The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Unabridged) The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Unabridged)

The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Unabridged‪)‬

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    • $19.99

Publisher Description

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST 
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD

"Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." The Washington Post 

Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.


Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted." The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information.

GENRE
Science & Nature
NARRATOR
BB
Bill Bryson
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
14:04
hr min
RELEASED
2019
October 15
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
868.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Gotomeet ,

Wow what a great way to learn about me!

Fascinating. This is my fave Bryson book. So well researched and described for the average reader. Amazing stuff

Josey86 ,

DNF

My A&P book was more exciting and entertaining than this. It also had much less fatphobia. Pass

LuBK ,

Very interesting

Provides a very enjoyable review of the body. Is the information useful? Maybe not but it nice to know. Well worth the time spent.

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