At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson #foliosociety

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson #foliosocietyIn At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of

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therefore Christmas carols have always had these words and this tune

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of the strangeness of being a self amid the fury of the world

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drawn back as if responding to the city’s obscure magnetism

Discover different emergency vehicles in this series of interactive board books with easy-to-use moving parts

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as the age of revolution played out at every level of society