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THE BODY ILLUSTRATED - BILL BRYSON GEBUNDEN

Number One Bestseller in both hardback and paperback  The Sunday Times Book of the Year The
ideal gift for everybody   _______   'A directory of wonders.' 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.' 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  astonishing stories and now fully illustrated for the first time 
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. The ideal
gift for readers of every age who wish to discover more about themselves.   '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

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