A new edition of Bill Byson's worldwide bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything abridged and adapted for children. With full colour illustrations and photographs.
Bill Bryson's bestselling travel books include The Lost
Continent and Notes from a Small Island, which in a
national poll was voted the book that best represents Britain.
Another travel book, A Walk in the Woods, has become a major
film starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson. His new
number one Sunday Times bestseller is The Road to Little
Dribbling- More Notes from a Small Island.
His acclaimed book on the history of science, A Short History of
Nearly Everything, won the Royal Society's Aventis Prize as
well as the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary
award. He has written books on language, on Shakespeare, on
history, and on his own childhood in the hilarious memoir The
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His last critically
lauded bestsellers were At Home- a Short History of Private
Life, and One Summer- America 1927
Bill Bryson was born in the American Midwest, and now lives in the
UK. A former Chancellor of Durham University, he was President of
the Campaign to Protect Rural England for five years, and is an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society.
Bill Bryson was born in 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up
there, but spent most of his adult life in Britain. He worked for
the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Financial Weekly and
The Times, and was one of the founding journalists on the
Independent. His books include Mother Tongue and
Troublesome Words (revised edition, 2001), both published by
Penguin, and the travel books The Lost Continent, Neither
Here Nor There, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the
Woods, Notes from a Big Country and Down Under. He now
lives in the United States with his wife and four children.
Written with his inimitable style and humour let loose upon who we
are, how we got here and the systems that support us which is all
beautifully illustrated * Publishing News *
This history of life, the universe and everything in between is
entertaining and Bryson is an excellent guide. Great for the kids
and good for parents, too. * Sunday Express *
The incomparable Bill Bryson travels through time to bring
bite-sized nuggets of information to the younger readers * Angels
and Urchins *
A great gift and one that will bear dipping into many a time as
children discover more about their world and the universe * Eastern
Press *
Lively and enticing * Spectator *
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