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Collection: Adult Nonfiction
Call Number: 612
Author: Bryson, Bill
Title: The body
Remainder of title: a guide for occupants
Summary, etc. note: "From the bestselling author of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body"--

International Standard Book Number: 9780385539302 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number: 9780385539319 (ebook)
Description conventions: rda
Authentication code: pcc
Classification number: QM23.2
Item number: .B79 2019
Edition number: 23
Classification number: 612
Source of number: bisacsh
Classification number: SCI036000
Classification number: MED005000
Classification number: HUM000000
Relator term: author.
Statement of responsibility, etc.: Bill Bryson.
Edition statement: First edition
Place of publication: New York ,NY
Name of publisher: Doubleday
Date of publication: 2019
Projected publication date: 1910
: New York :
: Doubleday,
: 2019.
Extent: 383 pages
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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, etc. note: "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) the ways it can fail. Full of extraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started reading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes, The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. As Bill Bryson writes, "We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted." The Body will cure that indifference with generous doses of wondrous, compulsively readable facts and information"--
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: Provided by publisher.
Source of acquisition: B & T 10/18/19
Purchase price: 30.00
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Subject: Humor
Subject: Anatomy
Subject: Life Sciences
Subject: Human physiology
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: 1 shelf copy
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: rl11 2019-03-18
: rl11 2019-03-18 ONIX to Dewey
: xm08 2019-03-22 (telework)
: Nora Grubb; phone: 212-782-9644; email: ngrubb@skidmore.edu; bc: nlatimer@randomhouse.com

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