I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away – By Bill Bryson
Posted by Random Chapter on October 6, 2007 in Biographies | ∞
In the world of contemporary travel writing, Bill Bryson, the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods, often emerges as a major contender for King of Crankiness. Granted, he complains well and humorously, but between every line of his travel books you can almost hear the tinny echo: “I wanna go home, I miss [...]
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor – By Bruce Campbell
Posted by Random Chapter on September 22, 2007 in Biographies | ∞
Though it offers few revelations about the details of Campbell’s personal life, this entertaining and witty Hollywood memoir combines his life story with how-to guidance on making independent films and becoming a pop culture cult hero. Campbell began working in show business as a teenager, and in high school became friends with future director Sam [...]