Bryson Bill is the author of the worldwide bestseller “A Short History of Almost Everything.” After the phenomenal success of this book, devoted to “big” problems—the birth of the universe, the development of the planet Earth, the origin of life—he decided to focus on seemingly smaller questions that, nonetheless, are extremely close to most of us: the history of private life, everyday life, and home comfort. A story about everyday little things and household furnishings turns into a historical narrative that takes us deep into the past of human culture.