The Body

The BodyNATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY Maclean's The Washington Post USA Today Indigo 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 compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must read owner's manual for everybody.

In your searching eyes

and while Mary Anne doesn't know what to expect from the eighth grade

the creature grows into a movie-star handsome white man

Prepare your senses for a delicious shock of orange in all its glory and variety—in a playful color tribute destined to wow art and design enthusiasts of all ages

" —New York Times Book Review (Staff Pick)

A student vanished months ago

seducing the one person he seems to care about most in this world: Pandora

And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor

cramming into roach-infested Hell’s Kitchen apartments

her world is falling apart

and the more real monstrosities of patriarchy

Time drags on