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With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, the pipes, the pillows, and every item of furn...

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A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body.After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly 3 million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens-as he later put it, "it was clear my people needed me"). They were greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave ...

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In this collection of interviews with survivors of suicide, individuals talk candidly and intimately about how their lives have been impacted by the suicide of a family member or close friend. Over 50 individuals were willing to share their personal tragedies as a way of helping others who face a similar loss as well as educating the public about the issues survivors of suicide face. Their willingness to share their stories is a testament to t...

This economic history of the Honecker era investigates the causes and effects of the regime's refusal to be a part of East European economic reform. The legacies of central planning had important implications for the reform prospects of the post-Honecker economy. The authors examine the factors which ultimately caused the East German people to choose the path of economic merger with West Germany in this first single publication covering the br...

The book explores the concept of shared power arrangements as ways in which public issues are, or can be, addressed. One series of chapters focuses on major conceptual or theoretical topics that cut across all policy areas and levels of analysis, while another series of chapters explores power sharing within particular policy areas, so that the meaning and the limits of power sharing might be addressed across policy domains. Contents: Introduc...

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In diesem Buch finden Sie eine der wirksamsten Techniken zur Erhaltung von Liebe und Harmonie in Beziehungen, die jemals formuliert wurden. Der Autor hat mit Hilfe der beschriebenen Methoden sowohl in Krisengebieten (z.B. Nordirland, Naher Osten oder Bosnien) zwischen verfeindeten Gruppen vermitteln können als auch Kämpfe zwischen Eltern um das Sorgerecht zu einem friedlichen Abschluß bringen können. Sie lernen die Grundlagen und den Geist der...

From the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He arrived with a set of mental images of Africa gleaned from...

Fred. C. Roberts of Tientsin - or, for Christ and China is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques onl...

A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of greater autonomy for the subnational governments of the Czech and Slovak Republics, including the future of fiscal policies after the global recession.

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Mentre ero in volo sul Pacifico e guardavo pigramente dal finestrino l'oceano illuminato dalla luna, mi si presentò alla mente, con una forza piuttosto inquietante, la consapevolezza di non sapere nulla dell'unico pianeta sul quale mi sarebbe mai capitato di vivere." Quanto è grande, infatti, il nostro pianeta? Come è fatto? Quali leggi ne governano il moto, la natura e i fenomeni? Per colmare questa lacuna, Bill Bryson decide di partire per u...

We live in a foolish world with women making bad choices and suffering from the collateral damage of other's wrong choices. The One Year Wisdom for Women Devotional, based on the audio program of the same name, was birthed out of the great need for women to hear how God addresses every single facet of their lives through the powerful and practical book of Proverbs. For many, the Proverbs are hard to study because the topics jump around from ve...

Dopo circa vent'anni trascorsi in Inghilterra, Bill Bryson decide di tornare negli Stati Uniti, suo paese d'origine. A far scattare la decisione, la notizia che quasi quattro milioni di americani credono di essere stati rapiti dagli alieni. Prima di lasciare lo Yorkshire, Bryson si concede un ultimo viaggio attraverso l'Inghilterra. Un racconto caratterizzato da un inconfondibile humour, da una curiosità mai paga e da una grande sensibilità. I...

Waarom zijn we van alle specerijen op aarde zo gehecht aan zout en peper? Waarom hebben vorken vier tanden en niet drie of vijf? En wat doet die rij zinloze knopen op de mouwen van een colbert? Een huis vol doorgrondt de geschiedenis van deze en andere huiselijke vanzelfsprekendheden aan de hand van een reis door Brysons eigen huis, van de ene kamer naar de andere: de badkamer wordt de geschiedenis van de hygiëne, de keuken die van het koken, ...

Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2, 100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing land-scape of silent forests and sparkling lakes -- and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.For a start th...

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