Nonfiction
Nonfiction
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, ans...Read more
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Bill Bryson's African Diary
In the early fall of 2002, famed travel Writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of C...Read more
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
A revised and updated edition of a humorous primer on the English language, expanded for an American...Read more
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In a Sunburned Country
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out ...Read more
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with h...Read more
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to'And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Mo...Read more
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Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funnies...Read more
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Notes from a Small Island
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to s...Read more
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent�...Read more
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Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide
Rails is a full-stack, open source web framework that enables you to create full-featured, sophistic...Read more
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Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books
Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian. In "Guts", Gary tells the real stories behind th...Read more
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Hatchet Jobs: Writings on Contemporary Fiction
Since the initial publication of Hatchet Jobs, the groves of literary criticism have echoed with the...Read more