Bill Bryson

Ao constatar que ignorava o porque dos oceanos serem salgados, o renomado escritor e cronista Bill Bryson percebeu, com certo desagrado, que tinha pouquissimo conhecimento sobre o planeta em que vivia. A indagacao o propeliu a tarefa epica de entender - e explicar - tudo o que sabemos sobre o mundo. Bryson parte da …

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words is a book by Bill Bryson, published under several titles since 1984, that catalogues some of the English language's most commonly misused words and phrases in order to demonstrate preferable usage. It helps writers and editors to think about how to make written communication …

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country …