
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,958
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,950
Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The road trip you're dying to take
- By Miss on 13-04-13
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The Lost Continent
- Travels In Small Town America
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 22-12-05
- Language: English
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The Road to Little Dribbling
- More Notes From a Small Island
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,010
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,006
Twenty years ago Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country....
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2 out of 5 stars
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I think Bill would rather have stayed at home.
- By The Reluctant Hermit on 29-10-15
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The Road to Little Dribbling
- More Notes From a Small Island
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-10-15
- Language: English
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One Summer
- America 1927
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,267
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,035
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,029
Audible is proud to present One Summer: America, 1927, the new book by Britain’s favourite writer of narrative nonfiction, Bill Bryson....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bored by all the hours about baseball
- By Kirstine on 27-12-15
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One Summer
- America 1927
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 26-09-13
- Language: English
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,050
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,883
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,866
Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of....
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4 out of 5 stars
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More Fact Pact Bryson
- By Stewart Webb on 06-06-10
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 27-05-10
- Language: English
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Shakespeare
- The World as a Stage
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 824
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 639
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 632
Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions....
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4 out of 5 stars
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cuts through the rubbish
- By Emily on 12-10-07
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Shakespeare
- The World as a Stage
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-10-07
- Language: English
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Notes From a Small Island
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,724
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,107
With wit and irreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearing in equal measure....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Funny but sloppy.
- By Sebastian on 07-03-13
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Notes From a Small Island
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-01-06
- Language: English
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Icons of England
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Barnaby Edwards, Ben Eagle, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Curates Egg
- By Mike on 25-11-20
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Icons of England
- Narrated by: David Rintoul, Barnaby Edwards, Ben Eagle, Terence Wilton, Homer Todiwa, Leda Hodgson, Sara Poyzer, Sara Novak
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 10-09-20
- Language: English
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Down Under
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,614
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,248
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,240
Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Awful accent - buy the author-narrated version
- By S on 18-05-16
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Down Under
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-12-09
- Language: English
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Notes From a Big Country
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,093
Bryson writes about everything from everyday chores, to suing people, the beach, TV, movies....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bitter or Sweet ? I'm not sure !
- By J-H2O on 03-10-06
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Notes From a Big Country
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 16-01-06
- Language: English
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Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science
- By: Bill Bryson
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 283
Sunday Times best-selling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Brys....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good exploration of objects in the Science museum.
- By Heisenberg on 12-03-18
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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bill Bryson at his best!
- By Tom on 18-05-23
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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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Notes from a Small Island
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 283
Before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Edited version
- By Jim Gibson on 25-05-19
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Notes from a Small Island
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-04-10
- Language: English
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Neither Here Nor There
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 226
In Neither Here Nor There, Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe....
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5 out of 5 stars
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love it!!!
- By Amazon Customer on 05-05-15
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Neither Here Nor There
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-04-10
- Language: English
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The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,594
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,234
Shortlisted for Audible's Listen of the Year, 2006.Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties, complete, unabridged and read by the author.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I used to be a Bill Bryson fan!
- By Elizabeth on 01-09-07
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The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-08-06
- Language: English
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Neither Here nor There
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,866
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566
In Neither Here nor There Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack and journeys from Hammerfest to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia....
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3 out of 5 stars
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decent enough, but this has dated!
- By Andy on 29-03-17
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Neither Here nor There
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-12-09
- Language: English
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Journeys in English
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 122
Bill Bryson presents a fascinating exploration of the history of the English language....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A quick few lessons in our other tongue
- By David Griffith on 12-02-10
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Journeys in English
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 18-03-08
- Language: English
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