At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bryson, Bill - 2011

Anchor Canada, 2011. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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[ Edition: First ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] normal wear and tear Publisher: Anchor Canada Pub Date: 10/4/2011 Binding: Paperback Pages: 592

Toronto: Anchor, 2011. Paperback. pp. 577. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.

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Anchor Canada, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition-First Printing with full number line- A tight, square and unmarked copy."Houses aren't refuges from history. They are where history ends up." Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to "write a history of the world without leaving home." The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has figured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house,… Read More