IniciGrupsConversesMésTendències
Cerca al lloc
Aquest lloc utilitza galetes per a oferir els nostres serveis, millorar el desenvolupament, per a anàlisis i (si no has iniciat la sessió) per a publicitat. Utilitzant LibraryThing acceptes que has llegit i entès els nostres Termes de servei i política de privacitat. L'ús que facis del lloc i dels seus serveis està subjecte a aquestes polítiques i termes.

Resultats de Google Books

Clica una miniatura per anar a Google Books.

S'està carregant…

At Home : a short history of private life

de Bill Bryson

Altres autors: Mira la secció altres autors.

MembresRessenyesPopularitatValoració mitjanaMencions
6,2662581,493 (3.94)286
Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.
Afegit fa poc perStrayerUni, simonjbale, Obermh, lordshiphouse, biblioteca privada, jsewvello, PurplOttr, Bennebo, lovingelf
  1. 40
    The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed de Judith Flanders (digifish_books, Booksloth)
    digifish_books: A more detailed room-by-room consideration of domestic life in Victorian Britain
  2. 51
    A Short History of Nearly Everything de Bill Bryson (petterw)
    petterw: Same style, same author, same enthusiasm, same fun
  3. 10
    Schott's Original Miscellany de Ben Schott (grizzly.anderson)
    grizzly.anderson: Bryson likes to wander from one topic to another, and toss in bits of trivia and history. Schott's Miscellany is a fascinating collection of trivia without the attempt to thread it together.
  4. 10
    Home; a Short History of an Idea de Witold Rybczynski (liao)
  5. 10
    Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times de Lucy Lethbridge (fannyprice)
    fannyprice: Bryson's discussion of the development of the home from a more open, collaborative space to a warren of special-purpose rooms as the concept of "privacy" became more important dovetails nicely with Lethbridge's discussion of the increasing physical separation between servants and the served in 18th and 19th century British homes.… (més)
  6. 00
    Nails, Noggins and Newels: An Alternative History of Every House de Bill Laws (meggyweg)
  7. 00
    The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design de Roman Mars (grizzly.anderson)
    grizzly.anderson: What Bryson does for the home, taking it one room at a time and looking at how we got where we are, Mars & Kohlstedt do for cities and infrastructure.
  8. 00
    How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World de Steven Johnson (cbl_tn)
    cbl_tn: Both books address some of the same technological advances, such as refrigeration and electricity and artificial light, for a popular audience.
  9. 00
    Rain: A Natural and Cultural History de Cynthia Barnett (akblanchard)
    akblanchard: Tangential histories of commonplace things.
  10. 00
    How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built de Stewart Brand (Othemts)
  11. 00
    If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home de Lucy Worsley (Booksloth)
  12. 00
    Up and Down Stairs: The History of the Country House Servant de Jeremy Musson (meggyweg)
  13. 00
    In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life de James Deetz (Othemts)
  14. 00
    The Archaeology of Home: An Epic Set on a Thousand Square Feet of the Lower East Side de Katharine Greider (Othemts)
  15. 00
    House Thinking: A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live de Winifred Gallagher (jcbrunner)
    jcbrunner: Adds the developments of the 20th century to Bryson's story (from a US point of view).
  16. 00
    The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners de Margaret Visser (fannyprice)
  17. 01
    London 1849: A Victorian Murder Story de Michael Alpert (meggyweg)
S'està carregant…

Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar.

No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.

» Mira també 286 mencions

Anglès (239)  Neerlandès (5)  Castellà (4)  Alemany (4)  Francès (2)  Romanès (1)  Italià (1)  Suec (1)  Danès (1)  Totes les llengües (258)
Es mostren 1-5 de 258 (següent | mostra-les totes)
I'm not one for reading non-fiction, but this book really sucked me in. I really enjoyed all the strange facts and stories. This was my first Bill Bryson book, but it definitely won't be my last! ( )
  PurplOttr | Dec 1, 2023 |
Not one of his funny travels books but a very interesting history book. Looking back on all the things which have led to what we now know as the modern home. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
CUPRINS

1. Introducere - pag. 13

2. CAP. 1 - Anul - pag. 19
3. CAP. 2 - CAdrul - pag. 37
4. CAP. 3 - Holul - pag. 50
5. CAP. 4 - Bucataria - pag. 69
6. CAP. 5 - Spalatorul de vase si camara - pag. 86
7. CAP. 6 - Tabloul electric - pag. 107
8. CAP. 7 - Salonul - pag. 128
9. CAP. 8 - Sufrageria - pag. 152
10. CAP. 9 - Pivnita - pag. 176
11. CAP. 10 - Coridorul - pag. 194
12. CAP. 11 - Biroul - pag. 215
13. CAP. 12 - Gradina - pag. 231
14. CAP. 13 - Camera vinetie - pag. 257
15. CAP. 14 - Scarile - pag. 276
16. CAP. 15 - Dormitorul - pag. 286
17. CAP. 16 - Baia - pag. 306
18. CAP. 17 - Camera de toaleta - pag. 332
19. CAP. 18 - Camera copiilor - pag. 356
20. CAP. 19 - Podul - pag. 380

21. Bibliografie - pag. 399
22. Multumiri - pag. 419
23. Lista ilustratiilor - pag. 420
24. Index - pag. 421
  Toma_Radu_Szoha | May 2, 2023 |
At Home is ostensibly about houses, specifically Bill Bryson's historical home in England. Each chapter is named for a room - - Kitchen, Dining room, Cellar, Nursery.

