Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Bryson, Bill. Title: At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson. Edition: First U.S. edition. Notes: Floor plans on end papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages [455]-475) and index. Publisher, Date: New York : Doubleday, [2010], ©2010. Description: 497 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. Contents: 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. Subjects: Dwellings -- Psychological aspects. Dwellings -- Environmental aspects. Rooms -- Psychological aspects. Rooms -- Environmental aspects. ISBN: 9780767919388 0767919386 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Suggestions & More Map It First Chapter or Excerpt Fiction/Biography Profile Large Cover Image Book Reviews Summary Librarian's View Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
