Bill Bryson
William McGuire Bryson, coñecido como Bill Bryson, nado o 8 de decembro de 1951, é un escritor británico-estadounidense autor de libros sobre viaxes, sobre a lingua inglesa e de divulgación científica. Viviu a maior parte da súa vida adulta no Reino Unido, malia ter nacido en Norteamérica. En 2011 residía en North Yorkshire (Inglaterra).
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Obra[editar | editar a fonte]
Narrativa de viaxes[editar | editar a fonte]
- The Palace Under the Alps and Over 200 Other Unusual, Unspoiled, and Infrequently Visited Spots in 16 European Countries (1985)
- The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (1989)
- Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1991)
- Notes from a Small Island (1995). (Adapted for television by Carlton Television in 1998)
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998) (Featuring Stephen Katz)
- Notes from a Big Country (UK) / I'm a Stranger Here Myself (EUA) (1999)
- Down Under (UK) / In a Sunburned Country (EUA) (2000)
- Bill Bryson's African Diary (2002)
- Walk About (2002) (Combined in one volume are Down Under and A Walk in the Woods)
Lingua[editar | editar a fonte]
- The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words (1984)
- The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way (1990) (Adapted for Journeys in English (2004) BBC Radio 4)
- Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1998)
- Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (2002)
- Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2008)
Ciencia[editar | editar a fonte]
- A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003)
- A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (2008)
- On the Shoulders of Giants (editor - 2009)
- Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (editor - 2010)
