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#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 From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and...

『サピエンス全史』を超える衝撃――巨人、6年ぶりの書き下ろし超大作「ネクサス」（NEXUS）とは？――「つながり」「結びつき」「絆」「中心」「中枢」などの意

『サピエンス全史』を超える衝撃――知の巨人、6年ぶりの書き下ろし超大作「ネクサス」（NEXUS）とは？――「つながり」「結びつき」「絆」「中心」「中枢」などの意

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. “Strikingly original . . . A historian whose arguments operate on the scale of millennia has managed to capture the zeitgeist perfectly...

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods. Over the past century...

愛憎、欲望、権力、迷信――こうして、歴史は動いてしまう。 教科書には書かれない、リアルすぎる「人間ドラマ」がここに！ 処女王・エリザベス1世の夢は、夜遅くひらく、ナポレオンもヒトラーも狂わされた「聖遺物」の真実、虚飾をはぎとられた"生身の女"マリー・アントワネット。

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history. Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the...

Humankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? This book tells our story, through conflict and intrigue, power won and lost, and great empires built and destroyed. Award-winning author Alex Woolf brings you an accessible, enjoyable exploration of human history. Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the first civilizations, follow marauding Mongols on their quest to conquer, find out what made colonial empires tick, or the more modern origins of current conflict, the answers lie in this book.

歴史を動かしたのは、人か、コーヒーか。 ■元々はイスラム世界の秘薬だったコーヒー ■コーヒー大国になったオスマン帝国 ■ヨーロッパにコーヒーをもたらしたウィーン包囲 ■美味しいコーヒーを淹れられることで出世できる時代があった。

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. “Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the...

ピラミッドの謎、ファラオの呪い、オーパーツ、知られざる古代人の日常生活まで──＼すべての謎がせいぞろい！！／＼古代エジプトのあらゆる謎がつまった古代エジプト決定版！／

With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, A Little Book of Language ranges widely, revealing language's myriad intricacies and quirks.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Publius Cornelius Tacitus - *Annales* (*Ab excessu divi Augusti*) Prvních šest knih Tacitových *Letopisů* představuje zásadní historické svědectví o počátcích římského císařství po smrti Augusta a o vládě jeho nástupce Tiberia...

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY** What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human. Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Germania, pojednání o zemi, poměrech a národu Germánů Publis Cornelius Tacitus – De origine et situ Germanorum Tacitovo historicko-etnografické dílo představuje jeden z nejvýznamnějších antických pramenů o germánských kmenech na konci...

AN INVITING, FASCINATING COMPENDIUM OF TWENTY-ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST FAMOUS LOST PLACES, FROM THE TOWER OF BABEL TO THE TWIN TOWERS Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have...

Read by Derek Perkins. **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the...

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.

盤上の小さな戦争が、いかにして現実の帝国を魅了し、一五〇〇年にもわたる人類の文化史を形作ってきたのかを紐解く壮大な知的エンターテインメント。古代インドで産声を上げたひとつの遊びは、ペルシャの宮廷やイ...

疫病や戦争の不安が渦巻く中世の暗い日常から、いかにして人間性の再生という劇的なパラダイムシフトが生まれたのかを鮮やかに描き出す没入型の歴史入門です。通勤電車に揺られる時間や夜の静かなリラックスタイム...