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"Autobiografische notities over de jeugdjaren van de bekende reisverhalenschrijver (1951-) die zich afspeelden in het midden van de Verenigde Staten in de jaren vijftig."
"Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. In his funny memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was."
"Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman. Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young."
"Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy.--From publisher description."
"Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy.--From publisher description."@en
"Von grünen Caprihosen, Zigarettenwerbung von Ärzten und dem ersten Farbfernseher Die 1950er Jahre waren Bill Brysons Kindheitsjahre und damit die spannendsten, sorgenfreiesten und idyllischsten Jahre seines Lebens. Weil sie das alles auch für die gesamten Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika waren, hat Bill Bryson gleich zwei Biographien geschrieben: seine eigene und die seines Landes. Denn wer könnte besser und witziger von Lausbubenstreichen und Wirtschaftsboom, von grünen Caprihosen und Hiroshima, von Ärzten, die Zigarettenwerbung machen, und dem ersten Farbfernseher erzählen als Bill Bryson? Ein hinreissend komisches Porträt Amerikas. Wahrscheinlich das witzigste Buch des Jahres! Bill Bryson wurde 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa, geboren. 1977 zog er nach Grossbritannien und schrieb dort mehrere Jahre u. a. für die 'Times' und den 'Independent'. Mit seinem Englandbuch 'Reif für die Insel' gelang Bryson der Durchbruch, und heute ist er in England der erfolgreichste Sachbuchautor der Gegenwart. Seine Bücher werden in viele Sprachen übersetzt, stürmen stets die internationalen Bestsellerlisten. 1996 kehrte Bill Bryson mit seiner Familie in die USA zurück, wo es ihn jedoch nicht lange hielt. Er war erneut 'Reif für die Insel', wo er heute wieder lebt."
""Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galazy"--Publisher description."@en
"Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West. In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young."
"Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy--From publisher description."
"Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy--From publisher description."@en
"Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the sacred jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, on that will speak volumes, especially to anyone who has ever been young."
"The author describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his remarkably normal 1950s family life."
"There are many theories on how the Thunderbolt Kid came to attain his fantastic powers, and turned the world into a dangerous place for morons. Some say that the first hints that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came from his discovery, at the age of six, of a woolen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman. Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, Ì come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In this hilarious new memoir, he travels back to explore the kid he once was and the weird and wonderful world of 1950s America. He modestly claims that this is a book about not very much: about being small and getting much larger slowly. But for the rest of us, it is a laugh-out-loud book that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young."
"Adult/High School?The Thunderbolt Kid was born in the 1950s when six-year-old Bryson found a mysterious, scratchy green sweater with a satiny thunderbolt across the chest. The jersey bestowed magic powers on the wearer?X-ray vision and the power to zap teachers and babysitters and deflect unwanted kisses from old people. These are the memoirs of that Kid, whose earthly parents were not really half bad?a loving mother who didn't cook and was pathologically forgetful, but shared her love of movies with her youngest child, and a dad who was the greatest baseball writer that ever lived and took his son to dugouts and into clubhouses where he met such famous players as Stan Musial and Willie Mays. Simpler times are conveyed with exaggerated humor; the author recalls the middle of the last century in the middle of the country (Des Moines, IA), when cigarettes were good for you, waxy candies were considered delicious, and kids were taught to read with Dick and Jane. Students of the decade's popular culture will marvel at the insular innocence described, even as the world moved toward nuclear weapons and civil unrest. Bryson describes country fairs and fantastic ploys to maneuver into the tent to see the lady stripper, playing hookey, paper routes, church suppers, and more. His reminiscences will entertain a wide audience."@en
"Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy.--From publisher description."
"Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy.--From publisher description."@en
"Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West. Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his very funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about growing up in a specific time and place. But in Bryson's hands, it becomes everyone's story, one that will speak volumes - especially to anyone who has ever been young."

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"Large type books"
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"Autobiographie 1951-1969"
"erindringer"
"Online-Publikation"
"Specimens"
"Herinneringen (vorm)"
"Erzählende Literatur"
"Electronic books"
"Electronic books"@en
"Biography"
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"The life and times of the Thunderbolt kid : a memoir"
"빌브라이슨의재[mit]는세상 : 우리를특별하게했던반짝이는기억들 = The life and times of the thunderbolt kid"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid"@en
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid"
"The Life and Times of the THUNDERBOLT KID : a MEMOIR"@en
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid"
"The life and times Of the thunderbolt kid"
"The Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid a memoir"@en
"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid A Memoir"@en
"Bil Bŭraisŭn ŭi chaeminnŭn sesang : uri rŭl t'ŭkpyŏl hage haettŏn pantchak inŭn kiŏktŭl = The life and times of the thundbolt kid"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid : a memoir"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid : a memoir"@en
"100% Америка, или Как я стал мужчиной"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid: a memoir"@en
"Aventuras y desventuras del chico centella : mi infancia en la América de los cincuenta"
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir"@en
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir"
"Aventuras y desventuras del chico centella mi infancia en la América de los cincuenta"@es
"Mitt liv som Thunderbolt Kid"@sv
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : [travels through my childhood]"
"Mein Amerika : Erinnerungen an eine ganz normale Kindheit"
"100% Amerika, ili Kak i︠a︡ stal muzhchinoĭ"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid [a memoir]"@en
"Mein Amerika Erinnerungen an eine ganz normale Kindheit"
"Het wonderbaarlijke leven van de Thunderbolt Kid"
"Aventuras y desventuras del chico centella"@es
"Aventuras y desventuras del chico centella"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid a memoir"
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid: a memoir"
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid a memoir"
"The life and times of the thunderbolt kid a memoir"@en
"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid"
"The Life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid : a memoir"@en
"The life and times of thunderbolt kid"
"The life and times of the Thunderbolt kid"

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