A stunning new edition of the book about basically everything, from legendary author Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson (Author)
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but
has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a
number of newspapers, including The Times and the Independent. His
books on the English language include Mother Tongue and Troublesome
Words, both published by Penguin.
Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including The Lost
Continent, Neither Here Nor There, Notes from a Small Island, A
Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, Down Under, A Short
History of Nearly Everything, One Summer- America 1927 and his
memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His most recent
bestseller is The Road to Little Dribbling.
Bill Bryson (Author)
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He is the author
of eighteen books and holds the record of having the most
bestsellers of any author on the Sunday Times bestseller list in
the last fifty years. A Short History of Nearly Everything, first
published in 2003, spent 106 weeks in the chart, won both the
Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize and is the biggest-selling
popular science book of the twenty-first century.
Bill Bryson is a former Chancellor of Durham University and is an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.
This history of life, the universe and everything in between is
entertaining and Bryson is an excellent guide. Great for the kids
and good for parents, too
*Sunday Express*
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