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En las antípodas

En las antípodas

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 423

Un maravilloso retrato de Australia con el ingenio característico de Bill Bryson. Australia es mucho más que un enorme país. Y mucho más que la isla más grande del mundo. Es un universo aparte. Seco, árido, yermo, con un clima extremo y una fauna atípica. Un país donde el gusano más peludo mata con su venenoso pinchazo, donde las conchas marinas no solo pican, sino que te persiguen, donde un tiburón puede zamparte o unas irresistibles aguas arrastrarte mar adentro. Ignorando estas amenazas, Bill Bryson viajó a Australia y se enamoró del país. ¿Quién podría culparlo? La gente es alegre, ingeniosa y atenta; sus ciudades son seguras, limpias, modernas; la cerveza está fría y el sol brilla con frecuencia. La vida no puede ser mucho mejor que esto. Un libro que desmenuza los tópicos australianos. Curiosidades de la cultura y el país con un toque humorístico. Un libro de viajes atípico, con mil anécdotas, que se lee con una sonrisa de principio a fin. Para enamorarse de Australia a través de los ojos y la pasión de Bryson por este país singular.

Pack DE VIAJE CON BILL BRYSON ebook Bundle

Pack DE VIAJE CON BILL BRYSON ebook Bundle

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 1154

Este pack es una edición especial que reúne las mejores obras de Bill Bryson que nos llevan de viaje a Australia, Gran Bretana y América. ¡No te lo puedes perder! Acompaña a Bill Bryson mientras nos enseña curiosidades de cada país con su característico toque de humor. EN LAS ANTÍPODAS Australia es mucho más que un enorme país. Y mucho más que la isla más grande del mundo. Es un universo aparte. Seco, árido, yermo, con un clima extremo y una fauna atípica. Un país donde el gusano más peludo mata con su venenoso pinchazo, donde las conchas marinas no solo pican, sino que te persiguen, donde un tiburón puede zamparte o unas irresistibles aguas arrastrarte mar adentro. Ignorando estas amenazas, Bill Bryson viajó a Australia y se enamoró del país. ¿Quién podría culparlo? La gente es alegre, ingeniosa y atenta; sus ciudades son seguras, limpias, modernas; la cerveza está fría y el sol brilla con frecuencia. La vida no puede ser mucho mejor que esto. CRÓNICAS DE GRAN BRETAÑA En 1995, antes de dejar su amado hogar en North Yorkshire para regresar con su familia a los Estados Unidos durante unos años, Bill Bryson insistió en hacer un último viaje por Gran...

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Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 2380

Bill Bryson es uno de los escritores más queridos y autor de varios bestsellers que nos lleva hacia las preguntas más intrigantes e intratables que la ciencia busca responder. Este pack es una edición especial que reúne las obras imprescindibles de Bill Bryson que no te puedes perder. UNA BREVE HISTORIA DE CASI TODO Viajero empedernido y divulgador brillante y entusiasta, Bill Bryson nos propone un fascinante recorrido por la historia del universo que nos rodea y los conocimientos que nos han llevado a comprenderlo un poco mejor. Con una curiosidad innata, una prosa fluida y una admirable capacidad de síntesis, Bryson logra explicar en Una breve historia de casi todo los grandes acontecimientos y las razones fundamentales que han llevado al cosmos, a nuestro planeta y a todos los seres vivos a ser como son. EL CUERPO HUMANO Nos pasamos toda una vida con un solo cuerpo y casi no sabemos cómo funciona. Desde los genes hasta nuestra capacidad de hablar, pasando por nuestras constantes adaptaciones al medio y los riesgos que corremos, este libro nos descubre que nuestro microcosmos es un verdadero milagro, lleno de prodigios y de secretos asombrosos. EN CASA A Bill Bryson se le...

Una breve historia de casi todo

Una breve historia de casi todo

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 512

Bill Bryson se describe como un viajero renuente, pero ni siquiera cuando está en su casa, en la seguridad de su estudio, puede contener esa curiosidad que siente por el mundo que le rodea. En Una breve historia de casi todo intenta entender qué ocurrió entre la Gran Explosión y el surgimiento de la civilización, cómo pasamos de la nada a lo que ahora somos. El autor aborda materias tan terriblemente aburridas como geología, química y física, pero lo hace de forma tal que resultan comprensibles y amenas. La cuestión es cómo sabemos lo que sabemos. En sus viajes a través del tiempo y del espacio Bryson se topa con una espléndida colección de científicos asombradamente excéntricos, competitivos, obsesivos e insensatos.

