Icons of England

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. The original contributions come from Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey, Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby, and many more.

• Notes from a Small Island
• The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
• At Home: A Short History of Private Life
• The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way
• Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
• Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
• Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
• The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
• Bill Bryson's African Diary
• Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right