Bill Bryson (Editor)This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on therolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set Englandapart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring theirown special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety ofpersonal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids tocanal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. First published as alavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded paperback edition hasdouble the original number of contributions from many celebritiesincluding Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry,Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, RichardMabey , Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell,