Title:

At Home

Genre:

History

Binding:

Paperback

Narrative:

Third Person

Type of Book:

Non-Fiction

Number of Pages:

700

Number of Chapters:

Date Added:

2018-06-26 18:27:27

Synopsis:

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 was the thought that inspired Bill Bryson to start a journey around the rooms of his own house, and 1851 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.

Author:

Bill Bryson

Publisher:

Black Swan

Barcode:

9780552772556

Number of Copies:

Language:

English

Automatic Estimated Value:

~$8.99

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