{"product_id":"mother-tongue-bill-bryson","title":"Mother Tongue (Bill Bryson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOnly Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Bryson's classic \u003ci\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a  number of newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the  \u003ci\u003eIndependent.\u003c\/i\u003e His  books on the English language include \u003ci\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e  and \u003ci\u003eTroublesome Words\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including  \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Continent, Neither Here Nor  There, Notes from a Small  Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a  Big Country, Down Under, A Short  History of Nearly Everything, One Summer:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerica 1927\u003c\/i\u003e and his memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of  the Thunderbolt Kid\u003c\/i\u003e. His most  recent bestseller is \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Little  Dribblin\u003c\/i\u003eg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812294369629,"sku":"K022495485","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2249548500001A.jpg?v=1788530972","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/mother-tongue-bill-bryson","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}