| 1. |  | Assassination Vacation
from Simon & Schuster Audio
Customer Review:
The more things change, the more they remain the same. So what can we learn from an examination of three U.S. presidential assassinations -- those of Abraham Lincoln, and Presidents Garfield and McKinley? A lot if our guide is Sarah Vowell.
Written in a breezy, entertaining way, this book is... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
from Macmillan Audio
Price: $49.95
Customer Review:
For those who are unfamiliar with philosophy, this is a very accesible book with some nice insights.
It reads like a train (although you might want to pause once in a while to think about some paragraphs).
It is a bit outdated, and I have some personal remarks concerning a few topics. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Blue Highways
from Simon & Schuster Audio
Customer Review:
A little over twenty-five years ago William Trogden, who took the name of his Native American ancestors and called himself William Least Heat Moon, set out on a journey across America in what was basically the ancestor of the modern SUV, a small truck which he named Ghost Dancing.
Initially he... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | A Walk in the Woods
from Chivers Audio Books
Price: $63.44
Customer Review:
Having fell in love with the audio version of Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, I decided to give A Walk in the Woods a try. This audio is also read by the author.
Bill Bryson moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, and soon after realizes the the Appalachian Trail, at least part of... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
from Random House Audio
Price: $25.95
Customer Review:
If you've lived outside the US, come from another country or ever wondered what people from other places think of Americans and the US on our home turf then this is a book you have to read. If this was written by a foreigner I might have taken some offense to parts of it. Bryson is an American and... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | China Road
from Blackstone Audio Inc.
Price: $26.03
Customer Review:
I read this book while teaching school in China Summer 2008. It was a very interesting depiction of the dichotomies in China today - on the one hand the official word and on the other the curiosity and interest of the people in everything western. It was a book that made me think a lot about what I... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Lost Continent (BBC Radio Collection)
from BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Customer Review:
I'd read four Bryson books before I read this one, and this is the funniest of the lot. Irreverence and biting wit on almost every page. I've definitely had more laughs from this book than any other I've ever read.
I can only assume that the people who are giving this riveting work a meager one... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
from Blackstone Audio Inc.
Price: $54.95
Customer Review:
This is a marvelously humorous and accurate account of living in a small country in the Pacific. Highly recommended! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
from Random House Audio Voices
Price: $19.72
Customer Review:
This was an enjoyable, undemanding read. At his best, Bryson is grouchily funny, though not as hilarious IMO as some other reviews would have you believe. He is better when describing the rough spots of travel than its pleasures. At times, an unattractive whining tone takes over - for instance, when... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | A Year in Provence (abridged)
from Macmillan Audio
Price: $15.95
Customer Review:
This book provides a very intimate view of the author's experiences during his first year of living in Provence in the southeastern part of France. Most of the experiences represent the every day ones we all go through e.g. hiring someone to do work on our house, meeting neighbors through a party,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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