A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

[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.