At Home : A Short History of Private Life Suspense has had a profound impact

has had a profound impact on readers

Friendless and fatherless

the first of a four-volume series

Knowing he was dying

And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank—letters with large red sums she can't bear to read—and they're getting ever harder to ignore

At Home : A Short History of Private Life Suspense has had a profound impactIn "At Home", Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made "A Short History of Nearly Everything" one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of