Bryson, Bill

"Bill Bryson . . . guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and . . . the ways it can fail"--Provided by publisher.

Author Bill Bryson provides an account of his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend, telling of how they survived a blizzard, got lost, and had encounters with eccentric characters, and rude yuppies along the way.

"Bill Bryson . . . guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and . . . the ways it can fail"--Provided by publisher.

Bill Bryson investigates the slim facts known about the life of William Shakespeare, looks at some of the more unusual speculations about the great playwright and poet, and surveys the theories of people who have sought to debunk Shakespeare's authorship.

A collection of contributions from scientists and science-fiction writers, such as Richard Dawkins, James Gleick, Richard Holmes, and Neal Stephenson, that examines the history of the Royal Society and scientific knowledge and achievements.

Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

Bryson examines closely the events and personalities of the summer of 1927 when America's story was one of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy.

The author engages in a series of discussions about various historical aspects of ordinary life while wandering from room to room in his Victorian home in England, covering topics such as hygiene, sex, death, nutrition, the spice trade, and other domestic signs of things that occur out in the world.

"Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land... Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed-and what hasn't. Following (but not too closely) a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis in the south to Cape Wrath in the north, by way of places few travelers ever get to at all, Bryson rediscovers the wondrously beautiful, magnificently eccentric, endearingly singular country that he both celebrates and, when called for, twits."--Amazon.