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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson
This book is divided into chapters themed on the different rooms of a house, but we don't stay home for long. In the chapter on the study, for example, he talks about bats used in warfare and crop-destroying locusts. In the chapter on the dining room, we follow European explorers around the world and learn about scurvy. In the chapter on the garden, we learn about the history of cemeteries and the creation of New York's Central Park. The house is just a framework for Bryson to talk about lots of things that interest him.