{"product_id":"9781472259059-humans","title":"Humans","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHUMANS: An exhilarating journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, from our very first ancestor falling out of that tree, to the most spectacular fails of the present day. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant. Apart from the epilogue, which is idiotic' \u003c\/b\u003eJeremy Clarkson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'F*cking brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F*CK-UPS OF HUMAN HISTORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we're real winners. But, frankly, it's not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we've managed to really, truly, quite unbelievably f*ck things up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Chairman Mao's Four Pests Campaign, to the American Dustbowl; from the Austrian army attacking \u003ci\u003eitself\u003c\/i\u003e one drunken night, to the world's leading superpower electing a reality TV mogul as President. it's pretty safe to say that, as a species, we haven't exactly grown wiser with age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo, next time you think you've really f*cked up, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFURTHER PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eHUMANS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Very funny' \u003c\/b\u003eMark Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong. Both readable and entertaining' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Chronicles humanity's myriad follies down the ages with malicious glee and much wit . a rib-tickling page-turner'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBusiness Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A timely, irreverent gallop through thousands of years of human stupidity'\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Griffin\u003ci\u003e, Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31859305447521,"sku":"9781472259059","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26830738.jpg?v=1721291572","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472259059-humans","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}