On his travels through time and space, he encounters a splendid collection of astonishingly eccentric, competitive, obsessive and foolish scientists, like the painfully shy Henry Cavendish who worked out many conundrums like how much the...

What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure?With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear,...

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and simultaneously published in hardcover in Great Britain by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a...

"A Really Short History of Nearly Everything" von Bill Bryson ist eine kindgerechte Adaption seines populären Sachbuchs "A Short History of Nearly Everything". In diesem Buch führt Bryson junge Leser auf eine faszinierende Reise durch...

"Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem" von Bill Bryson ist ein populärwissenschaftliches Buch, das komplexe wissenschaftliche Themen auf verständliche und unterhaltsame Weise erklärt. Bryson nimmt die Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die...

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,...

AT HOME has been called 'extraordinarily entertaining' (The Times), 'a work of constant delight and discovery' (Sunday Telegraph) and 'a wonderful celebration of what makes a house a home' (News of the World). Doing for social history...

With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for...

Englisch lernen mit Bill Bryson: Nach zwanzig Jahren in England kehrt Bill Bryson mit seiner Familie in seine Heimat Amerika zurück und muss feststellen, dass sich während seiner Abwesenheit einiges verändert hat. In seinen Kolumnen...

"Mother Tongue: The English Language" von Bill Bryson ist ein unterhaltsames und informatives Buch, das die Geschichte und Entwicklung der englischen Sprache untersucht. Bryson beleuchtet die Ursprünge des Englischen, seine...

Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer...

With contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, David Attenborough and many others, a celebration of the scientific culture established across the history of the Royal Society. von Bryson, Bill