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      By Bryson, Bill
       Ã2010., Anchor Books Call No: SOCIAL ISSUES NF BRY   Edition: 1st Anchor Bks. ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: The author engages in a series of discussions about various historical aspects of ordinary life while wandering from room to room in his Victorian home in England, covering topics such as hygiene, sex, death, nutrition, the spice trade, and other domestic signs of things that occur out in the world.
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      By Bryson, Bill
       [2019]., Doubleday Call No: HI-INT 612 BRY   Edition: First edition.    Availability:2 of 2     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted." The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information"--
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      By Bryson, Bill
       c2006., Broadway Books Call No: MEMOIR   Edition: 1st pbk. ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: The author describes his childhood growing up in Iowa during the 1950s, recalling country fairs, playing hockey, paper routes, church suppers, and other nostalgic memories.
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      -- 1 summer
      By Bryson, Bill
       Ã2013., Anchor Boooks, a division of Random House LLC Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF BRY   Edition: 1st Anchor Boooks ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the sensational events of the summer of 1927, including the trans-Atlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh, the premier of the first "talking picture," and the beginning of Babe Ruth's home run record.
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      -- History of nearly everything
      By Bryson, Bill
       2008., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: 509   Edition: 1st U.S. ed., Newly    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Draws from the science fields of cosmology, astronomy, paleontology, geology, chemistry, physics, and others to examine key events in the history of science, beginning with the Big Bang.
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      By Bryson, Bill
       c1998., Broadway Books Call No: Adventure 917.40 Bry   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Journalist Bill Bryson shares his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way. He makes a moving plea for the conservation of America's last great wilderness.