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Product: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Brand: Audible
Description: From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution - a number one international best seller - that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human".

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one - Homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago, with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because, over the last few decades, humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?

This provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.
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Product: Summary: Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
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of Yuval Noah Harari’s bestseller, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.

Sapiens became a #1 international bestseller and a New York Times bestseller for simple reasons…

Unlike other macroscopic reviews of human history, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind combines the best research into history with recent discoveries in biology and archaeology and complementary disciplines of science. It provides a unique point of view on how we got to where we are today – and what that means for us as a species.

Dr. Yuval Noah Harari traces the development of consciousness, above all else. 100,000 years ago Homo Sapiens were an insignificant animal – but today we dominate the planet. At some point, the evolution of thinking superseded biological evolution. Much of our 'success' hinges on the importance of the myths and legends – the fictions of our imagination that have played such a vital role in the development of culture, ideology, religion, economics, science – instead of our pure biological traits.

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Product: Summary of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Description: From where did the world appear?

Is the creation story true?

Why is Man the way he is?

Were there men before you and me?

Would there be other species after you and me?

Religion and politics: What is their origin? And why do they rule our world so strongly?

Oh well! You might be in for a shocker! If you were told today that you come from a lineage of animals, and probably have some apes and chimpanzees as long-lost cousins, what would you think? If you knew that the creation story was just make-believe invented to control your world, what would you say? What if you were told that your species would one day come to an end?

All of these and many more are the topics explored in Sapiens.

In the book Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari discusses all you need to know about who you are and where you come from, and debunks the many myths that have lived with us until now.

This book contains a comprehensive, well-detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Yuval Noah Harari. It summarizes the book in detail, to help people effectively understand and imbibe the original work by Noah. This book is not meant to replace the original book but to serve as a companion to it.

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Product: Sapiens (Tamil Edition)
Description: From a renowned historian comes a ground-breaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution a 1 international bestseller that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us.
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us and what do we want to become.
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Product: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Description: Number One New York Times Best Seller

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.

"Fascinating...a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century." (Bill Gates, The New York Times Book Review)

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.

In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?

Harari's unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential listening.

Praise for 21 Lessons for the 21st Century:

"If there were such a thing as a required instruction manual for politicians and thought leaders, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century would deserve serious consideration. In this collection of provocative essays, Harari...tackles a daunting array of issues, endeavoring to answer a persistent question: 'What is happening in the world today, and what is the deep meaning of these events?'" (BookPage)

"A sobering and tough-minded perspective on bewildering new vistas." (Booklist)
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Product: Sapiens - A brief history of humankind (Marathi) (Marathi Edition)
Description: Marathi Translation of Sapiens - A brief history of Mankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
१ लाख वर्षांपूर्वी मानवाच्या कमीत कमी ६ उपजाती पृथ्वीवर राहत होत्या. आज फक्त एकच शिल्लक आहे.
आपण.
होमो सेपिअन्स.
आपण पृथ्वीवर आपली अधिसत्ता कशी स्थापन केली?
आपल्या भटक्या पूर्वजांनी एकत्र येऊन शहरे आणि राज्यांची कशी स्थापन केली?
देव, राजे आणि मानवी हक्क अशा गोष्टींवर आपण कसे काय विश्वास ठेवू लागलो?
आणि येणाऱ्या सहस्रकांमध्ये आपले जग कसे असेल?
मानवाची विचारपद्धती, वर्तन, बलस्थाने आणि मानवाचे भविष्य
याबद्दलच्या आपल्या सर्व समजुतींना आव्हान देणारं
एक विचारप्रवर्तक पुस्तक...सेपिअन्स.
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Product: Sapiens and Homo Deus: The E-book Collection: A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow
Description: Discover humanity’s past and its future in this in this special e-book collection featuring Sapiens—a reading pick of President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg—and its acclaimed companion Homo Deus.
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Product: Sapiens. De animales a dioses [Sapiens: From Animals to Gods]: Una breve historia de la humanidad [A Brief History of Humankind]
Description: El libro de no ficción del AÑO

Un best seller internacional con más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos

Lúcido e iluminador: la historia de la humanidad en un solo volumen.

Este es el fascinante relato de nuestra extraordinaria historia: de simios sin importancia a amos del mundo.

¿Cómo logró nuestra especie imponerse en la lucha por la existencia? ¿Por qué nuestros ancestros recolectores se unieron para crear ciudades y reinos? ¿Cómo llegamos a creer en dioses, en naciones o en los derechos humanos; a confiar en el dinero, en los libros o en las leyes? ¿Cómo acabamos sometidos a la burocracia, a los horarios y al consumismo? ¿Y cómo será el mundo en los milenios venideros?

En De animales a dioses, Yuval Noah Harari traza una breve historia de la humanidad, desde los primeros humanos que caminaron sobre la Tierra hasta los radicales y a veces devastadores avances de las tres grandes revoluciones que nuestra especie ha protagonizado: la cognitiva, la agrícola y la científica. A partir de hallazgos de disciplinas tan diversas como la biología, la antropología, la paleontología o la economía, Harari explora cómo las grandes corrientes de la historia han modelado nuestra sociedad, los animales y las plantas que nos rodean e incluso nuestras personalidades. ¿Hemos ganado en felicidad a medida que ha avanzado la historia? ¿Seremos capaces de liberar alguna vez nuestra conducta de la herencia del pasado? ¿Podemos hacer algo para influir en los siglos futuros?

Audaz, ambicioso y provocador, este libro cuestiona todo lo que creíamos saber sobre el ser humano: nuestros orígenes, nuestras ideas, nuestras acciones, nuestro poder... y nuestro futuro.

El fuego nos dio poder.

La conversación hizo posible que cooperáramos.

La agricultura alimentó nuestra ambición.

La mitología sostuvo la ley y el orden.

El dinero ofreció algo en lo que confiar.

Las contradicciones crearon la cultura.

La ciencia nos hizo imparables.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
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Product: Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set (Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century)
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Product: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Chinese Edition)
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Product: : Sapiens: A brief history of humankind(Chinese Edition)
Description: Language:Chinese.Pub Date: 2014-11-01 Pages: 440 Publisher: CITIC Publishing House Human History: From animals to God is an Israeli historian heavy cutting-edge work. There are signs of life from thousands of years ago to begin the history of human capital development in the 21st century. technology interwoven. Thousands of years ago. there are at least six races on Earth. why today only left our own? We have just a humble corner of African ethnic groups. on the Earth's ecological impact and fireflies. orangutan or jellyfish almost the same. Why we can surmount the top of the food chain and eventually become master of the earth? From the cognitive revolution. agricultural revolution to the scientific revolution. we really know yourself? We had a more happy? We know that money and religion come from. why produce it? Empire's why one human creation and the rise of the decline?...
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Product: A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens
Brand: The Experiment
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Product: Anthropology (14th Edition)
Brand: Pearson
Anthropology
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Product: Sapiens (Graphic Novel): A Brief History of Humankind (Sapiens: a Graphic History)
Brand: Harper Collins Publ. USA
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Product: Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Brand: Harper Perennial
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Product: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Description: Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best seller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.

Over the past century, humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but as Harari explains in his trademark style - thorough yet riveting - famine, plague, and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists, and criminals put together. The average American is 1,000 times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.

What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet Earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams, and nightmares that will shape the 21st century - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.

With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times best seller, Harari maps out our future.
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