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Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Yuval Noah Harari

Book of the Week: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The Scientific Revolution

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

The Scientific Revolution

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, The Scientific Revolution

The discovery of ignorance and the quest for immortality.

The discovery of ignorance and the quest for immortality. Adrian Scarborough reads Yuval Noah Harari's account of our history.

Adrian Scarborough continues reading from Yuval Noah Harari's ground-breaking account of humankind's remarkable history from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.
 
The discovery of ignorance and the quest for immortality.
 
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Produced by Gemma Jenkins

Book of the Week: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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Yuval Noah Harari's groundbreaking account of our history - from apes to world dominance.

Adrian Scarborough reads from Yuval Noah Harari's groundbreaking account of humankind's remarkable history, from insignificant apes to rulers of the world.

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