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Penguin Announced Drop-Ins January 2016CustomBestsellers - 5.2.2023SapiensA Brief History of HumankindBy (author): Yuval Noah HarariYuval Noah HarariImprint:
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General TradeMay 10, 2016$23.00 CAD
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Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective—and it is now available in paperback.
100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one: us. Homo Sapiens.
How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come?
In Sapiens, Dr. Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical—and sometimes devastating—breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural, and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, palaeontology, and economics, he explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies, the animals and plants around us, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behaviour from the heritage of our ancestors? And what, if anything, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come?
Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, Sapiens challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power…and our future.MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION: Sapiens was published in 2014 in 20 countries worldwide
AMBITIOUS, ORIGINAL AND ACCESSIBLE BOOK OF BIG IDEAS: Yuval is a teacher and he knows how to unpack complex subjects for a general audience in an entertaining and informative way.
ONE TO WATCH: this will be the breakout book of a promising young author, whose following is growing.
BEST-OF EVERYWHERE: Sapiens was a number-one bestseller in Israel upon publication and has sold 100,000 copies there. Here, Indigo named it one of the best books of 2014.
CO-PUBLISHERS: Harper Perennial (US), and Vintage in the UK published their paperback edition in April 2015.Marketing: • Maclean’s Father’s Day Advertising
• Facebook Advertising"Here is a simple reason why Sapiens has risen explosively to the ranks of an international best-seller. It tackles the biggest questions of history and of the modern world, and it is written in unforgettably vivid language. You will love it!"
—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Collapse, and The World until Yesterday
"I have just read Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens. It is brilliant. Most likely the best – and I have read very many – on the history of humankind. I have never read anything better. I think it is sad to think of all the people that will not get to read it."
—Henning Mankell
"Sapiens is the sort of book that sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain. Its author, Yuval Noah Harari, is a young Israeli academic and an intellectual acrobat whose logical leaps have you gasping with admiration . . . Harari's writing radiates power and clarity."
—The Sunday Times
"Sapiens is packed with heretical thinking and surprising facts. This riveting, myth-busting book cannot be summarised in any detail; you will simply have to read it."
—Financial Times
"Sapiens is a starburst of a book, as enjoyable as it is stimulating."
—Sunday Express
"Sapiens is a fast-paced, witty and challenging romp through 70,000 years of human history . . . I did love it, and if you are interested in the whole story of humankind, I'm confident that you will love it too."
—Literary Review
"Not only is Harari eloquent and humane, he is often wonderfully, mordantly funny. . . . Sapiens is a brave and bracing look at a species that is mostly in denial about . . . the crossroads it is rapidly approaching."
—The IndependentAlso Available
