Sapiens: THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

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Random House, Sep 4, 2014 - History - 512 pages

'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama

What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?

One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going.

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

PRAISE FOR SAPIENS:

'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans

'Startling... It changes the way you look at the world' Simon Mayo

'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species' Bill Gates

Over 2 million copies sold since publication [Nielsen BookScan UK, Circana BookScan US, April 2024]

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About the author (2014)

Prof Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in sixty languages worldwide. It was a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up to Sapiens, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow was also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by the Guardian as 'even more readable, even more important, than his excellent Sapiens'. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, was a Number One Bestseller and was described by Bill Gates as 'fascinating' and 'crucial'. Harari worked closely with renowned comics illustrator Daniel Casanave and co-writer David Vandermeulen to create his latest book, an adaptation of his first bestseller, Sapiens Graphic Novel: Volume 1.

Bibliographic information

TitleSapiens: THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
AuthorYuval Noah Harari
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House, 2014
ISBN144819069X, 9781448190690
Length512 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Civilization
History / Social History
History / World
Philosophy / Social
Science / General
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Anthropology / Physical
  
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