the body a guide for occupants by bill bryson

He and his family then moved to New Hampshire in America for a few years, but they have now returned to live in the UK. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He settled in England in 1977, and worked in journalism until he became a full time writer. 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.William McGuire 'Bill' Bryson, OBE, FRS was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times It's fun to read because it's not just comprehensive, but quirky.' - Richard Morrison, The Times witty, jargon-free prose that glides you through 400 pages. It is woven through with the kind of human stories that Bryson has made his trademark.' - The Mail on Sunday Every page is dense with scientific facts written as vividly as a thriller, as well as answers to conundrums such as why we don't fall out of bed when we are asleep. plus some anger and life advice - all delivered in the inimitable Bryson style' - Gavin Francis, The Guardian Extraordinary stories about the heart, lungs, genitals. 'The prose motors gleefully along, a finely tuned engine running on jokes, factoids and biographical interludes.' - The Guardian Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9780552779906 Number of pages: 544 Weight: 390 g Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 33 mm MEDIA REVIEWS There really is no story more amazing than the story of us.' 'What I learned is that we are infinitely more complex and wondrous, and often more mysterious, than I had ever suspected. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. 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.Ī wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this new book is an instant classic. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself.

'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. Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year 2020 Shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2020

The body a guide for occupants by bill bryson