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Featuring a special introduction written for the audiobook edition and read by the author.
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling
books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small
Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of
the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island
was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work
of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the
Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling
non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His book The Body: A
Guide for Occupants is an extraordinary exploration of the human
body which will have you marvelling at the form you occupy.
Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005–2011 and is an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England. William
Roberts is an American actor whose credits include stage,
television, radio, film and voice work. He spent five years as
actor/director with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival before moving
to Britain and becoming a member of the British Actors’ Equity
Association. A broadly experienced actor and voice artiste, Roberts
is a frequent reader of American works on BBC Radio and for various
audio publishers. He has also appeared on film and TV including
Behind Closed Doors, Cold Mountain and Inspector Morse.
'To [listen to] Bryson is to travel with a memoirist gifted with
wry observation and keen insight that shed new light on things we
mistake for commonplace. To accompany the author as he travels with
the likes of Charles Darwin on the Beagle, Albert Einstein or Isaac
Newton is a trip worth taking.'
*Publishers Weekly*
'Stylish [and] stunningly accurate prose ... Brims with strange and
amazing facts ... destined to become a modern classic of science
writing.'
*The New York Times*
'Mr Bryson has a natural gift for clear and vivid expression. I
doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of
modern science has been written.'
*The Sunday Telegraph*
'The very book I have been looking for most of my life ... Bryson
wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes.'
*The Daily Mail*
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