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A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
1,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
215 kr
In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them. NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' GuardianBill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published, it explains among much else:
why Pluto is no longer a planethow the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 yearshow scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humanswhy we still don't know what most of the universe is made ofhow the little Higgs boson transformed physics
This journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 reveals the world in a whole new way.Praise for A Short History of Nearly Everything:'I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written.' Sunday Telegraph'Bill Bryson has an unmatched gift for explaining the most difficult subjects in the clearest possible way.' Mail on Sunday'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Times'Hugely readable and never obfuscating.' Sunday Times'A genuinely useful and readable book... A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the world around them in the same way again' Daily Express'The very book I have been looking for most of my life... Bryson wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes.' Daily Mail'Destined to become a modern classic of science writing' The New York Times
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Short History of Nearly Everything
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
142 kr
The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The TimesBill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. As a result, A Short History of Nearly Everything reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
Body
A Guide for Occupants
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
135 kr
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#1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE _______'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' - The Daily Telegraph_______'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' Bill Bryson
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
217 kr
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En kortfattad historik över nästan allting
AvBill Bryson
E-bok
Svenska, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
79 kr
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En bok om hur allting blev till universum, jorden, levande organismer och människor. Författaren Bill Bryson har talat med de kunnigaste inom de olika naturvetenskaperna och berättar på ett underhållande och begripligt sätt vad han fått veta om gamla och nya upptäckter. Han förklarar hur gravitationen, relativitetsteorin, kvantfysiken och kvarkarna påverkar oss, han låter oss se rymden inne i en atom, får oss att ana bakteriernas betydelse och förstå något av hur forskarna kommit fram till allt detta. Naturvetenskapen har en spännande historia. Porträtten av Einstein, Newton, Darwin och andra som gjort avgörande upptäckter gör boken till mycket mer än en resumé över fakta. De ofta mycket heta striderna när nya teorier har lanserats som ifrågasatt eller kullkastat de etablerade bjuder både på svek, mobbing och falska allianser. Därtill bjuds vi på närgångna och oväntade detaljer om männen och kvinnorna som förändrat vår syn på världen. Följ med på en universell resa genom tid och rum, från makro- till mikrokosmos, följ vetenskapsmäns och kvinnors strävan att förstå hur allt hänger ihop. Smakprov ur innehållet: * Förlorad i kosmos universum, solsystem * Jordens storlek ålder, vikt, dragningskraft, grundämnen, geologi, fossiler * En ny tidsålder gryr Einstein, atomer, kvarkar, kontinentaldrift * Farlig planet meteoriter, jordbävningar, vulkaner, klimat * Livet självt atmosfär, syre, vatten, organismer, evolution, Linné, Darwin, DNA* Vägen till oss människans utveckling * Farväl ekologi, människa kontra natur, utrotade arter Bill Bryson är född i USA. Han har arbetat som journalist och resereporter för The Times och The Independent. Numera bor han med sin familj i England och är författare på heltid. Flera av hans böcker omnämns idag som klassiker, bland annat reseberättelserna Anteckningar från en liten ö (Forum, 2000), A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country och Down Under samt de mer filosofiskt skrivna betraktelserna över engelska språket, Mother Tongue och Made in America.
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Walk In The Woods
The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
139 kr
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'Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.' New York TimesIn 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 in the world. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing tics, the occasional chuckling murderer and - perhaps most alarming of all - people whose favourite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external-frame backpack.Facing savage weather, merciless insects, unreliable maps and a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go to a motel and watch The X-Files, Bryson gamely struggled through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition - not to die outdoors.A Walk in the Woods is now a major feature film starring Robert Redford, Emma Thompson and Nick Offerman.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
AvBill Bryson
Pocket, Engelska, 2006
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
132 kr
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Down Under
Travels in a Sunburned Country
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
129 kr
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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 deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else.Ignoring such dangers – and yet curiously obsessed by them – Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t get much better than this…
Mother Tongue
The Story of the English Language
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
122 kr
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'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...'Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing 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 spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use. Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.
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Neither Here, Nor There
Travels in Europe
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
129 kr
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Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before.Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant or window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.
