The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson

The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill BrysonIn 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades later, Brysonnow a British citizenset out again to rediscover his adopted country. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the islandfrom Bognor Regis to Cape Wrathand shows us every pub,

It is an odyssey of friendship and malice

to the hidden opulence of Taiwan and the panelled boardrooms of power in the heart of London

this book teaches us the importance of looking inside ourselves and developing compassion

back in New York

the birds soon express their reservations to their leader

All the time

Elephant Song is a gripping adventure from the world's master storyteller – a journey deep into the heart of a wild

and unnecessary tasks

His talent for language is seen here as never before

But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man

he knows he must somehow resurrect his life

she doesn’t have time for love