Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey-into the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. It's a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime, as this insatiably curious writer attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Or, as the author puts it, -...how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also...
Bill Bryson is one of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journey-...
One of the world s most beloved writers and bestselling author of One Summer takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trailwell, most of it. In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understandand, if possible, answerthe oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves....
One of the world s most beloved writers and bestselling author of One Summer takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and intract...
One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: -English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at...
One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best...
From one of the world's mostbeloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of One Summer, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s
Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill...
From one of the world's mostbeloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of One Summer, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hila...
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. His Shakespeare is like no one else's the beneficiary of Bryson's genial nature, his engaging skepticism, and a gift for storytelling unrivaled in our time."
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been ...
Enter the world of science as Bill Bryson unmasks the mysteries of the universe. Did you know that: - Every atom in your body has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to being you? - If you are an average-sized kid, you have enough potential energy inside you to explode with the force of several hydrogen bombs? And--What happened to dinosaurs? How big is the universe? Why are oceans salty? Is a meteor going to hit us? Tackling everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bill Bryson's inimitable...
Enter the world of science as Bill Bryson unmasks the mysteries of the universe. Did you know that: - Every atom in your body has almos...
This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson s exciting, informative journey into the world of science.
In A Short History of Nearly Everything, the bestselling authorof One Summer, confronts his greatest challenge yet: to understand and, if possible, answer the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as his territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to...
This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson s exciting, informative journe...
Was ist das fr ein Land, in dem sich fliegende Fchse tummeln und Schweinefunasenbeutler einst ihr Unwesen trieben? In seinem ebenso amsanten wie informativen Streifzug durch ein unbekanntes Australien erzhlt Bill Bryson von den historischen Hintergrnden der Entdeckung dieses faszinierenden Kontinents - und hlt den Leser mit seinem scharfen Blick fr alles Skurrile und Ungewhnliche in Atem.
Was ist das fr ein Land, in dem sich fliegende Fchse tummeln und Schweinefunasenbeutler einst ihr Unwesen trieben? In seinem ebenso amsanten wie infor...
In these pages, the beloved Bill Bryson gives us a fascinating history of the modern home, taking us on a room-by-room tour through his own house and using each room to explore the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, the pipes, the pillows, and every item of furniture. Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and his sheer prose fluency makes At Home one of the most...
In these pages, the beloved Bill Bryson gives us a fascinating history of the modern home, taking us on a room-by-room tour through his own house a...