A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

[King Bob]

So this is pretty much about the history of the universe (1st part), the earth and animals (2nd part), and human evolution (3rd part). I skipped the first part, but the rest was good. Reads easy, and he always throws in oddities and funny anecdotes. The chapters on fossilization and Darwin were particularly good.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Bryson is one of my faves. Mother Toungue and In a Sunburnt Land are faves.

[King Bob]

Mother Tongue was great. Haven't read In a Sunburnt Land, but did read the early books on the UK, Europe and the US, and he tried a little too hard to be funny in those. But Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid was great, as was At Home. The short book on Shakespeare was also entertaining, especially his takedown of those who think someone else was really the author.