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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years AwayA CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens as he later put it, "it was clear my people needed me"). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty four hour
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens--as he later put it, "it was clear my people needed me"). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item. Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are a Bryson hallmark, I'm a Stranger Here Myself recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with the land of his birth. The result is a book filled with hysterical scenes of one man's attempt to reacquaint himself with his own country, but it is also an extended if at times bemused love letter to the homeland he has returned to after twenty years away.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 06/06/2000
ISBN: 9780767903820
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.67d
Review Citations: New York Times 07/09/2000 pg. 32
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Beautiful but terrible quality.
While I absolutely loved the idea of cutting boards with a stand, these were not the right choice. The wood is exceptionally soft and after the first use the gouges from my knife were pretty deep. After I washed the cutting board from cutting veggies, it started to splinter. Maybe I just got a defective set but I definitely do not recommend this set. Will be returning and getting a different brand/board.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2025
★★★★★ 4
A unique treatise
Format: Paperback
I've read part way through this book at this point, reading it together with a friend. It provides plenty material for discussion. It seems to me to be aimed at a seminary audience, as there are some theological and Greek grammatical terms used, but not fully explained. It's not quick reading, but it makes up for that in the unique content.
The content is to take a dozen key passages whose interpretation has varied over the last couple thousand years, and show exactly how these interpretations have varied. The title of the book, "...in Full Circle" refers to the idea that some contemporary interpretations have more in common with the most ancient church fathers than they do with their immediate predecessors over the last four or five hundred years.
All in all, it's a fascinating way of looking at scripture - through the eyes of influential authors over the course of almost twenty centuries.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2006
★★★★★ 4
This book is an interesting offering for the academic reader ...
Format: Paperback
This book is an interesting offering for the academic reader. It offers one the view of Romans throughout the history of the Christian Church. It is a very interesting read.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2017
★★★★★ 5
Five Stars
Great study book for Ethics in America DSST
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Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017
★★★★★ 5
Great Resource!
Format: Hardcover
Great Resources, plenty of information, although more basic refer to a textbook for more specificity, this points out major nerves and more when performing these injections, great buy. Great pictures, all in color
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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019