Title:
At home : a short history of private life
JLCTITLE245:
Bill Bryson.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
[Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, ℗2010.
Physical Description:
1 sound media player (16 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
ISBN:
9781616572471
General Note:
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
Title from Playaway label.
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
Release date supplied by publisher.
Previously released by Random House Audio, Inc., 2010.
Abstract:
Surprised by how little he knew of the things that made his home life so comfortable, author Bill Bryson decided study each room in his house and discover how they came to be. Here, with trademark humor and wit, Bryson chronicles the history of domesticity.
Added Corporate Author:
Contents:
The year -- The setting -- The hall -- The kitchen -- The scullery and the larder -- The fusebox -- The drawing room -- The dining room -- The cellar -- The passage -- The study -- The garden -- The plum room -- The stairs -- The bedroom -- The bathroom -- The dressing room -- The nursery -- The attic.
Performer:
Read by the author.