Here's a fun coincidence that keeps occurring: Bryson keeps introducing us to geniuses in various fields who show up as adult men with very little (if any) known history, and who rock the world of whatever with their talent and innovation. I get the feeling that social mobility was quite good in the...
I really enjoyed this book. It's fun, educating and entertaining, all centered around the home that Bryson owns, and how it and its contents came to be during the nineteenth century. Very entertaining, and those who love history should find it worthwhile. For the longer review, please go here:http:/...
I've occasionally reflected on the pace of change during the 20th century, but in this "short history of private life," Bill Bryson makes a convincing case that the magnitude of change may have been more striking during the 100 years preceding it. Domestic life as we know it today didn't really exis...
In inimitable Bryson style, this surprisingly deep study of the home is wittily written, enjoyable, well-researched, and revels in weird details. I expected this book to be a more or less straightforward history of things like stoves, beds, wallpaper, and drapes. And it is a history of those things,...
Bryson is not at his best in this exhaustive and far ranging history of private life. The structure of the house that he's imposed cripples his wide scope and brings a certain stilted feel to much of the way the information is presented. It's still a very interesting and absorbing book, jam-packed w...
I am pretty well known at the dinner table for throwing out random facts tangenitally related to the conversation taking place. So even though this book took me an abysmally long time to read (8 days!! 8 DAYS!!), I liked it, because it gave me lots of little factoids to throw out and continue my rep...
I quite enjoyed this book. While I like reading history books, I prefer to read more about the quirky sides of history, and this definitely delivers. Using the house and its rooms as the set up to take the reader on a course of human and social history, Bryson’s writing is both informative and hilar...
Bill Bryson's curiosity is boundless, and he loves research. He seems to have a particular fondness for digging up bizarre, creepy, and freaky tidbits to share with his readers. If you don't mind skimming over the dull parts, At Home is worth reading for all the trivia and historical weirdness Bry...
LOVED this one! If you are a history buff and love little tidbits of information, then you will LOVE this book! The author takes you through each room of his 1800's built home (that was once a rectory)and shares fascinating bits of history and stories. Excellent read!
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