A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Written by: Bill Bryson

In a nutshell: “First the Earth cooled. Then the dinosaurs came but they got too big and fat and died and turned into oil. Ooh look! There’s a sale at Penney’s!” Actually that’s from Airplane, which was a whole lot funnier than this book.

Length: 18 hrs

11/2003: I like Bill Bryson in general, but this one got pretty boring and I don’t remember learning much either.