Unstoppable US, Volume 2: Why the World Isn't Fair
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · September 2, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- Follow the strange, true story of how farming, kingdoms, laws, and inventions reshaped human life.
- Themes
- Human social development, Fairness and inequality, Civilization and invention
- Genres
- History, Prehistoric Times, Social Science
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt. Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established?
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How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other? And why isn’t the world fair? The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story! From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way. In Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In Volume 2, he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing is accompanied by maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations, making the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.
How Society Took Shape
Follow the strange, true story of how farming, kingdoms, laws, and inventions reshaped human life.
Come here for
- Big questions about civilization, fairness, and power
- A lively sweep from village farming to prehistoric Egypt
Expect
- Maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations
- History told with a dynamic, story-shaped voice
Where it sits
| History | 63% |
|---|---|
| Prehistoric Times | 63% |
| Social Science | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Prehistoric Times
- Exploring Places
- Social Science
- Authors
- Yuval Noah Harari
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- September 2, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Human social development · Fairness and inequality · Civilization and invention
- Reading lane
- Prehistoric Times