Summary
One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides all readers toward precise, mistake-free usage. Full description
Summary: |
One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides all readers toward precise, mistake-free usage. |
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Item Description: |
Original title: The Penguin dictionary of troublesome words. |
Physical Description: |
241 p. |
ISBN: |
0767910427 9780767910439 |
Author Notes: |
He moved back to the United States in 1995. His first travel book, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, was published in 1989. His other books include I'm a Stranger Here Myself, In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe, Made in America, The Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson's African Diary, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Walk About, and Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, the Genius of the Royal Society. A Walk in the Woods was adapted into a movie starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. Bryson's titles, The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain, Notes from a Small Island and Neither Here Nor There made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) |