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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
#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
From early hominids to modern societies, Sapiens offers a sweeping overview of human history. Exploring key developments in cognition, agriculture, and technology, Yuval Noah Harari examines how Homo sapiens came to dominate the planet.
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
A “thrilling” (Wall Street Journal) history of the Vikings by pre-eminent scholar, Neil Price, "Children of Ash and Elm" tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, and beliefs to the lands and peoples they encountered.
