Il y a 100 000 ans, la Terre était habitée par au moins six espèces différentes d'hominidés. Une seule a survécu. Nous, les Homo Sapiens.

Comment notre espèce a-t-elle réussi à dominer la planète ? Pourquoi nos ancêtres ont-ils uni leurs forces pour créer villes et royaumes ? Comment en sommes-nous arrivés à créer les concepts de religion, de nation, de droits de l'homme ? À dépendre de l'argent, des livres et des lois ? À devenir esclaves de la bureaucratie, des horaires, de la consommation de masse ? Et à quoi ressemblera notre monde dans le millénaire à venir ?

Véritable phénomène d'édition, traduit dans une trentaine de langues, Sapiens est un livre audacieux, érudit et provocateur. Professeur d'Histoire à l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem, Yuval Noah Harari mêle l'Histoire à la Science pour remettre en cause tout ce que nous pensions savoir sur l'humanité : nos pensées, nos actes, notre héritage... et notre futur.

Après Sapiens qui explorait le passé de notre humanité et Homo Deus la piste d’un avenir gouverné par l’intelligence artificielle, 21 leçons pour le XXI^e siècle nous confronte aux grands défis contemporains.

Pourquoi la démocratie libérale est-elle en crise ? Sommes-nous à l’aube d’une nouvelle guerre mondiale ? Que faire devant l’épidémie de « fake news » ? Quelle civilisation domine le monde : l’Occident, la Chine ou l’Islam ? Que pouvons-nous faire face au terrorisme ? Que devons-nous enseigner à nos enfants ?

Avec l’intelligence, la perspicacité et la clarté qui ont fait le succès planétaire de ses deux précédents livres, Yuval Noah Harari décrypte le XXI^e siècle sous tous ses aspects - politique, social, technologique, environnemental, religieux, existentiel… Un siècle de mutations dont nous sommes les acteurs et auquel, si nous le voulons réellement, nous pouvons encore redonner sens par notre engagement. Car si le futur de l’humanité se décide sans nous, nos enfants n’échapperont pas à ses conséquences.

New York Times Bestseller

A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us?

Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become?

Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.

**THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**

In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.

'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian

How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children?

The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new book is the challenge of maintaining our collective and individual focus in the face of constant and disorienting change.

Faced with a litany of existential and real crises, are we still capable of understanding the world we have created?

'Fascinating... compelling... [Harari] has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century' Bill Gates, New York Times

'21 Lessons is, simply put, a crucial book' Adam Kay

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.

Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.

What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.

With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

Animal insignifiant parmi les animaux et humain parmi d’autres humains, Sapiens a acquis il y a 70 000 ans des capacités extraordinaires qui l’ont transformé en maître du monde.

Harari, Vandermeulen et Casanave racontent avec humour la naissance de l’humanité de l’apparition de Homo sapiens à la Révolution agricole.
Une bande dessinée pour repenser tout ce que nous croyions savoir sur l’histoire de l’humanité.

Avec la révolution agricole, les Sapiens cohabitent non plus par dizaines d'individus, mais par millions...
Pour se nourrir, partager des informations et simplement vivre ensemble, les humains érigents alors les piliers de la civilisation, mais tombent aussi dans un piège dont nous ne sommes pas encore sortis !

Et si notre présent s'était joué il y a 12 000 ans ?

Vuelve Harari

Autor de Sapiens, best seller del momento con más de diez millones de copias vendidas en todo el mundo.

Sapiens es un recorrido por nuestro pasado.

Homo Deus, una mirada a nuestro futuro.

21 lecciones para el siglo XXI es una exploración de nuestro presente.

¿Cómo podemos protegernos de las guerras nucleares, los cataclismos ecológicos o las tecnologías disruptivas? ¿Qué podemos hacer contra la propagación de la posverdad o la amenaza del terrorismo? ¿Qué debemos enseñar a nuestros hijos?

