Bill Bryson Libri

In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.

L'Appalachian Trail: un sentiero di 3.400 chilometri che si snoda attraverso 14 Stati americani, dalla Georgia al Maine. Il sogno di tutti gli amanti della natura e dell'avventura. Ed è proprio in cerca di avventura che, all'età di 44 anni, Bill Bryson, in compagnia dell'amico Stephen Katz, si cimenta nell'impresa di percorrere a piedi il leggendario sentiero, senza la minima cognizione delle elementari norme di sopravvivenza nella natura selvaggia. L'avventura dei due cittadini si svolge all'insegna di una divertita incoscienza tra bufere di neve, nugoli di insetti, incontri con gli animali selvatici e con una sorprendente varietà di individui.

Armato di taccuino e di una dose inesauribile di entusiasmo, ironia e curiosità, Bryson ha attraversato in treno l'interno desertico dell'Australia, da Sidney a Perth, lungo la leggendaria Indian Pacific, con i suoi 468 chilometri di estensione. Ha guidato nelle città e lungo le strade costiere, ha camminato nei parchi e navigato su fiumi e tratti di mare, ha incontrato nostalgici hippy e vecchie signore strampalate.

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 motorist of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant, window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.

La storia di un viaggio nell'altra America, quella delle piccole città in cui la vita è rimasta ferma agli anni Cinquanta, il racconto dolce e amaro di un americano che, dopo aver vissuto dieci anni in Inghilterra, ha voluto realizzare un viaggio di scoperta, tornando nei luoghi magici della sua fanciullezza. Bryson è tornato a casa, con la vecchia Chevrolet della madre ha coperto un percorso di 22.500 chilometri, attraverso 38 stati, viaggiando quasi sempre su strade secondarie, da una cittadina all'altra. Ha così visto quasi tutto ciò che aveva previsto e moltissimo di ciò che non aveva programmato.

The book has achieved bestseller status in both hardback and paperback formats, highlighting its widespread popularity and appeal among readers. Its compelling narrative and engaging characters have resonated with a diverse audience, contributing to its commercial success. This recognition underscores the book's impact and relevance in contemporary literature.

'A sure fire winner . . . sparkles with interest and excitement throughout' Guardian Best Children's Books of 2023 'Offers children a series of fascinating scientific facts' 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. Want to know why the skin is the biggest organ? Why our brains can see into the future? Or why your eyes are back to front? Packed full of facts, big numbers (such as the amount of microbes that make you) and small numbers (the size of those very tiny microbes) all in full-colour. This non-fiction book, packed with wonder from the globally bestselling Bill Bryson is a head-to-toe tour of the most amazing thing about you - YOUR BODY!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body—with a new afterword for this edition. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body—how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Brysonesque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, “We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted.” The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner’s manual for every body.

In One Summer, Bryson travels back in time to summer 1927 in America, the year America stepped out onto the word stage: and tells a gripping narrative featuring a handful of larger-than-life characters, including Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone, Herbert Hoover, Babe Ruth, Ernest Hemingway and Henry Ford.

Why should I avoid discussing the 'weather conditions'? Can a woman be 'celibate'? When can I use 'due to', or should I play safe and always use 'because of'? What's wrong with the way I'm using 'crescendo'? This book provides a simple guide to the more perplexing and contentious issues of standard written English. The entries are discussed with wit and common sense, and are illustrated with examples of questionable usage taken from leading British and American newspapers. No familiarity with English grammar is needed to learn from this book, although a glossary of grammatical terms is included and there us also an appendix on punctuation. Journalists, copy-writers and secretaries will find this an invaluable handbook, and it will also be a highly enjoyable book for the word-buff.