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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson
Synopsis "The Body: A Guide for Occupants"
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST - LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARDGlorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design. --The Washington Post Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us 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. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted. The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information.
Bill Bryson nació en Des Moines, Iowa, en 1951. Inició la carrera de Periodismo en Estados Unidos, pero la interrumpió para viajar por Europa. En 1977 se instaló en North Yorkshire, Inglaterra, donde residió dos décadas y trabajó como periodista. Aunque también se ha dedicado a la enseñanza (fue rector de la Universidad de Durham), actualmente se dedica sobre todo a escribir. Es autor, entre otros libros superventas, de Shakespeare, Una breve historia de casi todo, En casa: una breve historia de la vida privada, Aventuras y desventuras del Chico Centella, Un paseo por el bosque i 1927: Un verano que cambió el mundo y En las antípodas.
