Bill Bryson

«Vi tilbringer hele livet i én kropp. Likevel har de fleste av oss minimal peiling på hvordan den egentlig fungerer. Ideen bak denne boka er simpelthen å forsøke å forstå den ekstraordinære innretningen som er oss»Dette skriver Bill Bryson i sin nye bok, som har fått den enkle og umiddelbare tittelen Kroppen. Tidligere har denne bestselgende og prisvinnende forfatteren vist at han kan gjøre naturvitenskap både forståelig og underholdende i boken En kort historie om nesten alt, som ble en suksess verden over.Nå vender Bryson blikket innover – på kroppens enestående funksjoner og evnen til å kurere seg selv. Boken er full av spennende fakta og historier, morsom og lettlest, og tar for seg alt fra hjerne og lunger til mikrober, søvn og sykdom.«Det jeg forstod, er at vi er uendelig mye mer kompliserte og vidunderlige, og også mer mystiske, enn jeg hadde trodde», skriver Bill Bryson om boken han nå gir ut. Og konkluderer: «Det finnes ingen mer fascinerende historie enn den om oss selv».

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST - LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD"Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." --The Washington Post Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted." The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information.

The world's highest mountain awaits--and the world's worst mountaineers (this side of Monty Python) are on their way to climb to its peak.Named by The Guardian as one of the "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read," (and by Bill Bryson as "one of the funniest books you will ever read."), this classic laugh-out-loud novel was first published in 1956 and never out-of-print somewhere in the world since then. Our adventure begins as Sir Hugeley Havering, chairman of the Rum Doodle Committee, puts the challenge squarely, "to climb Mont Blanc by the Grepon route is one thing; to climb Rum Doodle is, as Totter once said, quite another." Armed with that wise warning, yet with typical British aplomb, Binder assembles a team and heads for Yogistan. Their goal: the ascent of Rum Doodle: elevation 40,000 and 1/2 feet. The intrepid cast of characters include Dr. Prone, the expedition's doctor, constantly incapacitated by sudden illnesses; Mr. Jungle, charged with navigation, forever losing his way and cabling for money from obscure locations; and Mr. Constant, who alone speaks the native language of their guides and porters, through linguistic error provokes not just one but several riots. Led by Mr. Binder, whose narration would have you believe his crew and mission represent historic bravery and grit, these daring incompetents cut their path to the summit of Rum Doodle (sort of). A treat for any reader who loves to laugh.

Bill Bryson kirjutas raamatu "Ülestähendusi väikeselt saarelt: ameeriklane Suurbritannias" 1995. aastal, vahetult enne naasmist Ameerika Ühendriikidesse, kust ta pärit on, otsustades enne lahkumist talle enam kui kakskümmend aastat koduks olnud riigis hüvastijäturingreisi teha. Tänaseks on raamatut müüdud enam kui miljon eksemplari, seda on tõlgitud paljudesse keeltesse ja 2003. aastal valisid raadiojaama BBC 4 kuulajad selle Inglismaad kõige paremini iseloomustavaks raamatuks. Bryson alustab oma teekonda sealtsamast Doverist, kus ta 1973. aastal esimest korda Suurbritannia pinnale astus; põikab oma retkel läbi Holloway vaimuhaiglast, kus ta kunagi oma naisega kohtus; külastab paljusid erinevaid piirkondi ja jõuab viimaks välja Shotimaa kirdepoolsesse tippu. Ta liigub bussi ja rongiga ühest pubist ja linnast teise, naerab nii oma teel kogetu kui ka iseenda üle ja juhib talle omase, sageli lõikava sarkasmiga tähelepanu sellele, mida britid ise märgata ei oska, ei taha või ei viitsi. 2003. aastal pöördus Bryson tagasi Ühendkuningriiki ja sai 2015. aastal Briti kodakondsuse. Sellele eelnenud ringsõidust mööda Suurbritanniat sündis reisiraamat "The Road to Little Dribbling", mida võib lugeda raamatu "Ülestähendusi väikeselt saarelt" järjeks. Britid ise nimetavad Brysonit oma rahvuslikuks aardeks.

THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - One of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. "Brims with strange and amazing facts . . . destined to become a modern classic of science writing."--The New York Times In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail--well, most of it. In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, answer--the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world's most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.

Eta kniga - odin iz glavnykh nauchno-populjarnykh bestsellerov poslednikh let. V nej umestilis Bolshoj vzryv i subatomnye chastitsy, pervobytnye okeany i drevnie materiki, pod ee oblozhkoj brodjat gigantskie jaschery i vyslezhivajut svoju dobychu pervobytnye okhotniki... No eto kniga ne tolko o dalekom proshlom: dostupno i uvlekatelno v nej rasskazyvaetsja o perednem krae nauki, o neverojatnykh otkrytijakh, kotorye sovershajut uchenye, o globalnykh ugrozakh i buduschem nashej tsivilizatsii.

In 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades later, Bryson--now a British citizen--set out again to rediscover his adopted country. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the island--from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath--and shows us every pub, stone village, and human foible along the way. Whether he is dodging cow attacks in Torcross, getting lost in the H&M on Kensington High Street, or--more seriously--contemplating the future of the nation's natural wonders in the face of aggressive development, Bryson guides us through the old and the new with vivid detail and laugh-out-loud humor. Irreverent, endearing, and always hilarious, The Road to Little Dribbling is filled with Bill Bryson's deep knowledge and love of his chosen home.

Why do I travel? Why does anyone of us travel? Bill Bryson poses these questions in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2016, and though he admits, "I wasn't at all sure I knew the answer," they are questions worthy of examination. While the various contributors to this collection all travel for different reasons, one thing is for certain--they come back with stories. Whether traversing the Arctic by dogsled, attending a surreal film festival in North Korea, or strolling the streets of a fast-changing Havana, their insights into the world and the human condition are illuminating and enthralling, providing an answer: This is why I like to travel. The Best American Travel Writing 2016 includes Michael Chabon, Alice Gregory, Paul Theroux, Dave Eggers, Helen Macdonald, Sara Corbett, Stephanie Pearson, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Pico Iyer, and others BILL BRYSON, guest editor, is the best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods; A Short History of Nearly Everything; One Summer: America, 1927; The Road to Little Dribbling; and numerous other books. JASON WILSON, series editor, is the author of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits; Spaghetti on the Wall; and the forthcoming Why Wine Matters. He has written for the Washington Post Magazine, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and many other publications, and has won awards for Best Food Column from the Association of Food Journalists four times.

Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, 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 Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', and more.

A celebration of the English countryside that focuses on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. It also presents an eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.

The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.

WINNER: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR BIOGRAPHY 2016Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country.

The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, the author brings his brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life.

The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. This book is about the history of the way we live.

It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life â?? a large portion of it quite deadly.

Bill Brysonâ??s first travel book opened with the immortal line, â??I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.â?? In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious world of 1950s Middle America.

lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land. Bryson's acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson's claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.

Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years.