{"product_id":"humans-9781472259059","title":"Humans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\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, thi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is brilliant. \u003cb\u003eUtterly, utterly brilliant.\u003c\/b\u003e Apart from the epilogue, which is \u003cb\u003eidiotic\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jeremy Clarkson\u003cbr\u003eTom Phillips has proven beyond a doubt that humans are goddamn lucky to be here and are doing nearly nothing to remain relevant and viable as a species - except, that is, for writing \u003cb\u003ewitty, entertaining, and slightly distressing-but-ultimately-endearing\u003c\/b\u003e books about same. And if you care to avoid orbiting the earth in a space-garbage prison of your fellow humans' design, \u003cb\u003eyou should probably read it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Knight * The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck *\u003cbr\u003eIn dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of\u003cb\u003e clueless f*cking nitwits\u003c\/b\u003e -- Stuart Heritage * Don't Be a Dick, Pete *\u003cbr\u003eIf you find yourself looking at the news and wondering how humanity has got \u003cb\u003eso many things wrong, over and over again\u003c\/b\u003e, this book is a \u003cb\u003every funny\u003c\/b\u003e answer to just that question' -- Mark Watson, comedian\u003cbr\u003eA light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... \u003cb\u003eBoth readable and entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Phillips is a very clever, very funny man\u003c\/b\u003e, and it shows. If \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e was a testament to human sophistication, this history of failure cheerfully reminds us that humans are mostly idiots -- Greg Jenner * A Million Years and a Day *\u003cbr\u003eChronicles humanity's myriad follies down the ages with \u003cb\u003emalicious glee\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003emuch wit \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003ea rib-tickling page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e * Business Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumans \u003c\/i\u003eis Tom Phillips' \u003cb\u003etimely, irreverent gallop \u003c\/b\u003ethrough thousands of years of human stupidity. Every time you begin to find our foolishness bizarrely comforting, Phillips adds another kick in the ribs. Beneath all this book's laughter is a serious question: \u003cb\u003ewhere does so much serial stupidity take us\u003c\/b\u003e? -- Nicholas Griffin * Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the book's goofy \"censored\" title . . . you might get the impression that \u003ci\u003eHumans\u003c\/i\u003e is a jokey, bathroom-style compendium, but that would be a mistake. Phillips is hilarious and breezily readable, but he knows his sh*t, and his book is backed by mountains of research. -- Dave Mandl * Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408738361687,"sku":"9781472259059","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472259059.jpg?v=1730504019","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/humans-9781472259059","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}