#1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT
INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE _______ '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