Una breve historia de casi todo

Una breve historia de casi todo

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 0

Bill Bryson se describe como un viajero renuente, pero ni siquiera cuando está en su casa, en la seguridad de su estudio, puede contener esa curiosidad que siente por el mundo que le rodea. En Una breve historia de casi todo intenta entender qué ocurrió entre la Gran Explosión y el surgimiento de la civilización, cómo pasamos de la nada a lo ahora somos.

Una muy breve historia de casi todo

Una muy breve historia de casi todo

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 0

¿Sabías que cada uno de los átomos que forma tu organismo seguramente que, antes de formar parte de ti, ha pasado por varias estrellas y formado parte de millones de organismos? ¿Qué les pasó a los dinosaurios? ¿Cómo de grande es el universo? ¿Cuánto pesa la Tierra? ¿Por qué los océanos son salados? Encontraremos aquí unos cuantos científicos raros, teorías erróneas que dominaron durante demasiado tiempo, y varios descubrimientos casuales que cambiaron la historia de la ciencia

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En casa

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 672

A Bill Bryson se le ocurrió un día la idea de que dedicamos mucho más tiempo a estudiar las batallas y las guerras de la historia que a reflexionar sobre aquello de lo que en realidad está hecha la historia: siglos de gente desarrollando con discreción sus tareas diarias, comiendo, durmiendo y tratando de vivir con más comodidades, y que la mayor parte de los principales descubrimientos de la humanidad se encuentran en la mismísima estructura de las casas que habitamos. Esto fue lo que le inspiró a iniciar un viaje por su propia casa, una vieja rectoría de Nordfolk, y a pasear de habitación en habitación reflexionando sobre el origen de los objetos cotidianos de la vida. En su recorrido llevó a cabo una cantidad prodigiosa de investigación sobre la historia de absolutamente todo, desde la arquitectura a la electricidad, desde la conservación de los alimentos a las epidemias, desde el comercio de las especias a la Torre Eiffel, desde los miriñaques a los retretes; y sobre las mentes brillantes, creativas y a menudo excéntricas que encontramos detrás de todo ello. Bryson aplica la misma curiosidad incontenible y el mismo ingenio irresistible que hicieron de Una...

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Aventuras y desventuras del chico centella

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 336

Como muchos compañeros de generación, Bill Bryson creció fantaseando con ser un superhéroe: provisto de una vieja sudadera con un rayo sobre el pecho y una toalla atada al cuello, patrullaba su casa y su vecindario, saltando altos edificios y derrotando a villanos y malandrines (e imbéciles) -en su imaginación- como "El chico centella". Bill Bryson recrea la vida de su familia y de su ciudad natal durante la década de 1950 en toda su trascendente normalidad. Era una época feliz, en la que coches, televisores y electrodomésticos (por no hablar de las armas nucleares) ganaban en número y tamaño con cada año que pasaba, y en la que el tabaco y la lluvia radioactiva provocada por los ensayos nucleares se consideraban inocuos. A un tiempo tierno y desternillante, Aventuras y desventuras del chico centella, está a la altura de cualquiera de los maravillosos libros que Bill Bryson ha escrito hasta la fecha y encandilará a quienes en algún momento fueron niños.

Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 224

Bill Bryson, célebre en todo el mundo por su Una breve historia de casi todo, aborda ahora un enigma mayúsculo: la personalidad de William Shakespeare. De Hamlet, Otelo, el rey Lear y Macbeth conocemos mucho, pero del ser humano que los concibió apenas sabemos nada. Armado de un sano sentido común y de su admirado don comunicativo, Bryson examina datos, suposiciones y mitos para trazar una semblanza lo más precisa posible del dramaturgo y poeta de Stratford upon Avon. El resultado es una fascinante indagación en la vida (hasta donde alcanza la certidumbre) y el tiempo de Shakespeare. Bryson evoca la Inglaterra isabelina, con el azote de la peste, su expansionismo imperialista, la emergente capital londinense y los usos y costumbres del mundo teatral. Y en este marco histórico, que depara sorpresas notables y proporciona un marco muy enriquecedor para el lector actual de Shakespeare, surge la figura del poeta. Bryson no omite ninguno de los aspectos más controvertidos acerca de él: apariencia física, extracción social, autoría de las obras, vida familiar, supuesta homosexualidad, relación con los poderosos y con el público... Y todo ello sin caer nunca en la...

