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Bill Bryson, Emma Young
A funny and fascinating, fully illustrated new edition for children, of the bestselling book about everything inside our body, from legendary author Bill Bryson.
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Bill Bryson
The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time and space to introduce us to the world, the universe and everything in this groundbreaking book, the best selling popular science book of…
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lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land. Bryson’s acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny…
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The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really…
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In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath…
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Suitable for younger readers, this book covers the wonder and mysteries of time and space, the frequently bizarre and often obsessive scientists and the methods they used, and the extraordinary…
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Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years.
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A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything.
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, the author insisted on taking one last…
Marking the twentieth anniversary of Notes from a Small Island, the author makes a brand-new journey round Britain to see what has changed. He gives us an acute and perceptive…
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It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite…
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The Body Illustrated will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.
Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.
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A guide to the problems of English usage and spelling. It lets you discover whether you should care about split infinitives, or were wondering if that newsreader was right to…
A humourous but still reverent account of the English language which dwells on its eccentricities and idiosyncracies.
From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.
In summer 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who…
Ben Aitken
A new edition of an irreverent homage to the ‘95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.
Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world.
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After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the USA. Before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, he took one last trip…
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A biography of writer Bill Bryson that describes his era, major works, and life –Provided by publisher.
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Invited by CARE International, the author of In a Sunburned Country now visits Kenya and observes the many contrasts of Kenyan life, from the country’s dramatic geography and famous game…
One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides all readers toward precise, mistake-free usage.
Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Bryson’s Dictionary for Writers and Editors has now been completely revised and updated for the twenty-first century by Bill Bryson…
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…
Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body–how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the…
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…
This new edition of the acclaimed bestseller about the search for answers in the universe is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bryson’s exciting, informative journey into…
The author retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country; a narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and…
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language comes a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United…
Korean edition of New York Times Instant Bestseller, The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson, former chancellor of Durham University. Famed for his travel memoirs, Bryson now takes…
This exquisitely illustrated edition of Bill Bryson’s best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling journey through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship.
One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country; a fascinating and gripping narrative…
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson’s quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got…
Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful…
In this new installment in the critically acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Bryson explores the life and work of Shakespeare in a typically Brysonian fashion. That is to say, he has…
With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey along…
Tackling everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson’s inimitable storytelling skill makes the why, how, and, just as importantly, the who of scientific discovery entertaining and…
Bill Bryson’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, ‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.’ In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in time…
Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods…
Bill Bryson, author of the national bestseller The Mother Tongue, takes an informed and affectionate look at the history of the U.S. from the perspective of language and popular culture..
The author of the acclaimed The Lost Continent now steers us through the quirks and byways of the English language. We learn why island, freight, and colonel are spelled in…
Simplified Chinese edition of Notes from a Small Island
Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides readers through the human body–how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways…
