n>One of the greatest publishing successes of the last 10 years is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by the Israeli academic Yuval Noah Harari. This attempt to sum up all of human history in a few hundred pages first appeared in Israel in 2011 and promptly became a bestseller. It has since been translated into almost 50 languages and has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. The English edition appeared in 2014 and rapidly reached the top of the New York Timescharts. The Washington Postcalled it “important reading for serious-minded, self-reflective sapiens,” Forbesrecommended its “superb job of outlining our slow emergence, and eventual domination, of the planet,” and London’s Guardiancalled it one of “the ten best brainy books of the decade.”Read Full Article »