In reality, it is a social history of primarily the 19th century. For example, the dining room chapter is about vitamins, health, and the spice trade. The nursery chapter is about how children were generally raised and treated and the lack of laws protecting children.

All of this history is presented in the most accessible manner possible. Bryson uses mini biographies, humor, and anecdotes to bring every topic to life, while actually communicating a great deal of historical fact in the process.

Another thing I enjoyed was that the book became more and more interesting to me as it progressed. The best chapters were not front-loaded. I was actually sorry it was over.

This book is only my second Bryson, but I definitely intend to read more. It's quite different from A Walk in The Woods which had more of a narrative. But the same dry wit is there - - less present, but definitely there. ( )
  Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 |
Using his Norfold rectory-turned-home as an excuse, Bryson takes us through a Anglo-American centric history of how the comforts of our homes come to be. It's like having a fun uncle who always has some fun puzzle or trivia for you, but now you've asked him to try to organise and write them all down so that you can pass it on.

He's engaging and personable. His tales may meander with tenuous connections but they are still well-researched while remaining easily digestible by being whitewashed and sanitised for your young ears. He's a stalwart guest at Christmas for keeping everyone young or old entertained. I feel like Bryson has really conquered that particularly segment of quality Christmas-gift books suitable for the reader in your life.

Aside: the lack of its mention here reminded me that I should get around to reading about Seneca Village. ( )
  kitzyl | Feb 25, 2023 |
Es mostren 1-5 de 258 (següent | mostra-les totes)
“At Home” is baggy, loose-jointed and genial. It moves along at a vigorously restless pace, with the energy of a Labrador retriever off the leash, racing up to each person it encounters, pawing and sniffing and barking at every fragrant thing, plunging into icy waters only to dash off again, invigorated. You do, somehow, maintain forward momentum and eventually get to the end. Bryson is fascinated by everything, and his curiosity is infectious.
 
Bryson is certainly famous enough to have got away with a far less bulging compendium. Instead, on our behalf, he’s been through those hundreds of books (508 according to the bibliography) some of which even the most assiduous readers among us might never have got around to: Jacques Gelis’s History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern Europe, say, or John A Templer’s The Staircase: Studies of Hazards, Falls and Safer Designs. He’s then extracted their most arresting material and turned the result into a book that, for all its winning randomness, is not just hugely readable but a genuine page-turner — mainly because you can’t wait to see what you’ll find out next.
afegit per fluteflute | editaThe Telegraph, James Walton (Jun 19, 2010)
 

» Afegeix-hi altres autors (7 possibles)

Nom de l'autorCàrrecTipus d'autorObra?Estat
Bryson, Billautor primaritotes les edicionsconfirmat
Bryson, BillNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Collica, MichaelDissenyadorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Keenan, JamieDissenyador de la cobertaautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Murillo, IsabelTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Has d'iniciar sessió per poder modificar les dades del coneixement compartit.
Si et cal més ajuda, mira la pàgina d'ajuda del coneixement compartit.
Títol normalitzat
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Títol original
Títols alternatius
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Data original de publicació
Gent/Personatges
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Llocs importants
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Esdeveniments importants
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Pel·lícules relacionades
Epígraf
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
None
Dedicatòria
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
To Jesse & Wyatt
Primeres paraules
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Introduction

Some time after we moved into a former Church of England rectory in a village of tranquil anonymity in Norfolk, I had occasion to go up into the attic to look for the source of a slow but mysterious drip.
Chapter I
The Year


In the autumn of 1850, in Hyde Park in London, there arose a most extraordinary structure: a giant iron-and-glass greenhouse covering nineteen acres of ground and containing within its airy vastness enough room for four St. Paul's Cathedrals.
Citacions
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Jane Loudon published "Gardening for Ladies" in 1841. It was the first book to encourage women of elevated classes to get their hands dirty and even to take on a faint glow of perspiration. It bravely insisted that women could manage gardening independent of male supervision if they simply observed a few sensible precautions - working steadily but not too vigorously, using only light tools, never standing on damp ground because of the unhealthy emanations that would rise up though their skirts.
We are so used to having a lot of comfort in our lives—to being clean, warm, and well fed—that we forget how recent most of that is.
If I had to summarize it in a sentence, you could say that the history of private life is a history of getting comfortable slowly.
Not until 1954 was the work complete. Nearly two hundred years after Jefferson started on it, Monticello was finally the house he had intended it to be.
We now come to the most dangerous part of the house—in fact, one of the most hazardous environments anywhere: the stairs.
Darreres paraules
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Nota de desambiguació
Editor de l'editorial
Creadors de notes promocionals a la coberta
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
Llengua original
Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua.
CDD/SMD canònics
LCC canònic
Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.

No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca.

Descripció del llibre
Sumari haiku

Debats actuals

Cap

Cobertes populars

Dreceres

Valoració

Mitjana: (3.94)
0.5
1 7
1.5
2 54
2.5 17
3 283
3.5 115
4 666
4.5 72
5 357

Ets tu?

Fes-te Autor del LibraryThing.

 

Quant a | Contacte | LibraryThing.com | Privadesa/Condicions | Ajuda/PMF | Blog | Botiga | APIs | TinyCat | Biblioteques llegades | Crítics Matiners | Coneixement comú | 197,767,041 llibres! | Barra superior: Sempre visible