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Road to Little Dribbling
More Notes from a Small Island
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
149 kr
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WINNER: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR BIOGRAPHY 2016Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation’s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC poll the book that best represents Britain.Now, to mark the twentieth anniversary of that modern classic, Bryson makes a brand-new journey round Britain to see what has changed.Following (but not too closely) a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath, by way of places that many people never get to at all, Bryson sets out to rediscover the wondrously beautiful, magnificently eccentric, endearingly unique country that he thought he knew but doesn’t altogether recognize any more. Yet, despite Britain’s occasional failings and more or less eternal bewilderments, Bill Bryson is still pleased to call our rainy island home. And not just because of the cream teas, a noble history, and an extra day off at Christmas.Once again, with his matchless homing instinct for the funniest and quirkiest, his unerring eye for the idiotic, the endearing, the ridiculous and the scandalous, Bryson gives us an acute and perceptive insight into all that is best and worst about Britain today.
Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0
AvBill Bryson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
255 kr
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In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them. NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' GuardianBill Bryson can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 is the result of his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization – how we got from being nothing at all to what we are today. Now fully updated to reflect the many scientific discoveries in the last twenty years since this book was first published, it explains among much else:why Pluto is no longer a planethow the number of moons in the solar system has more than doubled in 20 yearshow scientists used advances in genetics to discover previously unknown species of early humanswhy we still don't know what most of the universe is made ofhow the little Higgs boson transformed physicsThis journey through time and space will inform a new generation of readers, young and old, as well as those who read this book on first publication with a new perspective based on what we know now.Written in his inimitable style, Bryson makes complex subjects fascinating and accessible to everyone with an interest in the world around them.A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 reveals the world in a whole new way.Praise for A Short History of Nearly Everything:‘I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written.’ Sunday Telegraph‘Bill Bryson has an unmatched gift for explaining the most difficult subjects in the clearest possible way.’ Mail on Sunday'A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide' The Times‘Hugely readable and never obfuscating.’ Sunday Times‘A genuinely useful and readable book... A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the world around them in the same way again’ Daily Express‘The very book I have been looking for most of my life... Bryson wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes.’ Daily Mail‘Destined to become a modern classic of science writing’ The New York Times
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Neither Here, Nor There
Travels in Europe
AvBill Bryson
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
105 kr
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Bill Bryson’s first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before.Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant or window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.
En kortfattad historik över nästan allting i ditt hem
AvBill Bryson
E-bok
Svenska, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
79 kr
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Bill Bryson och hans familj bor i en viktoriansk prästgård i en del av England där tiden nästan tycks ha stått stilla. Men en dag slås Bryson hur lite han egentligen vet om sin trygga, invanda miljö och dess historia. Det hela börjar med en förarglig vattenläcka, som föranleder en besvärlig klättring upp på vinden. Väl där upptäcker Bryson en dörr som leder rakt ut på taket, till en liten avsats med fantastisk utsikt över omgivningarna. Men varför finns det en dörr där, när det inte ens finns en trappa upp till vinden?Lika nyfiken som förbryllad börjar Bryson fundera över huset han bor i och alla de vardagsföremål han omger sig med. När det gäller historia intresserar vi oss för krig och kungar. Lite tid ägnas åt det historien egentligen består av – alla vanliga människor och hur de genom århundraden har levt sina vanliga liv i hemmet: ätit, sovit, ägnat sig åt förströelse av olika slag. Överallt i våra hem finns föremål vars historia vi aldrig ens funderar över. På matbordet står salt och peppar. Varför just dessa kryddor? Varför inte salt och … kanel? Och varför har gaffeln fyra klor istället för tre eller fem? På författarens kavajärm sitter en prydlig rad med knappar som han inte har någon som helst användning för. Vilken är deras historia?Vetgirigt påbörjar Bryson ett ovanligt projekt – en forskningsresa genom det egna huset. Resultatet är denna bok där han rum för rum avtäcker vårt privatlivs historia, från 1800-talets mitt och framåt. Badrummet får spegla hygienens historia, köket kokkonstens, sovrummet berättar om sömn, sex och död genom tiderna och så vidare.
Med vass penna, torr humor och stor kunskap avhandlar han vitt skilda ämnen, från arkitektur till teknologi, och visar hur våra hem och vårt privatliv har formats och återspeglar historien.
