FP 100,000. Bill Bryson returns to his internationally beloved topic, Britain, with his first travel book in 15 years. Over 20 years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his home. The hilarious book he wrote about that journey, NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, became one of the most loved books of recent decades, and was voted in a BBC poll as the book that best represents Britain.