{"product_id":"book-d7o5","title":"The Invention of Yesterday","description":"\u003cb\u003eThrough vivid stories studded with insights, award-winning author Tamim Ansary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fifty thousand years ago, we roamed the world as countless autonomous bands of hunter-gatherers, each one telling itself a story of the world with itself at the center. We used narratives to organize for survival and explain the unfathomable, and these stories evolved into the bases for cultures, empires, and civilizations. When disparate narratives collided, the encounters produced everything from confusion, chaos, and war to cultural efflorescence, religious awakenings, and intellectual breakthroughs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Traveling across millennia and cultures, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates our propensity to invent a shared symbolic universe, and argues that world history is a narrative we’re constantly inventing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A well-written and valuable take on the diverse narratives that have shaped human history.” ―\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Chatty, breezy, and capacious.” ―\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Terrific.” ―\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349100077360,"sku":"BDd7o5","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49349100110128,"sku":"ZEd7o5","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d7o5-cover.jpg?v=1763497702","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d7o5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}