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      Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country

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      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.

      It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of...

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      Product ID:9781784161835
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Bryson
      Title:Down Under
      Subtitle:Travels in a Sunburned Country
      Authors:Author: Bill Bryson
      Page Count:432
      Subjects:Travel writing, Travel writing, Australia
      Description: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.

      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…


      Imprint Name:Black Swan
      Publisher Name:Transworld Publishers Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2015-11-05

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      Weight300 g
      Dimensions128 × 198 × 28 mm