Another entertaining read from Bill Bryson describing his formative years in the 1950's & 60's.This book was passed on to Michelle Aigner.
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I love books, but I hate to pay retail for them. I find my books at yard sales, thrift stores, & used book stores, as well as by trading with my friends. I rarely keep a book after I've read it, so I'm more than happy to trade!
Reading Now
- Amy Tan, The Opposite of Fate (2003)
- Robert Young Pelton, The World's Most Dangerous Places (2003)
On the Bookshelf
- A Life Inspired: Tales of Peace Corps Service (2006)
- Amy Tan, Saving Fish from Drowning (2005)
- Ayun Halliday, No Touch Monkey! (2003)
- Bill Bryson, I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1999)
- Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian (2005)
- Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet (1953)
- Ian Johnson, Wild Grass (2004)
- J. Maarten Troost, Getting Stoned with Savages (2006)
- Karen Armstrong, Buddha (2001)
- Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants (2006)
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