Shakespeare
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
138 kr
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From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare’s work. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare’s language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard’s legacy to our literature, culture and history.Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived – not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson.
A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0
AvBill Bryson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2003
408 kr
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Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
Travels Through my Childhood
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2015, 0-3 år
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
125 kr
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From one of our most beloved and bestselling authors, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around the house wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel round his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing evildoers (in his head) as The Thunderbolt Kid.Using his childhood fantasy life as a springboard, Bill Bryson recreates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality. In a period that saw the inexorable rise of television, the opening of Disneyland, the testing of the atomic bomb, and the explosion of choice in everything from food to cars, Bill Bryson's days followed in reassuringly cosy succession, enlivened by modest triumphs and disasters.Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, The Rise and Fall of the Thunderbolt Kid is a modern classic, full of Bill Bryson's inimitable, pitch-perfect observations............................................................................................................................................'Seriously funny' The Sunday Times'A funny, effortlessly readable, quietly enchanted memoir' Daily Mail'A wittily incisive book about innocence, and its limits, but in no sense an innocent book... Like Alan Bennett, another ironist posing as a sentimentalist, Bryson can play the teddy-bear and then deliver a sudden, grizzly-style swipe' Independent'Outlandishly and improbably entertaining... inevitably [I] would be reduced to body-racking, tear-inducing, de-couching laughter' New York Times'Characteristic mixture of bemused wit, acerbic astonishment and sweet benevolence... His evocation of an era is near perfect: tender, hilarious and true' The Times
Kroppen : en guide för dig som bor i den
AvBill Bryson
Inbunden, Svenska, 2019
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(4)
271 kr
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I den globala bästsäljaren En kort historik över nästan allting gav sig Bill Bryson på att förklara det mänskliga vetandet och dess gåtor. I Kroppen riktar han istället blicken inåt. Och finner inget mindre än universums mest avancerade, eleganta och mystiska uppfinning: du.
Bryson berättar med stor glädje förbluffande och underhållande fakta om människokroppen från topp till tå -- från våra största organ till de otaliga mikroorganismer för vilka vi är värddjur. Parallellt följer vi människans upptäcktsresa inom läkekonsten, och får träffa många av vetenskapshistoriens bortglömda hjältar (och några riktiga galningar, tyvärr).
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Bill Bryson (f. 1951) är flerfaldigt prisbelönad för sin underhållande facklitteratur. Hans populärvetenskapliga En kort historik över nästan allting blev årtiondets mest sålda facklitterära bok i Storbritannien. Kroppen : en guide för dig som bor i den är hans sjätte bok.
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Lost Continent
Travels in Small-Town America
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
129 kr
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‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to’And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn’t hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; 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, yet tinged with heartache – and the book that first staked Bill Bryson’s claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
179 kr
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At Home
A Short History of Private Life
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
145 kr
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In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson 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 consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. And that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live.This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. Along the way he did a prodigious amount of research on the history of anything and everything, from architecture to electricity, from food preservation to epidemics, from the spice trade to the Eiffel Tower, from crinolines to toilets; and on the brilliant, creative and often eccentric minds behind them. And he discovered that, although there may seem to be nothing as unremarkable as our domestic lives, there is a huge amount of history, interest and excitement - and even a little danger - lurking in the corners of every home.
Anteckningar från en liten ö
AvBill Bryson
Pocket, Svenska, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
89 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Innan Bill Bryson ska lämna sitt älskade hem i North Yorkshire för att flytta tillbaka till USA gör han en sista resa runt Storbritannien ett slags avskedsturné på den gröna och vänliga ö som så länge varit hans hem. Syftet med resan är att fånga landets själ och att luska ut exakt vad det är han älskar så mycket med det land som producerat Marmite, ortsnamn som Farleigh Wallop, Titsey och Shellow Bowells, och människor som säger »Åååh, ljuvligt« vid åsynen av en kopp te och en tallrik med kex.
Anteckningar från en liten ö är en modern klassiker och har sålt i över två miljoner exemplar.
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BILL BRYSON (f. 1951) är flerfaldigt prisbelönad för sin underhållande facklitteratur. Hans populärvetenskapliga En kort historik över nästan allting blev årtiondets mest sålda facklitterära bok i Storbritannien. Han senaste bok heter Kroppen : en guide för dig som bor i den.
