{"product_id":"the-body-illustrated-a-guide-for-occupants","title":"The Body Illustrated A Guide for Occupants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, this head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body is as compulsively readable as it is comprehensive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber One Bestseller in both hardback and paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sunday Times Book of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ideal gift for everybody\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBill 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis acclaimed work of popular science, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His new book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body- A Guide for Occupants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an extraordinary exploration of the human body which will have you marvelling at the form you occupy. Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005-2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Bryson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49013663695001,"sku":"9780857527691","price":1995.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/the-body-illustrated.jpg?v=1789228040","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/the-body-illustrated-a-guide-for-occupants","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}