All Books

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best-sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it wa...

How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words ...

A new edition of bestselling author Bill Bryson’s compelling and concise biography of William Shakespeare, to mark the 400th anniversary of his dea...

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 ...

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 ...

Travel writer Bill Bryson looks at the language of America and explains the history behind it, including the origins of phrases such as The real Mc...

Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, e...

What does history really consist of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - sleeping, eating, having sex, endeavouring to g...

Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction Bill Bryson travels back in time to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre st...

The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America—majestic mountains, silent forest...

The Body: A Guide for Occupants is an often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. Full of anecdotes.

Goodreads Rating: 4.06 Publisher: Doubleday About:  The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breatht...

This dictionary provides a straightforward guide to the pitfalls and hotly disputed issues in written English. The entries are discussed with wit a...

Goodreads Rating: 4.21 Publisher: Black Swan About: In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible,...

Perfect for ages 8 to 80! Adapted from A Short History of Nearly Everything, this stunningly illustrated book from Bill Bryson takes us from th...

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 thi...

  In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed...

The extraordinary Bill Bryson takes us from the Big Bang to the dawn of science in this book about basically everything. Ever wondered how we got ...

WINNER: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD FOR BEST AUTOBIOGR...

Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty aro...