{"product_id":"at-home-a-short-history-of-private-life","title":"At Home: A Short History of Private Life","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAt Home: A Short History of Private Life\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBill Bryson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780767919388\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDoubleday\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst U.S. Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e512\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eFrom one of the most beloved authors of our time more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. \u003cbr\u003e Houses aren t refuges from history. They are where history ends up. \u003cbr\u003eBill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to write a history of the world without leaving home. The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has figured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture. \u003cbr\u003eBill Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and he is a master at turning the seemingly isolated or mundane fact into an occasion for the most diverting exposition imaginable. His wit and sheer prose fluency make \"At Home\" one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"At Home: A Short History of Private Life | Bill Bryson | Hardcover | 9780767919388 | Used: Like New | History 1666487","offer_id":48537752502424,"sku":"1666487","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71m5fjCNQfL.jpg?v=1773500595","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/at-home-a-short-history-of-private-life","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}