Bill Bryson’s biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan London by storm over 400 years ago, Shakespeare has remained centre stage....

История молодого человека, начавшего свою жизнь из детского дома и закончившего своей личной семьей, которая началась с общения в колледже. ...

История простого солдата, который после своего дембеля постепенно становился авторитетом города Ростова-На-Дону.Придя к окончанию, он начал новую жизнь. ...

История про двух сестер, судьба которых обрезала всю их личную жизнь, включая отношения между ними. Судьбу одной из них продолжит ребенок. ...

In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live....

Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can\"t contain his curiosity about the world around him....

From one of our most beloved and bestselling authors, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold....

\"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. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.\" Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself....

Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation’s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC poll the book that best represents Britain....

Let our favourite writer of narrative non-fiction take you back to a summer when America came of age and changed the world for ever....

Perfect for ages 8 to 80! Adapted from A Short History of Nearly Everything, this stunningly illustrated book from Bill Bryson takes us from the Big Bang to the dawn of science, and everything in between! Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe?...

The extraordinary Bill Bryson takes us from the Big Bang to the dawn of science in this book about basically everything. Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe?...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER \"A directory of wonders.\" - The Guardian \"Jaw-dropping.\" - The Times \"Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.\" - The Sunday Times \"It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book....

One of the world\"s most beloved writers and bestselling author of One Summer takes his ultimate journey into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian......

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells......