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…
ISBN: | 9781784161835 |
Publisher: | Transworld |
Imprint: | Black Swan |
Published date: | 05 Nov 2015 |
DEWEY: | 919.4047 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Sales rank: | 8498 |
Number of pages: | 427 |
Weight: | 298g |
Height: | 128mm |
Width: | 198mm |
Spine width: | 28mm |