Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Bryson, Bill. Title: At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson. Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Doubleday, c2010. Description: 497 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Summary: Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything) takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. Subjects: Dwellings -- Psychological aspects. Dwellings -- Environmental aspects. Rooms -- Psychological aspects. Rooms -- Environmental aspects. Notes: Floor plans on end papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-475) and index. 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. LCCN: 2010004008 ISBN: 9780767919388 (hardcover) 0767919386 Other Number: 503596086 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 151335 Call Number: 643.1 Bry Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1