Shop Online at Liz Claiborne's Elisabeth Store, Shop at Home with JD Williams, Shop Direct, JD Williams, GUS Catalogue, Argos UK, WH. Smith, Chums Chapters, Canada . Buy Now Pay Later With Interest Free Credit | Asda Direct In A Sunburned Country Author: Bill Bryson Trade Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $21.00 You could save $2.10 (10%) with our iREWARDS Program Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) Dimensions: 376 Pages | ISBN: 0385259417 Published: June 2001 | Published by Doubleday Canada Our customers who bought this item also bought: No Great Mischief (2001) Book ~ Alistair MacLeod Notes from a Small Island (1998) Book ~ Bill Bryson Mercy Among the Children (2001) Book ~ David Adams Richards No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (2000) Book ~ Naomi Klein La Prisonniere (2001) Book ~ Malika Oufkir From the Publisher Deliciously funny, fact-filled and adventurous, In a Sunburned Country takes us on a grand tour of Australia. It’s a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost — yes, lost — while swimming at sea, to Japanese cult members who may (entirely unnoticed) have set off an atomic bomb on their 500,000 acre property in the great western desert. Australia is the only island that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country. Its aboriginal people, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, have made it their home for millennia. And despite the fact that it is the most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else: sharks, crocodiles, the planet’s ten most deadly poisonous snakes, fluffy yet toxic caterpillars, sea shells that actually attack you, and the unbelievable box jellyfish (don’t ask). The dangerous riptides of the sea and the sun-baked wastes of the outback both lie in wait for the unwary. Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. In a Sunburned Country offers the best of all possible introductions to what may well be the best of all possible nations. Even with those jellyfish. About the Author Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He lived in England for almost two decades, and now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and four children. Review Quotes "Bill Bryson is...an artist who needs a big canvas. Australia has provided this. He’s painted a masterpiece in travel literature." — The Globe and Mail Info Desk iREWARDS Program About Our Company Affiliate Opportunities Careers Contact Us Corporate Sales Gift Certificates Privacy Policy Shipping Rates Store Locations Wish List chapters.indigo.ca: books Shopping Bag | Account Centre | Wish List | Help iREWARDS Program | Corporate Sales | Store Locations All Products Books DVD Video Gifts Books Advanced Search Search Tips About this Book From the Publisher About the Author Read from the Book Review Quotes Travel Adventure and Literary Travel Africa Asia Australia and Oceania Canada Europe Family Travel Middle East Museums, Tours, and Points of Interest Pictorials Polar Regions Reference Caribbean and Latin America Lodging and Restaurant Guides United States Browse Books View all Categories . Head Office | Privacy Policy | Free Delivery | Chapters-Indigo Coupons