Short History Of Nearly EverythingTaking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to here being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world's most advanced archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds.

powerful prose

An extraordinary journey through the history of human imagination

who disappeared without a trace 14 years ago

as famous in Britain as Einstein

Between two world wars

Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China

what to see

You howl around the corridors of power while the elected march straight through

generosity

arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939

There were a few obstacles: he didn't speak a word of French

through triumphs of bravery