The Complete Notes

The Complete Notes

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 552

"After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. back to the States for a while. But before leaving his much-loved Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around old Blighty, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had for so long been his home. The resulting book, Notes from a Small Island, is a eulogy to the country that produced Marmite, George Formby, by-elections, milky tea, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells, Gardeners' Question Time and people who say, 'Mustn't grumble.' Britain will never seem the same again. Once ensconced back home in New Hampshire, Bryson couldn't resist the invitation to write a weekly dispatch for the Mail on Sunday's Night & Day magazine. Notes from a Big Country is a collection of eighteen months' worth of his popular columns about that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, or the mind-numbing frequency of commercial breaks on American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wi

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson

Autor: Scott P. Richert , Carmen Bredeson

Número de Páginas: 130

A biography of writer Bill Bryson that describes his era, major works, and life.

Summary of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything

Summary of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything

Autor: Swift Reads

Número de Páginas: 38

Buy now to get the insights from Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. Sample Insights: 1) Protons are an infinitesimal part of an atom. They are so microscopic that about 500,000,000,000 of them could fit in a dot of ink. 2) A universe is created when a proton shrinks down to one billionth of its normal size into a space so small that the proton looks enormous by comparison. This compact space is then packed with every last mote and particle of matter. This is how a universe is created.

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Notes from a Big Country

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Notes from a Big Country

Autor: Peg Robinson

Número de Páginas: 63

ABOUT THE BOOK The first time I read a Bill Bryson book, I was not expecting much at all. For many years my family shared a rustic cottage on a lake with all the other members of my mother's family. Entertainment on nice days usually involved swimming, swimming, more swimming, and the occasional nap. On gray days, we read. Over the years four generations of the family left behind a muddled collection of books. When I read through the books I had brought with me, I'd grab whatever my relations had left behind. That's how I first encountered Bill Bryson. I found a well-worn, tattered copy of A Walk in the Woods, left behind by a relative. I picked it up with uncertainty, not sure I was completely interested in a stranger's account of a summer spent hiking the Appalachian Trail. As for a stranger who told that story while trying to be funny? I suspended my disbelief. But, Bryson really was funny. So funny that when I returned home I promptly ordered a copy and made my husband read it. After finishing it, he went out and got still more Bryson books. They were funny, too. That's the first thing that should be said about Bryson, and about Notes from a Big Land: It's a funny book written ...

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island (CliffNotes-like Summary)

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island (CliffNotes-like Summary)

Autor: Vivian Wagner

Número de Páginas: 25

ABOUT THE BOOK Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island is a quirky, funny book filled with amazing and intriguing details about Britain. I love this book, just as I love all of Bryson’s writing. It reminds me of the first book I read by him – A Walk in the Woods – because it, too, is a travel story that has him ambling around the countryside and reporting his observations. In fact, he has such a likable voice and an engaging manner that he could walk around the block and still make it fun to read. That’s the wonderful thing about Bryson, and it’s why I love him. He has a wry sense of humor that makes anything interesting, funny, and endearing, and this book about Britain is no exception. You’ll read it and laugh, and at the same time you’ll learn a lot about this country, its history, its politics, and its people. You’ll also learn a lot about Bryson himself, and that’s enjoyable, as well. The thing about Bryson is that he sees everything through the lens of his own perspective, but that personal perspective never obscures the subject that he’s looking at. The more you learn about him, the more you understand his take on his subject matter. That is exactly...

Notes from a Big Country

Notes from a Big Country

Autor: Bill Bryson

Número de Páginas: 368

A delightful collection of comic pieces from Bryson’s column in The Mail on Sunday’s Night and Day magazine.

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - A Memoir (CliffNotes-like Summary)

Quicklet on Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - A Memoir (CliffNotes-like Summary)

Autor: Becki Chiasson

Número de Páginas: 28

ABOUT THE BOOK “Growing up was easy. It required no thought or effort on my part. It was going to happen anyway. So what follows isn’t terribly eventful, I’m afraid. And yet it was by a very large margin the most fearful, thrilling, interesting, instructive, eye-popping, lustful, eager, troubled, untroubled, confused, serene, and unnerving time of my life.” So begins “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid,” which was published in 2006. It was a departure from Bill Bryson’s earlier books. His previous work, “A Short History of Nearly Everything,” a book about science written for the average Joe, had taken a lot out of him and he wanted to work on something easier. Bryson told the Guardian: “I promised my wife I would do a book I could stay at home to do ... and I promised my publisher that I would do something more amusing that would corral back the core of my readership, some of whom doubtless were slightly appalled and alienated by A Short History. And also, purely in a selfish way, I wanted to do a book that I wouldn't have to do a lot of hard thinking and research about. I did miss writing humorous things.” MEET THE AUTHOR Becki Chiasson is a...

