The Body — A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

“Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design.” —The Washington Post  "Fascinating." — NPR "A directory of wonders. . .Extraordinary. . . A tour of the minuscule; it aims to do for the human body what his A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science. . .The prose motors gleefully along, a finely tuned engine running on jokes, factoids and biographical interludes. . .Wry, companionable, avuncular and always lucid . . .[The Body] could stand as an ultimate prescription for life." — The Guardian With The Body — A Guide for Occupants, bestselling author Bill Bryson, of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes you on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner’s manual for everybody. The Body  — A Guide for Occupants will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We p