Bill Bryson Książki

„Ironiczny i jednocześnie zabawny - klasyczny Bryson. Książka lekko napisana i w stu procentach oparta na faktach”. SUNDAY TIMES Całe życie tkwimy w jednym ciele, a mimo to większość z nas właściwie nie ma zielonego pojęcia, jak ono działa i jakie procesy w nim zachodzą. W światowym bestsellerze Ciało Bill Bryson wyrusza w podróż mającą na celu dokładne zbadanie tajników funkcjonowania ludzkiego ciała, i wkrótce odkrywa, że jest ono nieskończenie bardziej złożone, cudowne i często jeszcze bardziej tajemnicze, niż kiedykolwiek się spodziewał. Przemierzając jego przestrzeń od mózgu do dolnych partii i od pierwszych do ostatnich chwil życia, ujawnia, że stanowimy przykład zadziwiającej historii sukcesu. A opowieść o tym, jak próbowaliśmy zapanować nad własna biologią i powstrzymać choroby, jest pełna wielu zapomnianych bohaterów, zdumiewających anegdot i niezwykłych faktów. Ta oszałamiająca ilustrowana edycja ożywia historię dzięki setkom historycznych i nowoczesnych ilustracji i fotografii. Nieskończenie fascynująca, pochłaniająca bez reszty i wyczerpująca lektura, obowiązkowa instrukcja obsługi człowieka to Bryson w najlepszym wydaniu. „Katalog cudów. Niewiarygodne historie przedstawione w niepowtarzalnym stylu Brysona”. GUARDIAN „Coś niesamowitego. Każda strona tej książki przesiąknięta jest faktami naukowymi przedstawionymi w takim stopniu realności jak w dobrym thrillerze”. MAIL ON SUNDAY

Szlak Appalach�w to jeden z najdłuższych ciągłych szlak�w pieszych na świecie. Przebiega wzdłuż wschodniego wybrzeża Stan�w Zjednoczonych od Georgii po Maine, przez krajobrazy, kt�re należą do najpiękniejszych w Ameryce. Ponad trzy tysiące kilometr�w odludnej g�rskiej dziczy pełnej niedźwiedzi, łosi, rysi�w, grzechotnik�w, trujących roślin i psychopatycznych morderc�w. Wydawałoby się, że to niepokojąca perspektywa dla rozsądnych ludzi. Ale nie dla Billa Brysona! W towarzystwie przyjaciela Stephena Katza autor wyrusza na pieszą wyprawę przez gigantyczną leśną gęstwinę, pragnąc zrealizować swoje największe marzenie ? przenocować pod gołym niebem i nie dać się zjeść! Piknik z niedźwiedziami to książka, kt�ra poprawia humor, zaskakuje obserwacjami i ciekawie podanymi faktami o eksplorowanych zakątkach. Na jej podstawie powstał film. Premiera już niedługo, a w rolach gł�wnych wystąpią Robert Redford, Nick Nolte i Emma Thompson.

Przed powrotem do Stanów Zjednoczonych Bill Bryson udaje się w pożegnalną podróż po Wielkiej Brytanii. Przez długi czas wyspa ta była jego domem. Analizując i badając osobliwość słynnych angielskich zwyczajów i fenomen 'brytyjskości', opisując miejsca popularne, ale i takie, których nikt nie wybiera, Bryson daje nam jedyny w swoim rodzaju, pełen zjadliwego humoru i ciętej ironii przewodnik po małej wyspie. Co tak naprawdę może podobać się w kraju o wiecznie deszczowej pogodzie, który 'wydał z siebie' krykieta, bohatera wojennego, którego ostatnim życzeniem było, żeby pocałował go niejaki Hardy, nazwy miejscowe w rodzaju Titsey czy Pleasure Gardens, ludzi mówiących: 'Mogło być gorzej', festiwal śmieci i teleturniej dla ogrodników? Zobaczcie sami!

Bezlitosna w osądzie i przezabawna w formie relacja o ponownym odkryciu Ameryki i poszukiwaniach idealnego miasteczka. Prawie nikt nie wyjeżdża z Des Moines w stanie Iowa. Jednak Bill Bryson wyjechał i po dziesięciu latach spędzonych w Anglii postanowił wybrać się do domu, który okazuje się dla niego… obcym krajem. W leciwym chevrolecie chevette Bryson pokonał prawie 14 000 mil na terenie trzydziestu ośmiu stanów, aby sporządzić ten zabawny i przenikliwy raport na temat kondycji małomiasteczkowej Ameryki. Od głębokiego Południa po Dziki Zachód, od miejsca urodzenia Elvisa po Custer’s Last Stand, Bryson odwiedza miejscowości, którym nadaje własne nazwy, sugerujące nudę, ospałość i monotonię. Jego nadzieje na znalezienie amerykańskiego marzenia kończą się koszmarem chciwości, ignorancji i zanieczyszczenia środowiska. „Zaginiony kontynent to niezwykle zabawny portret współczesnej Ameryki, a jednocześnie przejmujące wspomnienie o utraconej młodości. Prawdziwe arcydzieło komizmu”. „Publishers Weekly”

