The Body
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“Read by the author, the book isn’t a dry science tome. Instead, this fantastic voyage presents a humorous and captivating look at the human form we’re all walking around in, but may have little actual knowledge about.”
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A Parade Magazine Pick of Best Audiobooks for Fall
New York Times bestseller
An October 2019 LibraryReads Pick
A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
A Midwest Indie Bestseller in Hardcover Nonfiction
A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in Doctors and Medicine Humor
A Washington Post Best Book of 2019
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.
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