Bryson's dictionary of troublesome words
One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides all readers toward precise, mistake-free usage.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Broadway Books,
2002.
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| 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) |
