Bill Bryson
Troublesome Words Fourth Edition
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Group Uk
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 irr... Buy or find out more →
Icons Of England
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own specia... Buy or find out more →
At Home A Short History Of Private Life Unabridged Audio
$59.99 – Compact disc / Bbc Audio
From one of the most beloved authors of our time-more
than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country
alone-a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we
call home.
“Houses aren’... Buy or find out more →
Really Short History Of Nearly Everything
$27.95 – Paperback book / Corgi Books
Bill's own fascination with science began with a battered old schoolbook he had when he was about ten or eleven years old in America. It had an illustration that captivated him - a cutaway diagram showing Earths interio... Buy or find out more →
Nos Voisins Du Dessous
$29.50 – Paperback book /
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At Home: A Short History Of Private Life
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
The brand new Bryson for 2010. Will do for social history what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.
It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy L... Buy or find out more →
Short History Of Nearly Everything Audio
$44.95 – Compact disc / Corgi Books
This brand-new edition of the colossal bestseller is lavishly
illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson's
exciting, informative journey into the world of science.
In this acclaimed bestseller, beloved ... Buy or find out more →
At Home: A Short History Of Private Life (Audio CD)
$49.95 – Compact disc / Random House Audio
The brand new Bryson for 2010. Will do for social history what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.
It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy L... Buy or find out more →
At Home: A Short History Of Private Life
$55.00$16.99 – Hardcover book / Doubleday
The brand new Bryson for 2010. Will do for social history what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.
It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy L... Buy or find out more →
Mother Tongue The Story Of The English Language
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English, and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to ...' Buy or find out more →
Seeing Further: 350 Years Of The Royal Society And Scientific Endeavour
$49.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
Since its inception in 1660, the Royal Society has pioneered scientific discovery and exploration. The oldest scientific academy in existence, its backbone is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists in history incl... Buy or find out more →
Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid Audio
$35.00 – Compact disc / Random House
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the
English language, 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... Buy or find out more →
Brysons Dictionary For Writers And Editors
$27.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a
wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the
English language most commonly encountered by editors and
writers.
What is the difference betwee... Buy or find out more →
Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition
$40.00$14.95 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
Bill Bryson's many books include, most recently The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid as well as A Short History of Nearly Everything, Down Under, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America and Note... Buy or find out more →
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
$0.00 – Hardcover book / Doubleday
There are many theories on how the Thunderbolt Kid came to attain his fantastic powers, and turned the world into a dangerous place for morons. Some say that the first hints that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came ... Buy or find out more →
A Really Short History Of Nearly Everything
$39.95 – Hardcover book / Doubleday
Bill's own fascination with science began with a battered old schoolbook he had when he was about ten or eleven years old in America. It had an illustration that captivated him - a cutaway diagram showing Earth's interio... Buy or find out more →
Lost Continent
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a m... Buy or find out more →
Bryson's Dictionary For Writers And Editors
$45.00$19.95 – Hardcover book / Doubleday
From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers.
What is the difference between... Buy or find out more →
Mother Tongue
$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe. Bryson explores English from America to Australia and looks a... Buy or find out more →
Shakespeare
$22.99 – Paperback book / Harper Perennial
Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the Ba... Buy or find out more →
Notes From A Small Island
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while, to let his kids experience life in another country, to give his wife the chance to shop until 10 p.m. seven night... Buy or find out more →
Walk In The Woods
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine, through some of the most arresting and celebrated landscapes in America.
At ... Buy or find out more →
Notes From A Big Country
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth! After two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs. Br... Buy or find out more →
Neither Here Nor There
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books for years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his ... Buy or find out more →
Down Under
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
Forget Crocodile Dundee, Castlemaine XXXX and the 2000 Sydney Olympics - Bill Bryson is the man to put Australia on the map. Bill Bryson has traversed the length and breadth of Australia to bring us his first major new b... Buy or find out more →
A Short History Of Nearly Everything
$29.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERTHING is his quest t... Buy or find out more →
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jer... Buy or find out more →
A Short History Of Nearly Everything: Illustrated Edition
$85.00$65.95 – Hardcover book / Delta Dell
In the bestselling, prize-winning A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the world of science both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the gl... Buy or find out more →
Made In America
$24.95 – Paperback book / Black Swan
Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular cult... Buy or find out more →