Herbatka o piątej! to uroczy i zabawny, ale i uszczypliwy pean miłosny na cześć Wielkiej Brytanii. Ukazuje się niemal dwadzieścia lat po bestsellerowym klasyku literatury podr�żniczej ? ?Zapiskach z małej wyspy? ? w kt�rym Bill Bryson opisał sw�j pierwszy gorący romans z przybraną ojczyzną.Podążając trasami z Bognor Regis na południu do Cape Wrath na p�łnocy, zahaczając o całkiem nowe, nieopisywane wcześniej miejsca i spotykając ludzi, kt�rych zwykła codzienność jest źr�dłem nieustannego zagrożenia, ten niefrasobliwy Amerykanin odkrywa cudownie piękny, uroczo ekscentryczny i ujmująco specyficzny kraj. Czy to miasteczko perełka, uroczy pub, rozpieszczająca podniebienie lokalna przekąska, czy też korki na drogach, śmieci i nieuprzejmie ekspedientki ? każda anegdota powoduje coraz większą ochotę, by ruszyć śladami Brysona. Dzięki osobliwej zdolności autora do przyciągania rzeczy śmiesznych, dziwnych, zdumiewających i niedorzecznych jego przygody nabierają szczeg�lnych rumieńc�w, a książka jest przyczyną niekontrolowanych wybuch�w śmiechu.Trudno sobie wyobrazić lepszy przewodnik po Wielkiej Brytanii i r�wnie pociesznego kompana!

The book has achieved bestseller status in both hardback and paperback formats, highlighting its widespread popularity and appeal among readers. Its compelling narrative and engaging characters have resonated with a diverse audience, contributing to its commercial success. This recognition underscores the book's impact and relevance in contemporary literature.

'A sure fire winner . . . sparkles with interest and excitement throughout' Guardian Best Children's Books of 2023 'Offers children a series of fascinating scientific facts' Daily Telegraph We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. Want to know why the skin is the biggest organ? Why our brains can see into the future? Or why your eyes are back to front? Packed full of facts, big numbers (such as the amount of microbes that make you) and small numbers (the size of those very tiny microbes) all in full-colour. This non-fiction book, packed with wonder from the globally bestselling Bill Bryson is a head-to-toe tour of the most amazing thing about you - YOUR BODY!

Captain James Cook's three epic journeys between 1768 and 1779 were the last great voyages of discovery. Sailing some 170,000 miles, Cook's ships reached every continent and every ocean, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from Kamchatka to Java to Easter Island to the coast of Oregon. Before Cook set off, one third of the world's map remained, simply, blank. By the time he was done, there was little left to discover. Cook and his men were also among the first Europeans to encounter Pacific natives: hip-throbbing Tahitian dancers, New Zealand cannibals, Hawaiian surfers, Australian Aborigines sealed off from the rest of the world for thousands of years. With great wit and insight, Tony Horwitz vividly recounts these adventures, and revisits the lands and peoples Cook discovered to explore the captain's legacy in today's Pacific. In the course of his explorations, Horwitz also has exotic and often comic adventures of his own - on land and at sea - including a stint as a working sailor aboard a replica of Cook's tall ship, the ENDEAVOUR.UK edition of Blue Latitudes.

An easy guide to many scientific mysteries, fully indexed.

In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on earth. It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of an over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy. With the trademark brio, wit and authority that has made him Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction, he brings to life a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world for ever.

Bill Bryson drove 14,000 miles in search of the mythical small town of his youth. Instead he found a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger joints; a continent lost to itself through greed, pollution and television, and lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country. A funny and serious view of smalltown America.

Bill Bryson's beautifully illustrated book explores the evolution of the English language, from its earliest words to the first dictionaries. Suitable for all ages, it answers intriguing questions about language origins, including Viking influences and Shakespeare's contributions, making it an extraordinary journey through words and humor.

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. back to the States for a while. But before leaving his much-loved Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around old Blighty, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had for so long been his home. The resulting book, Notes from a Small Island, is a eulogy to the country that produced Marmite, George Formby, by-elections, milky tea, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowels, Gardeners' Question Time and people who say, 'Mustn't grumble'. Britain will never seem the same again.Once ensconced back home in New Hampshire, Bryson couldn't resist the invitation to write a weekly dispatch for the Mail on Sunday's Night & Day magazine. Notes from a Big Country is a collection of eighteen months' worth of his popular columns about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, or the mind-numbing frequency of commercial breaks on American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world's richest and craziest country.The Complete Notes combines two of Bill Bryson's best-loved travel books in one volume, It demonstrates his unique take on life - from either side of the pond.

