At Home
A Short History of Private Life. Winner of the Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres 2012
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
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AT HOME does for the history of the way we live what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying battles and wars than to what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. So he embarked on a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room to 'write a history of the world without leaving home'.Autoren-Porträt von Bill Bryson
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Bill Bryson
- 2012, 704 Seiten, Maße: 10,9 x 17,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Transworld
- ISBN-10: 0552777358
- ISBN-13: 9780552777353
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.01.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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PRAISE FOR "AT HOME: A Short History of Private Life" ..".a delightful stroll through the history of domestic life. Now living in a 19th-century church rectory in Norfolk, England, the author decided to learn about the ordinary things of life by exploring each room in his house.... In a sense, Bryson's book is a history of "getting comfortable slowly..".. Informative, readable and great fun."--"Kirkus Reviews"(starred) "[D]elightful.... Considering our homes means a dash through history, politics, science, sex, and dozens of other fields. If this book doesn't supply you with five years' worth of dinner conversation, you're not paying attention."--"PEOPLE magazine ""Fascinating.... Join this ambiable tour guide as he wanders through his house, a former rectory built in 1851 in a tranquil English village.... [It] takes a very particular kind of thoughtfulness, as well as a bold temperament, to stuff all this research into a mattress that's supportive enough to lo
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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 Judith Flanders Sunday Telegraph
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