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And his method is to lead us on a history of britain and north america via the rooms in his house. This was the thought that inspired bill bryson to start a journey around the rooms of his own house, an 1851 norfolk rectory, to consider how the ordinary things in life came to be. In 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.

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Customers who bought this item also bought. From the author of that classic of modern science writing, a short history of nearly everything, comes a work of what you might call domestic science: Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary. Page 1 of 1 start overpage 1 of 1.