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Humans
- A Brief History of How We F--ked It All Up
- Narrated by: Nish Kumar
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant' Jeremy Clarkson
'F--king brilliant' Sarah Knight
READ FOR YOU BY CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED COMIC AND HUMAN NISH KUMAR, THIS IS AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F--K-UPS OF HUMAN HISTORY.
In 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--k things up.
From Chairman Mao's Four Pests Campaign, to the American Dustbowl; from the Austrian army attacking itself 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.
So, next time you think you've really f--ked up, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse...
FURTHER PRAISE FOR HUMANS:
'Very funny' Mark Watson
'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining' The Telegraph
'Chronicles humanity's myriad follies down the ages with malicious glee and much wit ... a rib-tickling page-turner' Business Standard
'A timely, irreverent gallop through thousands of years of human stupidity' Nicholas Griffin, Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World
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- Danielle
- 26-07-19
Extremely engaging and interesting
Although the content is interesting and entertaining in its own right, the writing style truly makes it a fun read. On top of that the narration compliments the style extremely well. I've already added Phillips' next book to my wishlist, and I hope Kumar narrates it again!
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- Natalie
- 22-03-21
Excellent listen
This book is a hilarious skim over of where humans have gone wrong. Well read by Nish Kumar!
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- Paul Murphy
- 17-11-18
Sumed up in a word Hubris
Well, how many ways can you think of, on how to F*** it up? This book covers some of the big ones. A warning to those who have just the right answer to that nagging problem. No good deed goes unpunished and all that, although those punished may not have anything to do with anything.
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- SirChutney
- 02-01-19
Loads of facts and history but very funny too
Extremely entertaining and depressing in equal measure. Do you enjoy history, quirky stories, and social sciences? Well, this could be the book for you. As one would expect from a former Buzzfeed writer, ‘Humans’ has is written in a very informal, conversational style. Tom Phillips packs his book with well researched eclectic examples from human history of our desire to make disastrous mistakes. He presents these in no particular order, and turns the oft-used narrative upside down. By touching upon only the critical elements needed to construct the mental final picture of each historical event, he enriches the text by adding lots of examples to send a compelling message in each chapter. Nish Kumar narrated, which helped to convey the grim sarcastic humour. Whether we learn from these errors or not is a different matter entirely and as this book illustrates, it's not always as easy or black and white as it seems.
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- Mr. R. D. Cox
- 26-04-20
oh dear
optimism bias, my favourite bias, makes me think that I and all mankind will learn. we won't.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-11-19
History for dummies
Brilliantly narrated by Nish Kumar, this book is an informative, humorous and enjoyable read/listen. I would highly recommend
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- velgur
- 30-07-18
Excellent book
Very informative and entertaining book. Totally worth a buy. The narrator is quite good if a bit overexcited at times. This book, to me, is a bonkers flip side to Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (another must-read).defiantly worth your time and a few pounds.
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- Ravi.S
- 18-09-19
An easy and thought provoking listen.
Nish Kumar's narration makes this a very enjoyable journey through the ages. One genuinely shouldn't be laughing out loud at how we've f*cked up this planet and continue to do so but there are some bits you can afford a hearty laugh without any guilt.
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- Different
- 13-07-19
Excellent
Great book. Interesting and thought provoking stories that are well written and excellently narrated. So well narrated in fact that I was glad I didn't have the time to read it my self
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- Danielle Heron
- 04-04-21
Excellent all round
Well written and read, interesting facts and well timed humor. Ultimately a great listen all round
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