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Get the Summary of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "A Walk in the Woods," Bill Bryson recounts his adventures and challenges while attempting to hike the Appalachian Trail (AT) after moving to New Hampshire. Captivated by the trail's promise of fitness, reconnection with nature, and survival skills, Bryson prepares for the hike, learning about the necessary gear and the trail's...
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BER- Adult Winter Reading Challenge
ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS FROM INDOORS
JEF - Great Outdoors Month - June (Adult/YA)
ENJOY THE GREAT OUTDOORS FROM INDOORS
JEF - Great Outdoors Month - June (Adult/YA)
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Traces the author's adventurous trek along the Appalachian Trail past its natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts.
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Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer....
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In the early seventies, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe-in search of enlightenment, beer, and women. He was accompanied by an unforgettable sidekick named Stephen Katz (who will be gloriously familiar to readers of Bryson's A Walk in the Woods). Twenty years later, he decided to retrace his journey. The result is the affectionate and riotously funny Neither Here Nor There.
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"A history of Britain told through the story of one very special pub, from "The Beer Drinker's Bill Bryson" (Times Literary Supplement) Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-panelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes' walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and lean back, resting your head against the wall. And then consider this: who else has rested their head against that wall, over...
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