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420.9. LC Class. PE1072 .B76 1990. The Mother Tongue is a 1990 book by Bill Bryson which compiles the history and origins of the English language and its various quirks. [1] It is subtitled English And How It Got That Way. The book discusses the Indo-European origins of English, the growing status of English as a global language, the complex ...
Notes from a Small Island is a humorous travel book on Great Britain by American author Bill Bryson, first published in 1995. Overview [ edit ] Bryson wrote Notes from a Small Island when he decided to move back to his native United States, but wanted to take one final trip around Great Britain, which had been his home for over twenty years.
910.4092 B 22. LC Class. G154.5.B79 A3 2006. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a 2006 memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared ...
Jan 14, 2016 · Jenny Erpenbeck’s “ Kairos ,” a novel about a torrid love affair in the final years of East Germany, won the International Booker Prize, the renowned award for fiction translated into ...
978-0857522405. The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a non-fiction book by British-American author Bill Bryson, first published in 2019. It is Bryson's second book of popular science, with the first being A Short History of Nearly Everything published in 2003. After a brief introduction, the book divides itself into several chapters, each of ...
A Wikimédia Commons tartalmaz Bill Bryson témájú médiaállományokat. William McGuire Bryson vagy Bill Bryson ( Des Moines, Iowa, 1951. december 8. –) amerikai író, tudományos ismeretterjesztő, humorista. Az amerikai születésű Bryson élete jelentős részét Angliában töltötte. 1995-ben vált ismertté, amikor megjelent ...
Bill Bryson. Bill Bryson vuonna 2013. William "Bill" McGuire Bryson (s. 8. joulukuuta 1951 Des Moines, Iowa) on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija. Hän on kirjoittanut kirjoja englannin kielestä, tieteellisistä aiheista sekä matkailusta. Brysonin tunnetuin kirja lienee palkittu Lyhyt historia lähes kaikesta, yleistajuinen tiedekirja vuodelta 2003.
