Bill Bryson

Syntynyt 1951

Matkailu

William McGuire Bryson on amerikkalais-brittiläinen kirjailija, joka tunnetaan tietokirjoistaan matkailusta, kielestä ja tieteestä.
Hän syntyi Yhdysvalloissa, mutta on viettänyt suurimman osan aikuiselämästään Britanniassa ja omaa kaksoiskansalaisuuden.
Bryson toimi Durhamin yliopiston kanslerina vuosina 2005–2011.
Hänen merkittäviin teoksiinsa kuuluvat "Notes from a Small Island" (1995) ja "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (2003).
Vuonna 2020 Bryson ilmoitti jäävänsä eläkkeelle kirjojen kirjoittamisesta, mutta äänitti myöhemmin äänikirjan vuonna 2022.
Hänen kirjojaan on myyty yli 16 miljoonaa kappaletta maailmanlaajuisesti, mikä heijastaa hänen suosiotaan kirjailijana, joka osaa tehdä monimutkaisista aiheista helposti lähestyttäviä laajalle yleisölle.

Kirjailijan teokset: Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 1998

A middle-aged writer and his out-of-shape friend set out to hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail.

4.07

400 000+

🥾 Travel Memoir 🍻 Buddy Comedy ⛰️ Appalachian Trail

A Walk in the Woods

A middle-aged writer and his out-of-shape friend set out to hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 1998 397 sivua

4.07

400 000+ arvostelua

🥾 Travel Memoir 🍻 Buddy Comedy ⛰️ Appalachian Trail

A Short History of Nearly Everything

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2004

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

4.22

400 000+

A Short History of Nearly Everything

What science knows about the universe, and the accident-prone humans who figured it out.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2004 544 sivua

4.22

400 000+ arvostelua

In a Sunburned Country

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

4.07

100 000+

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife

In a Sunburned Country

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2000 335 sivua

4.07

100 000+ arvostelua

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife

The Body

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2019

Seven octillion atoms, 37 trillion cells, and no clue what any of them are doing.

4.31

100 000+

🦴 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🏥 Medical History

The Body

Seven octillion atoms, 37 trillion cells, and no clue what any of them are doing.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2019 450 sivua

4.31

100 000+ arvostelua

🦴 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🏥 Medical History

At Home

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2010

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

3.99

99 000+

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History

At Home

Every room in your house conceals a history of bloodshed, invention, and empire.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2010 512 sivua

3.99

99 000+ arvostelua

🏠 Domestic History 🏺 Material Culture 🏛️ Architectural History

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 1998

After twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson came home to an America he no longer understood.

3.90

69 000+

🌀 Reverse Culture Shock 👀 Observational Humor 🛒 Consumer Culture

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

After twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson came home to an America he no longer understood.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 1998 304 sivua

3.90

69 000+ arvostelua

🌀 Reverse Culture Shock 👀 Observational Humor 🛒 Consumer Culture

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2006

His superpower was vaporizing teachers. The decade was 1950s America at its richest, weirdest peak.

3.94

68 000+

🏛️ Mid-Century America 🧒 Childhood Memoir 😂 Humorous Memoir

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

His superpower was vaporizing teachers. The decade was 1950s America at its richest, weirdest peak.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2006 288 sivua

3.94

68 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Mid-Century America 🧒 Childhood Memoir 😂 Humorous Memoir

The Lost Continent

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 1989

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

3.81

65 000+

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

The Lost Continent

He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 1989 299 sivua

3.81

65 000+ arvostelua

🚗 American Road Trips 🏘️ Small-Town Life 🇺🇸 American Nostalgia

The Mother Tongue

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 1990

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

3.91

44 000+

🗣️ History Of English 📚 Popular Linguistics 🌍 Language Evolution

The Mother Tongue

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 1990 270 sivua

3.91

44 000+ arvostelua

🗣️ History Of English 📚 Popular Linguistics 🌍 Language Evolution

The Road to Little Dribbling

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson • 2015

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

3.73

38 000+

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor

The Road to Little Dribbling

Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.

kirjoittanut Bill Bryson 2015 380 sivua

3.73

38 000+ arvostelua

🗺️ British Travelogue 🌳 English Countryside 😤 Curmudgeonly Humor

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