Down Under
Author | : Bill Bryson |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2010-03-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781409095637 |
ISBN-13 | : 1409095630 |
Rating | : 4/5 (630 Downloads) |
Download or read book Down Under written by Bill Bryson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...