Shakespeare
The World as a Stage
AvBill Bryson
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2007
198 kr
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This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author’s inimitable wit and intelligence.Includes an exclusive Q&A session with the author.Shakespeare’s life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the Bard – from his birth in Stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he died.Following his international bestsellers ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ and ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid’, Bill Bryson has written a short biography of William Shakespeare for the Eminent Lives series – which seeks to pair great subjects with writers known for their strong sensibilities and sharp, lively points of view.
Seeing Further
The Story of Science and the Royal Society
AvBill Bryson
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
114 kr
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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 book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.On a damp weeknight in November, 350 years ago, a dozen or so men gathered at Gresham College in London. A twenty-eight year old – and not widely famous – Christopher Wren was giving a lecture on astronomy. As his audience listened to him speak, they decided that it would be a good idea to create a Society to promote the accumulation of useful knowledge. With that, the Royal Society was born.Since its birth, the Royal Society has pioneered scientific exploration and discovery. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle, Joseph Banks, Humphry Davy, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Locke, Alexander Fleming – all were fellows. Bill Bryson’s favourite fellow was Reverend Thomas Bayes, a brilliant mathematician who devised Bayes’ theorem. Its complexity meant that it had little practical use in Bayes’ own lifetime, but today his theorem is used for weather forecasting, astrophysics and stock market analysis. A milestone in mathematical history, it only exists because the Royal Society decided to preserve it – just in case.The Royal Society continues to do today what it set out to do all those years ago. Its members have split the atom, discovered the double helix, the electron, the computer and the World Wide Web. Truly international in its outlook, it has created modern science. `Seeing Further’ celebrates its momentous history and achievements, bringing together the very best of science writing. Filled with illustrations of treasures from the Society’s archives, this is a unique, ground-breaking and beautiful volume, and a suitable reflection of the immense achievements of science.
Shakespeare
AvBill Bryson
E-bok
Engelska, 2012
77 kr
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International bestseller Bill Bryson brings us this brilliantly readable biography of the world’s greatest playwright, William Shakespeare.Join Bill as he takes you on a journey through Elizabethan England, tackling the myths, half-truths and downright lies to make sense of the man behind the masterpieces.Revel in this glorious celebration of the life of Shakespeare from the much-loved author of `A Short History of Nearly Everything’ and `Notes from a Small Island’.
Seeing Further
The Story of Science and the Royal Society
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
162 kr
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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, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present. Since its inception in 1660, the Royal Society has pioneered scientific discovery and exploration. The oldest scientific academy in existence, its backbone is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists in history including Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Today, its Fellows are the most influential men and women in science, many of whom have contributed to this ground-breaking volume alongside some of the world’s most celebrated novelists, essayists and historians.This book celebrates the Royal Society's vast achievements in its illustrious past as well as its huge contribution to the development of modern science. With unrestricted access to the Society's archives and photographs, Seeing Further shows that the history of scientific endeavour and discovery is a continuous thread running through the history of the world and of society – and is one that continues to shape the world we live in today.
Shakespeare
The World as a Stage
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
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Bill Bryson’s biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan London by storm over 400 years ago, Shakespeare has remained centre stage. His fame stems not only from his plays – performed everywhere from school halls to the world's most illustrious theatres – but also from his enigmatic persona. His face is familiar to all, yet in reality very little is known about the man behind the masterpieces.Shakespeare’s life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting, arranged around the few scant facts known about the Bard – from his birth in Stratford to the bequest of his second best bed to his wife when he died.Taking us on a journey through the streets of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, Bryson examines centuries of stories, half-truths and downright lies surrounding our greatest dramatist. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, he introduces a host of engaging characters, as he celebrates the magic of Shakespeare's language and delights in details of the bard's life, folios, poetry and plays.
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 1990
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
250 kr
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Shakespeare LP
AvBill Bryson
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
285 kr
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Shakespeare
AvBill Bryson
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2007
326 kr
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Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Brysonâ€™s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition evokes the superstitions, academic discoveries, and myths surrounding the life of one of the greatest poets, and makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces.

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