At Home : A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson turns is eyes inwards to look at the everyday things that add up to make the real history of the world. As he ventures around his house he discovers a multitude of things some fascinating, some disconcerting and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/05/2011

At Home - A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010. Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 29 May 2010. July 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. Bill Bryson turns is eyes inwards to look at the everyday things that add up to...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/05/2010

Icons of England
Bill Bryson
With proceeds going to the Campaign to Protect Rural England this is a delightful collection of pieces celebrating the English countryside with contributors varying from Kate Adie to Eric Clapton. A great book to dip in to and remind yourself...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2010

Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
Bill Bryson
Across the road from where I live a house has a new plaque, recording that Thomas Bayes, preacher and mathematician lived there. He is, I learn from Bill Bryson’s introduction, his favourite Royal Society fellow. Bayes died in 1761 and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/01/2010

A Really Short History Of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Full of extraordinary discoveries and wonder at the world we live in, this is a thrilling scientific journey through history. It raises and answers many of the questions young readers ask about how the greatest scientific discoveries were made and who made them....
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2008

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson
I do like the way this man writes, be he presenting the idiosyncrasies of the English, the trials and tribulations of an extraordinary walk or his brilliant exploration of science, he knows how to draw you in. Now he is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2007

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson
I do like the way this man writes, be he presenting the idiosyncrasies of the English, the trials and tribulations of an extraordinary walk or his brilliant exploration of science, he knows how to draw you in. Now he is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2006

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
From the Big Bang to today, science through history stories, which is so easy to read it becomes both fun and compulsive. With the addition of some glorious illustrations, it becomes even more entertaining and a stunning gift.
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2005

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
From the Big Bang to today, science through history stories, which is so easy to read it becomes both fun and compulsive. A "Piece of Passion" from the publisher... ‘Apart from his bestselling humorous travel books, Bill Bryson had already notched up...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2004

Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson
A 2012 World Book Night selection. After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a few years, to let his kids experience life in another country, to give his wife the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/1996