{"product_id":"humans-4","title":"Humans","description":"\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, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFURTHER PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eHUMANS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Very funny'' \u003c\/b\u003eMark Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Chronicles humanity''s myriad follies down the ages with malicious glee and much wit ... a rib-tickling page-turner''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBusiness Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A timely, irreverent gallop through thousands of years of human stupidity''\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Griffin\u003ci\u003e, Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307187970430,"sku":"NW9781472259059","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472259059.jpg?v=1778696777","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/humans-4","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}