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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Non-Fiction
Ever wondered how we got from nothing to something? Or thought about how we can weigh the earth? Or wanted to reach the edge of the universe? Uncover the mysteries of time, space and life on earth in this extraordinary book - a journey from the centre of the planet to the dawn of the dinosaurs, and ever ...Show more
A Really Short History of Words: An illustrated edition of the bestselling book about the English language by Bill Bryson; Emma Young (adapted by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Childrens Non-Fiction
The brand-new children's book from Bill Bryson - all about the amazing English language. Every day, you do something incredible, and I bet you barely ever think about it- you speak. Ever wondered why the English language turned out how it did? Why do we have so many different words for just one thing? A ...Show more
A Really Short Journey Through the Body (HB) by Bill Bryson
$44.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Non-Fiction
A funny and fascinating, fully illustrated new edition for children, of the bestselling book about everything inside our body, from legendary author Bill Bryson. We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. Want to know why the ...Show more
A Really Short Journey Through the Body (PB) by Bill Bryson; Emma Young (adapted by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Non-Fiction
We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. Want to know why the skin is the biggest organ? Why our brains can see into the future? Or why your eyes are back to front? Packed full of facts, big numbers (such as the amount of m ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$49.95 AUD
Category: Audio Books
A Radio 4 Book Club Selection. A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and partic ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature | Series: Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science and Nature
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilizat ...Show more
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Bryson Ser.
In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everythingone of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about ...Show more
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by BRYSON , BILL
$39.95 AUD
Category: Audio Books
It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than considering what most of history really consists of- centuries upon centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused. ...Show more
Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: \
"It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life u a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring suc ...Show more
Mother Tongue - The English Language by Bill Bryson
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), t ...Show more
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to . . . ' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongre ...Show more