Books
Book review: ‘At Home: A Short History of Private Life’ by Bill Bryson
Nov. 21, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
The ‘A Walk in the Woods’ author’s latest is a house tour that goes room by room to explore topics around the world and through time.
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June 1, 2011
MADE IN AMERICA: An Informal History of the English Language in the United Sates by Bill Bryson.
Aug. 20, 1995
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson (William Morrow: $20; 288 pp.).
Feb. 16, 1992
In honor of the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary, Bill Bryson surveys a collection of science writers for their current thoughts on what we know today and what we’re still looking for.
Dec. 5, 2010
BRYSON’S DICTIONARY OF TROUBLESOME WORDS: A Writer’s Guide to Getting It Right, By Bill Bryson, Broadway Books: 242 pp., $19.95
Aug. 18, 2002
World & Nation
The curving dales of North Yorkshire might seem an offbeat base for an American expert on the English language, but this is where Bill Bryson keeps his thesauruses, dictionaries and lexicons.
April 18, 1995
Travel & Experiences
Although Bill Bryson was born in Iowa, he’s lived much of his adult life in England, which enables him to write about the American heartland with both the contemptuous familiarity of a native and the bemused curiosity of an outsider.
Sept. 2, 1990
Bill Bryson’s last book, “The Facts On File Dictionary of Troublesome Words,” was and is an invaluable contribution to the work of those who work with the language.
Sept. 30, 1990