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- A Short History of Nearly Everything (also Author) (Author) 14,116 copies, 241 reviews
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 10,132 copies, 258 reviews
- Notes from a Small Island (also Author) (Author) 6,499 copies, 127 reviews
- In a Sunburned Country (Narrator, some editions) 6,054 copies, 142 reviews
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years… (also Author) (Author) 4,983 copies, 75 reviews
- The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 4,849 copies, 95 reviews
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir (also Author; Narrator, some editions) (Author; Narrator, some editions) 4,360 copies, 161 reviews
- The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America 4,220 copies, 67 reviews
- Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (also Author) (Author) 4,083 copies, 55 reviews
- At Home (Narrator, some editions) 2,859 copies, 135 reviews
- Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United… 2,783 copies, 32 reviews
- Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Author) 2,515 copies, 109 reviews
- Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words 1,293 copies, 16 reviews
- Bill Bryson's African Diary 793 copies, 26 reviews
- Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the… 415 copies, 4 reviews
- Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (also Editor) (Editor) 299 copies, 6 reviews
- The Best American Travel Writing 2000 (also Editor) (Editor) 247 copies, 3 reviews
- A Really Short History of Nearly Everything 225 copies, 6 reviews
- Notes from a Small Island / Notes from a Big Country 116 copies, 2 reviews
- The Lost Continent / Neither Here nor There 112 copies, 1 review
- Icons of England 102 copies, 4 reviews
- A Walk in the Woods / In a Sunburned Country 97 copies, 3 reviews
- A Walk in the Woods (abridged audio) 91 copies, 3 reviews
- A Short History of Nearly Everything (Abridged Audioboook) 86 copies, 2 reviews
- The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity 46 copies
- Bizarre World 43 copies
- Journeys in English 28 copies, 2 reviews
- The Palace Under the Alps, and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and… 25 copies
- Notes from a Small Island / Neither Here Nor There / I'm a Stranger Here… 24 copies
- Blook of Bunders 5 copies
- アメリカ語ものがたり〈2〉 1 copy
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Bill Bryson has 2 media appearances.
A conversation with travel writer Bill Bryson Bill BrysonA conversation with travel writer Bill Bryson about his hiking trip on the Appalachian Trail and the book (timspalding)
Bill Bryson has 6 past events. (show)  Shakespeare Festival Reads: Shakespeare by Bill Bryson Join us for a reading group discussion of Shakespeare By Bill Bryson! Venue: Left Bank Books - Central West End In this elegant, updated, illustrated edition, Bryson explores the centuries of mysteries, half-truths and downright lies about Shakespeare as he makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces through a series of full-color paintings, drawings, portraits, documents, and photographs.
Location: Street: Left Bank Books - Central West End Additional: 399 N. Euclid Ave. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63108 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 Auntie’s Morning Book Group You’re invited to a discussion of At Home By Bill Bryson. Location: Street: Auntie's Bookstore/Mezzanine Additional: 402 W. Main Ave. City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99201-0214 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)
 Daytime Fiction Book Club Sunday, February 26, 2:00 p.m. At Home By Bill BrysonWith 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 granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, the pipes, the pillows, and every item of furniture. Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and his sheer prose fluency makes At Home one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life.
Location: Street: 1010 El Camino Real City: Menlo Park, Province: California Postal Code: 94025-4349 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
Bill Bryson Bill Bryson discusses At Home. "The bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything, discusses his new book At Home: A Short History of Private Life. With wit and beautiful prose Bryson reveals how whatever happens in the world ends up in our homes." (lilithcat)
At Home Bill Bryson; Lynne Truss, Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life. Why do we devote more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than to looking at history through a domestic telescope, where most human life has always been conducted? Bill Bryson, the renowned travel writer and author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, embarked on a journey around his own house, making some detours along the way to take in architecture, epidemics, crinolines as well as toilets. He discusses what he discovered about the history of private life with Lynne Truss, whose recent book, Get Her Off the Pitch, charts her misadventures through the world of sport. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)
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