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. 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
