{"product_id":"the-better-angels-of-our-nature-9780141034645","title":"The Better Angels of Our Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA provocative history of violence--from the \"New York Times\" bestselling author of \"The Stuff of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most important books I've read - not just this year, but ever ... For me, what's most important about \u003ci\u003eThe Better Angels of Our Nature\u003c\/i\u003e are its insights into how to help achieve positive outcomes. How can we encourage a less violent, more just society, particularly for the poor? Steven Pinker shows us ways we can make those positive trajectories a little more likely. That's a contribution, not just to historical scholarship, but to the world -- Bill Gates\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant, mind-altering...Everyone should read this astonishing book -- David Runciman * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA supremely important book. To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement. Pinker convincingly demonstrates that there has been a dramatic decline in violence, and he is persuasive about the causes of that decline -- Peter Singer * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e[A] sweeping new review of the history of human violence...[Pinker has] the kind of academic superbrain that can translate otherwise impenetrable statistics into a meaningful narrative of human behaviour...impeccable scholarship -- Tony Allen-Mills * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eWritten in Pinker's distinctively entertaining and clear personal style...a marvellous synthesis of science, history and storytelling -- Clive Cookson * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eA salutary reality-check...\u003ci\u003eBetter Angels\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a great liberal landmark -- Marek Kohn * Independent *\u003cbr\u003ePinker's scholarhsip is astounding...flawless...masterful -- Joanna Bourke * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eSelected by the New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2011 * New York Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732402090327,"sku":"9780141034645","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141034645.jpg?v=1719996724","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-better-angels-of-our-nature-9780141034645","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}