She enjoys volunteering for medical missions. 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. A must buy book for anyone interested in knowing and understanding the human body and its working. The Body: A Manual for Occupants by Bill Bryson (Doubleday, 2019)ĬHRISTINE CONTILLO, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more than 40 years of experience, ranging from infants to geriatrics. coli warnings pulling romaine lettuce from supermarket shelves, The Body was a real delight to read. 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-with a new. The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information. In the midst of wildfires, political arguments, monster storms and another round of E. As Bill Bryson writes, We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted. Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. Not all of it is useful - think carefully about what you might do with the knowledge that “he stomach of a big dog will hold twice as much as yours” - but it is consistently engaging and fun. The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson. To survive on Earth, you don’t need to be able to write music or engage in philosophy - you really only need to be able to outthink a quadruped.” How true, but I’d never thought about it that way before.Īfter slogging through dreary books on the costs of medical testing, the future of medicine and the insurance juggernaut, it was a welcome change of pace to pick up a book that just wants to offer you mountains of intriguing, amusing information.
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