Omnibus edition of A Walk in the Woods and Down Under, which is also published under the title In a Sunburned Country.Combined in one volume are Bryson's "Down Under/In a Sunburned Country", an account of his memorable walk across Australia, and "A Walk in the Woods", that tells of his lengthy stroll along the longest continuous footpath in the world - The Appalachian Trail, with his old friend Stephen Katz. The Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine, through some of the most arresting and celebrated landscapes in America - the Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts and the Great North Woods of Maine.

Offering guidance on the principles of good writing, The Economist Style Guide defines commonly misused words and expressions, and explains the correct use of punctuation, abbreviations, capital letters, and more - all illustrated with an abundance of amusing examples. As an aid to those engaged in international business, the Guide supplies a wealth of handy reference material on such areas as units of measurement, political and geographical terms, currencies, trade classifications, differences between American and British English, and much more.

It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In tact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring such dangers - and yet curiously obsessed by them - Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him ? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging : their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water ; the food is excellent ; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this...

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.

Sometime this century the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. If nothing is done, the twenty-first century will see global warming that could lead to conditions the planet has not seen in forty million years. With one out of every five living things on this planet committed to extinction by the levels of greenhouse gases that will accumulate in the next few decades, we are now reaching a global climatic tipping point. The Weather Makers is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Along with a riveting history of how climate change has shaped our planet's evolution, Flannery offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals, from investing in renewable power sources like wind, solar, and geothermal energy, to offering an action plan with steps each and every one of us can take right now to reduce deadly CO[subscript 2] emissions by as much as 70 percent. The Weather Makers is the most ambitious book yet written by a world-renowned scientist on the greatest crisis facing the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

An insider's handbook to one of the Mediterranean's largest and most fascinating islands, this guide features the best places to eat and stay, accounts of the evocative ruins and includes information on the wildlife.

A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body. 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 hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item. Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are a Bryson hallmark, I'm a Stranger Here Myself recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with the land of his birth. The result is a book filled with hysterical scenes of one man's attempt to reacquaint himself with his own country, but it is also an extended if at times bemused love letter to the homeland he has returned to after twenty years away.

Should you ever split an infinitive? What's the difference between aiding and abetting? The English language is a minefield of difficulty. In this new edition of his book, Bill Bryson discusses the problems and offers advice on usage.

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 the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people's hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman. Bill Bryson's first travel book opened with the immortal line, 'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.' In his deeply funny new memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, and the curious world of 1950s America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout.

How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary? In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the mother tongue and explores the countless varieties of English and the perils of marketing brands with names like Pschitt and Super Piss. With entertaining sections on the oddities of swearing and spelling, spoonerisms and Scrabble, and a consideration of what we mean by 'good English', "Mother Tongue" is one of the most stimulating books yet written on this endlessly engrossing subject. Show More Show Less

Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither here Nor there he 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 Hamemrfest, 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 twenty years before. Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant, window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.

From Perfectly Formed Potatoes To Adulterous Us Presidents, And From Domestic Upsets To Millennial Fever, Bill Bryson Just Cannot Resist Airing His Opinions And Standing Up For His (Mostly) Law-Abiding Fellow American Citizens. But Of Course After Twenty Years In England, He Is Now Back On The Other Side Of The Pond, And Is Obviously Having A Little Trouble Finding His True American Self Again.After Vigorous Exercise On The Appalachian Trail Comes This Edited Collection Of Bryson S Most Splenetic Comic Pieces Culled From His Humorous Regular Column In The Mail On Sunday.

Cover Illustration: Trevor Scobie Set the controls for the heart of the sun. The Captain bent in the warm air, cursing, felt his hands run over the cold machine, and while he worked he saw a future which was removed from them by the merest breath. He saw the skin peel from the rocket beehive, men thus revealed running, running, mouths shrieking, soundless. Space was a black mossed well where life drowned its roars and terrors. Scream a big scream, but space snuffed it out before it was half up your throat. Men scurried, ants in a flaming matchbox; the ship was dripping lava, gushing steam, nothing! Journey with the century's most popular fantasy writer into a world of wonder and horror beyond your wildest dreams. Contents: - The Fog Horn (1951) - The Pedestrian (1951) - The April Witch (1952) - The Wilderness (1952) - The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl (1948) - Invisible Boy (1945) - The Flying Machine (1953) - The Murderer (1953) - The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind (1953) - I See You Never (1947) - Embroidery (1951) - The Big Black and White Game (1945) - A Sound of Thunder (1952) - The Great Wide World Over There (1952) - Powerhouse (1948) - En la Noche (1952) - Sun and Shadow (1953) - The Meadow (1953) - The Garbage Collector (1953) - The Great Fire (1949) - Hail and Farewell (1953) - The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953)

This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligence.

Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made In America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americas say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.

First published in 1956, "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" quickly became a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a peak in the Himalayas, many thought it was inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on the flavor and tone of earlier adventures, of Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nandi Devi expedition. The book's central and unforgettable character, Binder, is one of the finest creations in comic literature.

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.

In the early fall of 2002, famed travel Writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He arrived with a set of mental images of Africa gleaned from television broadcasts of low-budget Jungle Jim movies in his Iowa childhood and a single viewing of the film version of Out of Africa. (Also with some worries about tropical diseases, insects and large predators.) But the vibrant reality of Kenya and its people took over the second he deplaned in Nairobi, and this diary records Bill Bryson's impresssions of his trip with his inimitable trademark style of wry observation and curious insight. From the wrenching poverty of the Kibera slum in Nairobi to the meticulously manicured grounds of the Karen Blixen house and the human fossil riches of the National Museum, Bryson registers the striking contrasts of a postcolonial society in transition. He visits the astoundingly vast Great Rift Valley; undergoes the rigors of a teeth-rattling train journey to Mombasa and a hair-whitening flight through a vicious storm; and visits the refugee camps and the agricultural and economic projects where dedicated CARE professionals wage noble and dogged war against poverty, dislocation and corruption.

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. First published as a lavish colour coffee-table book, this new expanded paperback edition has double the original number of contributions from many celebrities including Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey, Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby, and many more: and a new preface by HRH Prince Charles.

Dieses außergewöhnliche großformatige Reisebuch stellt über 1000 Alternativen zu den bekanntesten Reisezielen in aller Welt vor, die zwar weniger bekannt, jedoch ebenso faszinierend und spannend sind. Wer die Pyramiden von Gizeh beeindruckend findet, dem könnten auch die Pyramiden von Meroe gefallen. Wer gerne einmal die Lebensfreude des südamerikanischen Karnevals erleben möchte, den interessiert sicherlich statt Rio de Janeiro auch der Karneval von Salvador. Und auch in den bekannten Metropolen wie New York oder London lässt sich noch viel Neues entdecken. In neun Kapiteln kann jeder neue Traumziele entdecken, die seinen Interessen entsprechen. Schon beim Durchblättern kann sich der Leser dank der prächtigen Fotos und informativen Texte inspirieren lassen. Praktische Informationen und nützliche Hinweise zu den Reisezielen helfen zudem bei der konkreten Urlaubsplanung.

Nach »Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem« die neue Sensation von Erfolgsautor Bill Bryson Wir stecken alle mittendrin und erleben ihn vom ersten bis zum letzten Atemzug: unseren Körper. Doch woraus besteht er eigentlich? Warum brauchen wir Knochen? Wie schnell erneuern sich unsere Hautzellen? Und wie viele Mikroorganismen leben eigentlich auf menschlicher Haut? Erfolgsautor Bill Bryson nimmt die jungen Hörerinnen und Hörer mit auf einen faszinierenden Streifzug durch die geniale Welt des menschlichen Körpers. Mit viel Witz und Charme erklärt er, mit welch cleveren Strategien sich dieser selbst am Leben erhält und welches Wunderwerk der Natur jeder Einzelne von uns mit sich trägt. Gekürzte Lesung/Inszenierte Lesung mit Musik mit Ralph Caspers 2 CDs, 2h 3min

Die Welt verstehen ohne einen Fuß vor die Tür zu setzen Was bleibt nach der »Geschichte von fast allem« eigentlich noch zu schreiben? Die Geschichte von fast allem anderen, natürlich. Bill Bryson hat sich daher in seinen vier Wänden umgesehen und sich gefragt: Warum leben wir eigentlich, wie wir leben? Warum nutzen wir ausgerechnet Salz und Pfeffer, und weshalb hat unsere Gabel vier Zinken? Aber es bleibt nicht bei Geschichten von Bett, Sofa und Küchenherd. Die Geschichte des Heims ist auch immer eine der großen Entdeckungen und Abenteuer. Ohne die Weltausstellung in London hätte man vermutlich das Wasserklosett nicht so schnell zu schätzen gelernt. Und ohne die großen Entdecker müssten wir wohl ohne Kaffee, Tee oder Kakao auskommen. Bill Bryson zeigt uns unser Heim, wie wir es noch nie gesehen haben. Und wir verstehen ein wenig mehr, warum es so ist, wie es ist. Ausstattung: 19 sw-Abbildungen