{"product_id":"the-invention-of-yesterday-paperback","title":"The Invention Of Yesterday (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this extraordinary book, an award-winning author tells\nthe story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Terrific… Tamim Ansary explores the underappreciated ways that empires,\nnations, and smaller sets of people have responded to their surroundings,\ninfluenced one another, and developed stories that give their lives meaning.” ―\u003ci\u003eSan\nFrancisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTraveling across millennia and cultures,\u003ci\u003e The Invention of Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e argues\nthat world history is a narrative we’re constantly inventing. Fifty thousand\nyears ago, we roamed the world as countless autonomous bands of\nhunter-gatherers, each one telling itself a story of the world with itself at\nthe center. We used narratives to organize for survival and explain the\nunfathomable, and these stories evolved into the bases for cultures, empires,\nand civilizations. When disparate narratives collided, the encounters produced\neverything from confusion, chaos, and war to cultural efflorescence, religious\nawakenings, and intellectual breakthroughs.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this updated edition with a new postscript, Tamim Ansary uses insightful,\nvivid stories to illuminate how our propensity to invent a shared symbolic\nuniverse has shaped our journey from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamim Ansary\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books,\nincluding \u003ci\u003eDestiny Disrupted\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published essays and commentary\nin the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos\nAngeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Born in Afghanistan in 1948, he moved to the US in\n1964. He lives in San Francisco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44877664518351,"sku":"9781541706224","price":38.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_68752cf6-9b65-4387-ae63-a29a774cf954.jpg?v=1772434421","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-invention-of-yesterday-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}