The irresistible book by Bill Bryson which does for the history of the way we live what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His
bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from
a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and
Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a
Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His
acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly
Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was
the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His
new book The Body: A Guide for Occupants is an extraordinary
exploration of the human body which will have you marvelling at the
form you occupy.
Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005–2011. He is an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.
A work of constant delight and discovery...His great skill is to
make daily life simultaneously strange and familiar, and in so
doing, help us to recognise ourselves. A treasure: don't leave home
without it
*Sunday Telegraph*
Enchanting... Bryson tackled science in his brilliant A Short
History of Nearly Everything. This new book could as easily be
categorised as 'a short history of nearly everything else'...
extraordinarily entertaining
*The Times*
Not just hugely readable but a genuine pageturner... None of these
things, needless to say, are as easy as Bryson in his ever-genial
way makes them seem
*Daily Telegraph*
Entertaining, fact-packed... He is a cheery, idiosyncratic guide,
eclectic rather than scholarly, a true populariser. At Home will
have every reader eyeing home rather differently
*Financial Times*
The much-loved writer takes the attention to detail that made A
Short History of Nearly Everything such a fantastic guide to all
things science, and applies it to our homes. Written in his
laid-back style, this is a wonderful celebration of what makes a
house a home
*News of the World*
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