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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

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Domestic life's evolution, humorously unveiled.

If you enjoy peeling back the layers of the mundane to reveal the fascinating history and oddities of everyday life, "At Home" is a treasure trove. Bill Bryson has a gift for making history feel like a chat with a witty friend, turning the seemingly ordinary into endlessly entertaining tales. Imagine strolling through time within the walls of your own home, discovering how every nook is a footnote in history's vast narrative. This journey with Bryson promises to change the way you see your surroundings, all with a chuckle.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History and Biography (2010)
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

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ISBN: 9780552772556
Author: Bill Bryson
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History, Sociology
Goodreads rating: 3.99
(rated by 98245 readers)

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What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business—sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to get comfortable. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. This is the thought that inspired Bill Bryson to start a journey around the rooms of his own house, a Norfolk rectory, to consider how the ordinary things in life came to be. And what he discovered are surprising connections to anything from the Crystal Palace to the Eiffel Tower, from scurvy to body-snatching, from bedbugs to the Industrial Revolution, and just about everything else that has ever happened, resulting in one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live.
 

Domestic life's evolution, humorously unveiled.

If you enjoy peeling back the layers of the mundane to reveal the fascinating history and oddities of everyday life, "At Home" is a treasure trove. Bill Bryson has a gift for making history feel like a chat with a witty friend, turning the seemingly ordinary into endlessly entertaining tales. Imagine strolling through time within the walls of your own home, discovering how every nook is a footnote in history's vast narrative. This journey with Bryson promises to change the way you see your surroundings, all with a chuckle.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History and Biography (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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