About This Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. They sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us...
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10h 54m
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180 WPM
7h 51m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 36m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 117,700 words📅 16 days at 30 min/day
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