Tag Archives: Bill Bryson

To Read, Vol. 3

Posted on January 26, 2012 by admin

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To Read, Vol. 2

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin

Again, no particular order.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson, books, Don't Know Much About the Bible, Freakonomics, Jeremy Clarkson, Kenneth C. Davis, Mark Kurlansky, Nigel Cliff, Richard Dawkins, Salt, Simon Winchester, The God Delusion, The Man Who Loved China, The Shakespeare Riots | Leave a comment

To Read, Vol. 1

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

In no particular order.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1776, After Rain, Amy Tan, Arthur Herman, Bill Bryson, books, Country Driving, David McCullough, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, Made in America, Nicholas Wade, Peter Gay, Peter Hessler, Saving Fish From Drowning, The Enlightenment, The Faith Instinct, William Trevor | Leave a comment

I love learning about how words developed. This is called etymology. Actually the proper definition of etymology is “the derivation of a word,” but let’s not mince words. On Sunday I went to the Huntington Library and Gardens with my … Continue reading →