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At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
306.09 BRY	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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ISBN	9780385608275 (hbk.)
ISBN	0385608276 (hbk.)
Name	Bryson, Bill
Title	At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson.
Published	London : Doubleday, 2010
Description	536 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.
Notes	Plans on endpapers.
	Includes index.
	Bibliography: p. [485]-510.
Summary	Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. And that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be.
Subjects	Social history
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Social history . See Also: Buddhism and social problems . History . Moral conditions . Quality of life . Social indicators . Social movements . Social problems . Sociology . Technology and civilization . Urbanization . Authors: Bryson, Bill .