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Reacting to an itch common to midwesterners since theres been a midwest from which to escape, writer bill bryson moved from iowa to britain in 1973. Featuring an allnew cover, new york times bestseller bill brysons irrevent and hilarious journey through the beloved island nation he called home for two decades. Notes from a small island by bill bryson prologue 2 chapter one 10 chapter two 16 like this book. Notes from a small island and the road to little dribbling. Notes from a small island neither here nor there im a stranger here myself by bill bryson.
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