Bill Bryson

Breve storia di (quasi) tutto è un libro di divulgazione scientifica dello scrittore Bill Bryson che parla di diverse aree della scienza in un linguaggio semplice. È stato il libro di divulgazione scientifica più venduto in Inghilterra nel 2005, con oltre 300.000 copie. Breve storia di (quasi) tutto si discosta dal …

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words is a book by Bill Bryson, published under several titles since 1984, that catalogues some of the English language's most commonly misused words and phrases in order to demonstrate preferable usage. It helps writers and editors to think about how to make written communication …

Bill Bryson's African Diary is a 2002 book by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book details a trip Bryson took to Kenya in 2002. Bryson describes his experiences there and observations about Kenyan culture, geography, and politics, as well as his visits to poverty-fighting projects run by CARE …

Il mondo è un teatro. La vita e l'epoca di William Shakespeare è un saggio del giornalista e scrittore statunitense Bill Bryson, edito in originale nel 2007 e pubblicato in Italia da Ugo Guanda Editore nel 2008.

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country …

Looking at the language of America and explaining the history behind it, this book covers: the origins of phrases such as "The Real McCoy" and the G-string, why two humble bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight when the world's greatest engineers couldn't get a model aircraft off the ground, …