Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

Book Overview

#1 New York Times Bestseller - New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century - The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.

From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062316095
• ISBN13: 9780062316097
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Completely biased and racist

Read with critical lens, there is a very racist undercurrent in the book. Sapiens evolving from apes in Africa, reaching higher knowledge the whiter they are. Makes very little mention of Africa and African culture thereafter.

Superb

Sharp, witty, and thought-provoking.

Completely Unreadable and Wrong

The book itself is great, however I ordered a "Very good" copy and pages 53-84 were missing and pages 357-388 were printed twice. This made it so two full chapters were missing. Disappointed to see after using this site for so long.

Truly unbiased

I love that it approaches everything using facts and explaining theories for things that are still being debated. The lack of political stance is refreshing. I’ve learned so much.