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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