Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country (Bryson #6)
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- Synopsis
- It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life – a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else.Ignoring such dangers – and yet curiously obsessed by them – Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t get much better than this…
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 432 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781409095637
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781784161835, 9780552151719
- Publisher:
- Transworld
- Date of Addition:
- 10/20/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Black Swan
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Travel, Australiana
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.