Скачать книгу (размер 1 314 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 259) Аннотация: In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: This is a hymn to what makes England, especially the English countryside, so special, in a collection of passionate, eclectic and thought-provoking pieces. It includes Bill Bryson on seaside piers, Michael Palin on crags, Eric Clapton on Newlands Corner, Bryan Ferry on Penshaw Monument, Sebastian Faulks on pub signs, Kate Adie on deer parks, Kevin Spacey on canal boats, Gavin Pretor-Pinney on…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Suitable for younger readers, this book covers the wonder and mysteries of time and space, the frequently bizarre and often obsessive scientists and the methods they used, and the extraordinary accidental discoveries which suddenly advanced whole areas of science when the people were actually looking for something else (or in the wrong direction).
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: This work combines two of Bill Bryson's best-loved books and demonstrates his take on life — from either side of the pond. The books, «Notes from a Small Island» and «Notes From a Big Country», went on to become major bestsellers. «The Complete Notes» combines these two popular books into one volume. Written in the form of bite-sized essays, both books are gently humorous as they highlight the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: What is the difference between cant and jargon, or assume and presume? What is a fandango? How do you spell supersede? Is it hippy or hippie? These questions really matter to Bill Bryson, as they do to anyone who cares about the English language. Originally published as «The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors», «Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors» has now been completely revised…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: 'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This exquisitely illustrated edition of Bill Bryson's best-selling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling guide through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. Bill Bryson's Shakespeare pairs our most celebrated writer in history with one of the most cherished writers in the English language today. In this elegant new illustrated…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: From one of America's most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers. What is the difference between “immanent” and “imminent”? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between “acute” and “chronic”? What is the former name of “Moldova”? What is the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens — as he later put it, it was clear my people needed me). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath — The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of mankind, is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves, stunning landscapes, and a vibrant cultural tradition. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Des Moines, Iowa born writer Bryson's first success was the travel book «The Lost Continent». After living in England for several years, he wanted to go back to the USA to find the perfect little US town of his past, he lovingly called Amalgam. More travel books followed, in the form of «Neither Here Nor There» (where he travels through Europe), «Notes From A Small Island» (where he travels…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: An entertaining, anecdotal look at the origins of language and ideas in the USA. Bryson explains why two bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight, why the assassination of President Garfield led to the invention of air conditioning, and many other improbable but true facts.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In «Neither Here nor There» Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student 20 years before. Whether braving the homicidal motorists of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 778 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 350) Аннотация: From the author of «Notes from a Small Island» and «The Lost Continent» comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world, and it snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in America.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 314 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 259) Аннотация: After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such bestsellers as «The Mother Tongue» and «Made in America», decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland — and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one…