Bill Bryson

4 books on BookJumpr, mentioned 2 times in other books.

Books by Bill Bryson

• A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003): mentions 10 books
• A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1998): mentions 10 books
• Neither Here nor There: mentioned in 1 book
• The Lost Continent: mentioned in 1 book

Quotes from Bill Bryson's books, and about them

• A Short History of Nearly Everything on On the Origin of Species: “in 1859, in On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin announced that the geological processes...”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on The Descent of Man: “The Descent of Man was altogether a more controversial book than the Origin...”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on The Double Helix: “As Watson cheerfully...remarked in his autobiographical book The Double Helix...”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on Principles of Geology: “It was just at this time that he produced The Principles of Geology, published in three volumes between 1830 and 1833”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on The Map That Changed the World: “The story is comprehensively covered in Simon Winchester's book The Map That Changed the World.”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on Brave New World: “Huxley...used his ideas on genetic manipulation of humans as the basis for the plot of Brave New World.”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on Point Counter Point: “Huxley...parodied him...as the scientist Edward Tantamount in the novel Point Counter Point.”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on Frankenstein: “a notion Mary Shelley exploited to full effect in her novel Frankenstein”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on Longitude: “In Dava Sobel's popular book Longitude, Maskelyne is presented as a ninny and villain...”
• A Short History of Nearly Everything on Wonderful Life: “Gould's Wonderful Life was published in 1989 to general critical acclaim...”

Authors Bill Bryson's books mention

• Aldous Huxley (2): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions Brave New World, Point Counter Point
• Charles Darwin (2): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions On the Origin of Species, The Descent of Man
• Charles Lyell (1): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions Principles of Geology
• Dava Sobel (1): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions Longitude
• David Quammen (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Natural Acts
• Frank Dale (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Delaware Diary
• Herman Melville (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Moby-Dick
• James D. Watson (1): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions The Double Helix
• James Dickey (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Deliverance
• James Trefil (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Meditations at 10,000 Feet
• John McPhee (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions In Suspect Terrain
• Maggie Stier and Ron McAdow (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Into the Mountains
• Mary Shelley (1): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions Frankenstein
• Simon Winchester (1): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions The Map That Changed the World
• Stephen Herrero (1): A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail mentions Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
• Stephen Jay Gould (1): A Short History of Nearly Everything mentions Wonderful Life

Plus 2 mentions between Bill Bryson's own books.