Henry Carter Hull

The authors travel the world interviewing accomplished individuals in every field and ask them how they built meaningful careers.

Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

Luca Spaghetti shares his account of the friendship he developed with Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love," who he met when she came to Rome during her year-long journey to find pleasure and balance in her life, and provides anecdotes about life in Rome, and his own experiences as a tourist in the United States.

From journalists Agnes Hooper Gottlieb and Henry Gottlieb, and Brent Bowers and Barbara Bowers, the acclaimed co-authors of 1,000 Years, 1,000 People , comes a new book that celebrates the reasons we're proud to call America home-from jazz and the Gettysburg Address to baseball and the White Castle hamburger. Chock full of anecdotes and often surprising insights and historical information, 1,000 Things to Love About America is a smart, breezy, and...