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).

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.

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 bestseller A Short History of Nearly Everything is being reimagined as an animated TV series by former The Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and Paddington scribe Jason Hazeley, with ...

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… ...