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Non-Fiction · 2019 · G

The Body

by Bill Bryson

A tour of the human body — what it does, how it fails, and how little we understand it.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A must-read owner’s manual for every body. Take a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body in this “delightful, anecdote-propelled read” (The Boston Globe) from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything. With a new Afterword. “You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post 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 fa

ForAll agesGenreNon-FictionLength464 pagesRead time~12.5 hours

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No violence

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No profanity

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No sexual content

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No substance use

Emotional Intensity

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Medical discussions of disease and death; otherwise clean

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Bryson's 2019 popular science guide covers the human body system by system with humor and wonder. Completely clean. Some medical discussions of disease and death. Appropriate for all ages.

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