№ 2 · Sapiens: A Graphic History
Discover the second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon. The perfect gift this Christmas. When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. But why didn't they get a better life in return? In The Pillars of Civilization, Yuval Noah Harari and his companions including Prof. Saraswati and Dr. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. Discover how wheat took over the world, how war, famine, disease and inequality became a part of the human condition, and why we might only have ourselves to blame. The origins of modern farming are told through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the history of inequality is revealed in a superhero detective story. A radical, witty and colourful retelling of the story of humankind, adapted from Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Volume 2 can be read as a standalone or as a follow-up to Volume 1, The Birth of Humankind. Praise for Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: 'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species.' Bill Gates 'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama 'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans 'Contains a remarkable piece of information on almost every page and reminds us that we should be grateful to be human.' Matt Haig 'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Radiates power and clarity, making the world strange and new' Sunday Times 'Provocative and fascinating and opinionated...it makes the familiar seem unfamiliar. It altered how I view our species and our world.' Guardian
Discover the second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon. The perfect gift this Christmas. When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. But why didn't they get a better life in return? In The Pillars of Civilization, Yuval Noah Harari and his companions including Prof. Saraswati and Dr. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. Discover how wheat took over the world, how war, famine, disease and inequality became a part of the human condition, and why we might only have ourselves to blame. The origins of modern farming are told through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the history of inequality is revealed in a superhero detective story. A radical, witty and colourful retelling of the story of humankind, adapted from Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Volume 2 can be read as a standalone or as a follow-up to Volume 1, The Birth of Humankind. Praise for Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: 'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species.' Bill Gates 'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama 'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans 'Contains a remarkable piece of information on almost every page and reminds us that we should be grateful to be human.' Matt Haig 'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Radiates power and clarity, making the world strange and new' Sunday Times 'Provocative and fascinating and opinionated...it makes the familiar seem unfamiliar. It altered how I view our species and our world.' Guardian
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Examining the sweeping trajectory of human evolution, social structures, and technological advancement, macro-historical non-fiction offers critical frameworks for understanding contemporary global challenges. Yuval Noah Harari brought large-scale historical analysis to a broad audience with Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, which explores how cognitive development, agricultural shifts, and shared cultural fictions shaped human society.
Born in Kiryat Atta, Israel, on February 24, 1976, Harari pursued advanced historical research at the University of Oxford, earning his doctorate in 2002. He subsequently joined the faculty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a professor of history, specializing in world, medieval, and military history. His undergraduate lectures on world history served as the basis for his 2011 book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. In 2019, Harari and Itzik Yahav co-founded Sapienship, a social impact company that develops projects in education and entertainment to address pressing global issues.
Harari combines history, evolutionary biology, and anthropology to address macro-historical questions regarding human existence. His writing analyzes how shared narratives, free will, consciousness, happiness, and suffering influence human behavior and social structures. In works such as Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, he examines the historical evolution of information networks and evaluates the existential risks associated with artificial intelligence and non-human decision-making systems.
21 books in catalog
Examining the sweeping trajectory of human evolution, social structures, and technological advancement, macro-historical non-fiction offers critical frameworks for understanding contemporary global challenges. Yuval Noah Harari brought large-scale historical analysis to a broad audience with Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, which explores how cognitive development, agricultural shifts, and shared cultural fictions shaped human society.
Born in Kiryat Atta, Israel, on February 24, 1976, Harari pursued advanced historical research at the University of Oxford, earning his doctorate in 2002. He subsequently joined the faculty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a professor of history, specializing in world, medieval, and military history. His undergraduate lectures on world history served as the basis for his 2011 book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. In 2019, Harari and Itzik Yahav co-founded Sapienship, a social impact company that develops projects in education and entertainment to address pressing global issues.
Harari combines history, evolutionary biology, and anthropology to address macro-historical questions regarding human existence. His writing analyzes how shared narratives, free will, consciousness, happiness, and suffering influence human behavior and social structures. In works such as Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, he examines the historical evolution of information networks and evaluates the existential risks associated with artificial intelligence and non-human decision-making systems.
Sapiens: A Graphic History
Sapiens: A Graphic History
