At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bryson, Bill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0385661630
- ISBN 13
- 9780385661638
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada, 2010. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Canadian First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of drawings and paintings.
Synopsis
BILL BRYSON ’s books include A Walk in the Woods , I’m a Stranger Here Myself , In a Sunburned Country , Bryson’s Book of Troublesome Words , A Short History of Nearly Everything (which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize), The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid , and Bryson’s Dictionary for Writers and Editors . Bryson lives in England with his wife and children.
Reviews
On Nov 20 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
“…centuries and centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused – ant it occurred to me….that that’s really what history is: masses of people doing ordinary things”
At Home: a short history of private life is the fifteenth book by American author, Bill Bryson. With his uniquely individual style, Bryson takes the reader around his house, an 1851 Norfolk rectory, and he explores the history of activities that are (sometimes very loosely) associated with each room’s designation. Thus he touches on a vast array of topics and presents all sorts of noteworthy, sometimes surprising and occasionally hilarious facts.
At over six hundred pages of content, this is quite a brick, but is, as with many Bryson books, easy to read and thoroughly fascinating. Bryson has a talent for making the most ordinary, everyday subject interesting, and in this book he also explains the origin of many terms in common usage that we seldom think about, along with their meanings. Another excellent Bryson offering.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022539
- Title
- At Home: A Short History of Private Life
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- ISBN 10
- 0385661630
- ISBN 13
- 9780385661638
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Homes - Psychological Aspects
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