Record Number |
648797 |
ISBN |
9780375434310 (lg. print : pbk.) |
Author |
Bryson, Bill |
Title |
At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson. |
Edition |
Large print ed. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Random House, c2010. |
Pagination etc. |
768 p. (large print) : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Contents note |
"Originally published in Great Britain by Doubleday"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [691]-730) and index. |
Contents note |
The year -- The setting -- The hall -- The kitchen -- The scullery and the larder -- The fusebox -- The drawing room -- The dining room -- The cellar -- The passage -- The study -- The garden -- The plum room -- The stairs -- The bedroom -- The bathroom -- The dressing room -- The nursery -- The attic. |
Summary Note |
Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. And that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. |
Subject |
Dwellings -- Psychological aspects |
Dwellings -- Environmental aspects |
Rooms -- Psychological aspects |
Rooms -- Environmental aspects |
Large type books |
Large print books |
Shelf Location |
LP 643.1 BRYS |