Bill Bryson is beloved for his travel writing, but his new book takes us not to Australia or to Europe or to Iowa, but on a journey inside our own bodies. And it's called — naturally — The ...

By Bill Bryson Broadway Books 288 pages, $25 In “I’m a Stranger Here Myself,” Bill Bryson proves once again that his perspective on American culture is a unique blend of insider and outsider.

As a historian, Bryson is the antithesis of stuffy. He’s a storyteller, pure and simple, and “One Summer” is a collection of a great many tales about people and events, centered on (but not ...

THE BODY A Guide for Occupants By Bill Bryson. ... It’s a collection of evolution’s Scotch-tape-and-bubble-gum fixes (see our injury-prone knees or the dangerously exposed scrotum).

Author Bill Bryson hiked much of the Appalachian Trail, ... It wasn’t one book but a random collection of books. They belonged to my dad when I was growing up in Des Moines.

In honor of the Royal Society's 350th anniversary, Bill Bryson surveys a collection of science writers for their current thoughts on what we know today and what we're still looking for.

Book Review:Bill Bryson's 'The Body' Is Missing His Characteristic Wit, Ingenious Way Of Analysis The author of the magisterial work A Short History of Nearly Everything turns his sights inside, ...

What: Music performance to celebrate Bill Bryson's new photo book about the Covered Dish rock club will feature Subrosa, Swayze, Perfect Strangers and Jack Mason When: 8 p.m. Friday Where: High ...

Bill Bryson has taken a bit of liberty with the title of his new work, One Summer:America, 1927, a tightly packed history of what had to be one of the most action-packed few months in American ...

You probably had no idea that Al Jolson, the star of the first talkie movie, “The Jazz Singer,” enjoyed urinating on people as a joke. Or that once, in the middle of a conversation in t… ...