the body illustrated a guide for occupants

There really is no story more amazing than the story of us. 2022 by Bill Bryson (Author) 56 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 20.00 7 Used from 18.60 18 New from 20.00 Number One Bestseller in both hardback and paperback The Sunday Times Book of the Year The ideal gift for everybody 'A directory of wonders. You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design.' The Washington Post. The Body Illustrated: A Guide for Occupants Hardcover 13 Oct. 'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. Take a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body in this delightful, anecdote-propelled read (The Boston Globe) from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' Bill Bryson 'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER _ 'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian 'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' - The Daily Telegraph _ 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. Bryson at his very best, it is a must-read owner's manual for everybody. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in hardback, this head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body is as compulsively readable as it is comprehensive.

The body illustrated a guide for occupants