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"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. 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)...
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The author's signature humor and whimsy captures the outsized personalities, exciting events, and occasional weirdness of this unusual year that includes Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic, Babe Ruth's 60th home run, The Jazz Singer "talking film", and a secret meeting of 4 powerful central bankers on Long Island that set the stage for the Great Depression. [From publisher's description]
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A fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to “write...
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