![]() It’s a nice bit of compiled history told with Bryson’s usual wit and insight, although surprisingly his own voice is not as prevalent in this intimate book as it is in his other works. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. While focusing on the broad topic of the home and private life, the focus of the book tends to stick with British and American history, and while some examples go back to Classical times most of the book is set in the past three centuries with the Victorian Era being Bryson’s favorite. Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. ![]() ![]() Theyre there to present difficult, interesting, heavy concepts in a light, easy to read. To be honest I listened to some of the audio discs out of order and didn’t realize it at first, so linearity is not important to this work. His factual books are entertaining but not reference material. It’s something of a cluttered attic of a book (pun intended) with little bits of cultural history, material culture, architecture, and all sorts of odds and ends. The 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson field is set with the passing of the typical PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United…īill Bryson travels through his English home and uses it as a launching point for this history of the uses of the rooms and the types of things one finds in each spot.Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe. ![]() The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America.I’m A Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years….Publication Info: Books On Tape (2010), Audio CD ![]() Title: At Home: A Short History of Private Life ![]()
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