The Body

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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'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
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'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. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'

Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. 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.

A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic.

It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.

'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' Bill Bryson

NUMARUL UN DUMINICA ESTE BESTSELLER_______ „Un director de minuni”. - The Guardian: „Galagie”. - The Times „Bryson clasic, ironic, plin de veselie ... o carte distractiva si absolut completa”. - The Sunday Times „Este o isprava a abilitatii narative sa gasesti atatea fapte intr-o carte distractiva si hranitoare”. - Daily Telegraph _______ „Ne petrecem intreaga viata intr-un singur corp si totusi majoritatea dintre noi practic nu avem nicio idee despre cum functioneaza si ce se intampla in interiorul sau. Ideea cartii este pur si simplu sa incercam sa intelegem inselaciunea extraordinara care este noi. Bill Bryson incepe sa exploreze corpul uman, modul in care acesta functioneaza si capacitatea sa remarcabila de a se vindeca.