Con la misma prosa inteligente, fresca y provocadora, Harari vuelve a librerías con un nuevo título, 21 lecciones para elsiglo XXI, en el que examina algunas de las cuestiones más urgentes de nuestro presente. El hilo dorado que recorre este estimulante nuevo libro es el desafío de mantener nuestro enfoque colectivo e individual frente al constante y desorientador cambio que estamos viviendo.

¿Somos aún capaces de entender el mundo que hemos creado?

Reseñas:
«Me maravilló la manera en la que Yuval Noah Harari indagó en el pasado de nuestra especie en Sapiens, al igual que lo hicieron sus predicciones para el futuro con Homo Deus. Pero su cautivadora narrativa y sus fascinantes análisis de la actualidad en 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI dan absolutamente en el clavo.»
Sir Richard Branson

«El formato del libro contribuye al gancho comercial de Harari, que es ni más ni menos que la ambición y la gran amplitud de su obra, en la que reúne ideas que uno no se espera pero que se traducen en observaciones brillantes.»
Helen Lewis, The Guardian

«Este libro es un testimonio a su genialidad, con un gran potencial para atrapar a las mentes curiosas.»
Moises Naim, The Washington Post

«Harari entabla en esta obra, tan cautivadora como irrebatible, la conversación definitiva sobre cómo abordar a escala global los problemas del siglo XXI.»
Bill Gates, The New York Times

«Harari brinda una combinación magistral de perspectiva histórica, científica, política y filosófica, explorando los veintiún mayores desafíos que la actualidad presenta a su entender. [...] aborda una gran diversidad de cuestiones urgentes, entre ellas la democracia liberal, el nacionalismo, la inmigración y la religión. 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI es una obra minuciosa y rigurosamente documentada, escrita para ser disfrutada y comentada por mucho tiempo.»
Publishers Weekly

«Una exploración verdaderamente instructiva de los grandes temas de nuestro presente, asícomo del futuro inmediato de la sociedad. [...] A lo largo de veintiún ensayos que dan justo en el clavo, el autor opina hacia dónde evoluciona nuestro mundo en plena era de la posverdad. [...] La mayor parte de los lectores encontrará en su narrativa una sensatez deliciosa [...]. Otra obra maestra de Harari.

Discover the second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon.

When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. But why didn't they get a better life in return?

In The Pillars of Civilization, Yuval Noah Harari and his companions including Prof. Saraswati and Dr. Fiction travel the length and breadth of human history to investigate how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever. Discover how wheat took over the world, how war, famine, disease and inequality became a part of the human condition, and why we might only have ourselves to blame.

The origins of modern farming are told through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the history of inequality is revealed in a superhero detective story.

A radical, witty and colourful retelling of the story of humankind, adapted from Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Volume 2 can be read as a standalone or as a follow-up to Volume 1, The Birth of Humankind.

Praise for Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens:

'I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who's interested in the history and future of our species.' Bill Gates

'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama

'Jaw-dropping from the first word to the last... It may be the best book I've ever read' Chris Evans

'Contains a remarkable piece of information on almost every page and reminds us that we should be grateful to be human.' Matt Haig

'Sweeps the cobwebs out of your brain... Radiates power and clarity, making the world strange and new' Sunday Times

'Provocative and fascinating and opinionated...it makes the familiar seem unfamiliar. It altered how I view our species and our world.' Guardian

The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER. Featuring 256 pages of gorgeous full-colour illustrations and wrapped in a beautiful package.

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one-homo sapiens.

What happened to the others?

And what may happen to us?

In this first volume of the adaptation of his ground-breaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human". From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted beliefs, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and view specific events within the context of larger ideas.

Featuring easy-to-understand text covering the first part of the original edition, this adaptation of the mind-expanding book furthers the ongoing conversation as it introduces Harari's ideas to a wider new readership.

'[A] wonderful graphic novel... Smart, funny and dipped deep in the reality of what we as a species are...' Big Issue *Books of the Year*