Bill Bryson: Bill Bryson's African Diary, Gebunden
Bill Bryson's African Diary
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- Publisher:
- Transworld Publishers Ltd, 05/2016
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780857524201
- Item number:
- 3441440
- Volume:
- 64 Pages
- Weight:
- 188 g
- Format:
- 185 x 131 mm
- Thickness:
- 17 mm
- Release date:
- 19.5.2016
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of humankind, is a land of stunning landscapes, famous game reserves, and a vibrant culture, but it also has many serious problems, including refugees, AIDS, drought and grinding poverty. It also provides plenty to worry a nervous traveller like Bill Bryson: hair-raising rides in light aircraft, tropical diseases, snakes, insects and large predators.
Bryson casts his inimitable eye on a continent new to him, and the resultant diary, though short in length, contains all his trademark laugh-out-loud wit, wry observation and curious insight.
All the author's royalties from this book, as well as all profits, will go to CARE International.
Biography
Bill Bryson, geb. 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa, zog 1977 nach Großbritannien und schrieb dort mehrere Jahre u. a. für die 'Times' und den 'Independent'. Mit seinem Englandbuch 'Reif für die Insel' gelang Bryson der Durchbruch, und heute ist er in England einer der erfolgreichsten Sachbuchautoren der Gegenwart. Seine Bücher werden in viele Sprachen übersetzt, stürmen stets die internationalen Bestsellerlisten. 1996 kehrte Bill Bryson mit seiner Familie in die USA zurück, wo es ihn jedoch nicht lange hielt; er war wieder 'reif für die Insel', wo er heute wieder lebt.
