The Body - Illustrated

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of the Number One Bestseller and Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, which takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. `A directory of wonders` - Guardian `Jaw-dropping` -The Times `It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts in to an entertaining and nutritious book. Daily Telegraph `Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson ... an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book` Sunday Times Now enhanced in this new edition by hundreds of stunning photographs and illustrations, Bryson`s book about the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself, is an instant classic. A Sunday Times and international bestseller, it is jam-packed with extraordinary facts, remarkable characters and astonishing stories. `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