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.

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 Body .

Bill Bryson has said of his origins, “I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.” In 1973 he settled in England and wrote travel articles for the English newspapers The Times and The Independent. In ...

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).

Looking to reopen the concert venue at 233 W. University Ave. by 2028, owner Bill Bryson purchased the theater in 2017, with its last event taking place the following year.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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… ...