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The Road To McCarthy PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
The Road To McCarthy
From the man that brought you ‘McCarthy’s Bar’ now shares his experiences as he travels around the world in search of his Irish roots and identity. This book starts with our travel writer on a chaotic flight to Gibraltar before eventually having comic encounters with tourists and monkeys once he is on terra firma. He then heads to Morocco where he turns detective to track down his alleged hereditary Gaelic Chief the MacCarthy Mor. Is he the genuine article or just another charlatan? These ear...
 
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Growing up in the middle of America in the 1950s Bryson recalls his childhood imagination – pretending he could fly, become invisible and have x-ray vision. The discovery of an old green college football sweater with a gold lightning bolt is turned b...
 
Down Under PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
Down Under
This time travel writer Bill Bryson’s eye is focussed on Australia. This is interesting as it is the first time his writing has really ventured away from America and Europe. The impression is that this is all new to him and the book is better for it....
 
McCarthy’s Bar - A Journey of Discovery in Ireland PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
McCarthy’s Bar - A Journey of Discovery in Ireland
Pete McCarthy is a writer and performer for radio and television. This is his first book. Born in the North West of England to an English father and Irish mother he poses the question: Is it possible to have some kind of genetic memory of a place whe...
 
Notes from a Small Island PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 09 October 2008
Notes from a Small Island
Before setting off with his family to relocate from their North Yorkshire home to America, Bill Bryson takes one last trip around his surrogate home, Britain. His goal is to discover what makes the British who they are? Also why he fell in love with ...
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