Summary of Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent

Summary of Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent

Autor: Milkyway Media

Número de Páginas: 47

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Des Moines is a small town that is known to be hypnotic. It is the most powerful hypnotic known to man. People either accept it and settle down with a local girl named Bobbi, or they spend their adolescence moaning about how awful it is and how they can’t wait to get out. #2 I grew up in Des Moines, and I can tell you that the place gets a grip on you. People who have nothing to do with Des Moines drive in off the interstate, looking for gas or hamburgers, and stay forever. #3 I once had to drive to Minneapolis. I went on a back road just to see the country, but there was nothing to see. It’s just flat and hot, and full of corn and soybeans and hogs. Every once in a while you come across a farm or some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies. #4 I never felt at home in Iowa, even when I was a child. I wanted to be a European boy, and I wanted to live in an apartment across from a park in the heart of a city. I wanted to ride trams and understand strange languages.

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Bill Bryson

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Originally produced for television this video presents the whole series. Following his successful book, Notes from a small island, American travel writer Bill Bryson sets off on a new tour of Britain. Starting at Dover, his travels take him from Poole in the South to the Western Isles of Scotland. Bryson applies his dry wit and perceptive eye to this survey of the British way of life.

Summary of Bill Bryson's I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Summary of Bill Bryson's I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Autor: Everest Media,

Número de Páginas: 75

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Moving back to America after 20 years in England was a bit of a culture shock. I had to relearn many things, like what a squeeze play is in baseball, and who played Captain Kangaroo on TV. #2 Moving to America after 20 years in England was a bit of a culture shock. I had to relearn many things, like what a squeeze play is in baseball, and who played Captain Kangaroo on TV.

An American Abroad

An American Abroad

Autor: Nigel Cawthorne

Número de Páginas: 0

A short biography of American author and Anglophile Bill Bryson.

Summary of Bill Bryson's The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (The Best American Series)

Summary of Bill Bryson's The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (The Best American Series)

Autor: Everest Media,

Número de Páginas: 59

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had a hard time adjusting to the fact that I didn’t know what was going on in a country I was exploring. It reminded me of how I used to get frustrated with myself when I couldn’t understand what a foreigner had just said in a restaurant. #2 We were driving from Chefchaouen to Fes, and Rida told us about the time he met Brad Pitt in a local market. #3 We visited Morocco, and while the food was good, the experience as a whole was not what I expected.

Summary of Bill Bryson's One Summer

Summary of Bill Bryson's One Summer

Autor: Everest Media,

Número de Páginas: 65

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On 20 March 1927, a family in Queens Village, New York, was murdered. The New York Times reported on the case, which became known as the Sash Weight Murder Case. The two villains left a clue in the form of an Italian-language newspaper on a table downstairs. #2 The 1920s was a great time for reading in America. Each year, American publishers produced 110 million books, more than ten thousand separate titles. For those who felt daunted by such a welter of literary possibility, a new phenomenon called the book club had just debuted. #3 The 1920s was a golden age for newspapers. News circulation in the decade rose by about a fifth, to 36 million copies a day. #4 The success of Hearst’s newspaper, the Daily Mirror, and Macfadden’s magazine, the Evening Graphic, led to imitators. The Graphic was the creation of an eccentric bushy-haired businessman named Bernarr Macfadden, who was strongly devoted to body-building and the rights of commuters to a decent railroad service.

Summary of Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Summary of Bill Bryson's The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Autor: Everest Media

Número de Páginas: 44

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Isometrics is a form of exercise that involves using any unyielding object and pushing against it with all your might from different positions to tone and strengthen different groups of muscles. It was popular in the 1950s, but my father was a sportswriter for The Des Moines Register, and so he would do isometrics on airplanes to travel to Major League cities. #2 In the 1950s, America was the richest country in the world. The Czekalinski family of Cleveland, Ohio, was shown in a magazine two weeks before my birth, surrounded by the two and a half tons of food that a typical blue-collar family ate in a year. #3 People were happy because they could have things they had never dreamed of having. They looked forward to the future, and many were excited about the small enrichments available right now. #4 My father, who was a sports columnist for the Des Moines Register, would go to the World Series every year for nearly forty years, from 1945 until his retirement. It was the high point of his working year. He would witness many memorable moments of baseball history, and he always seemed to be...

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