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Bill Bryson
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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The brand-new children's book from Bill Bryson - all about the amazing English language.
A funny and fascinating, fully illustrated new edition for children, of the bestselling book about everything inside our body, from legendary author Bill Bryson.
We spend our whole lives in…
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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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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 celebration of the English countryside that focuses on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. It also presents an…
A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything.
From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.
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…
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…
A humourous but still reverent account of the English language which dwells on its eccentricities and idiosyncracies.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Body Illustrated will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.
Ben Aitken
A new edition of an irreverent homage to the ‘95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.
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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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One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides all readers toward precise, mistake-free usage.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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.
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…
From one of America’s most beloved and bestselling authors comes a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language.
A laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike–by the beloved comic author of Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island.
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…
The brand new Bryson for 2010. Will do for social history what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science.
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…
Reissued with a new introduction 2016 –Title page verso.
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…
A collection of the best travel writing by American authors written in 2015
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…
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.
Presenting a tour of English from its mongrel origins to its status as the world’s most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain…
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…
