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Sapiens

Sapiens

  • A Brief History of Humankind

Brought to you by Penguin.

**Over 1 million copies sold**
**The Sunday Times #1 bestseller**

FIRE gave us power

FARMING made us hungry for more

MONEY gave us purpose

SCIENCE made us deadly

This is the thrilling account of our extraordinary history – from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.

'Sapiens is the sort of book that sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Harari's writing radiates power and clarity, making the world strange and new' - The Sunday Times

'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

Reviews

  • "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

  • "Tackles the biggest questions of history and the modern world… Written in unforgettably vivid language"

    Jared Diamond

  • "Startling... It changes the way you look at the world"

    Simon Mayo

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About the Author

Yuval Noah Harari

Dr 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 over 45 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’.

Yuval Noah Harari

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