04235cam a2200913 4500 2739493707 TxAuBib 20260430120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781488051135 1488051135 B07JKYXGND Amazon 86921274-d68e-41a3-8649-47ddbed39a60 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4362259 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Phillips, Tom. Humans [e-iNC eBook] : A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. Hanover Square Press, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. racial discrimination. civil rights pioneer. nightclub impresario. rockefeller center. French resistance. Second World War. African American. Native American. first world war. legion of honor. Foreign Legion. Eugene Bullard. fighter pilot. determination. World War II. intelligence. 20th Century. World War I. plantation. indigenous. Biography. childhood. white mob. Scotland. lynching. Military. Jim Crow. Aviation. Stowaway. Jazz Age. haitian. Athlete. runaway. Soldier. England. courage. History. Georgia. France. Verdun. Europe. sports. wound. boxer. Creek. black. Paris. slave. Hero. fame. spy. HTML:"If Sapiens was a testament to human sophistication, this history of failure cheerfully reminds us that humans are mostly idiots." —Greg Jenner, author of A Million Years in a Day Now an International Bestseller A Toronto Star–Bestselling Book of the Year Modern humans have come a long way in the seventy thousand years they've walked the earth. Art, science, culture, trade—on the evolutionary food chain, we're true winners. But it hasn't always been smooth sailing, and sometimes—just occasionally—we've managed to truly f*ck things up. Weaving together history, science, politics and pop culture, Humans offers a panoramic exploration of humankind in all its glory, or lack thereof. From Lucy, our first ancestor, who fell out of a tree and died, to General Zhou Shou of China, who stored gunpowder in his palace before a lantern festival, to the Austrian army attacking itself one drunken night, to the most spectacular fails of the present day, Humans reveals how even the most mundane mistakes can shift the course of civilization as we know it. Lively, wry and brimming with brilliant insight, this unique compendium offers a fresh take on world history and is one of the most entertaining reads of the year. "It's hard to imagine someone other than Phillips pulling off a 250+ page roast of mankind, but his perfect blend of brilliance and goofiness makes it a joy to read." —Buzzfeed "With the delicate touch of a scholar and the laugh-out-loud chops of a comedian, Tom Phillips shows us how our species has been messing things up . . . [for] four million years." —Steve Brusatte, New York Times–bestselling author. Humor (Nonfiction.) Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-04-29 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=86921274-d68e-41a3-8649-47ddbed39a60&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=86921274-d68e-41a3-8649-47ddbed39a60&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)