{"product_id":"the-history-of-the-world-in-100-animals","title":"THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 ANIMALS","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are not alone. \u003c\/b\u003eWe are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our homes. We are humans and \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewe love the idea of our uniqueness\u003c\/b\u003e. But the fact is that we humans are as much members of the animal kingdom as the \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecats and dogs\u003c\/b\u003e we surround ourselves with, the cows and the fish we eat, and the bees who pollinate so many of our food-plants. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe History of the World in 100 Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Simon Barnes selects the 100 animals who have had the greatest impact on humanity and on whom humanity has had the greatest effect. He shows how we have domesticated animals for food and for transport, and how animals powered agriculture, making civilisation possible. A species of flea came close to destroying human civilisation in Europe, while the slaughter of a species of bovines was used to create one civilisation and destroy another. He explains how pigeons made possible the biggest single breakthrough in the history of human thought. In short, he charts the close relationship between humans and animals, finding examples from around the planet that bring the story of life on earth vividly to life, with great insight and understanding.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The heresy of human uniqueness has led us across the millennia along the path of destruction. This book, beautifully illustrated throughout, helps us to \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eunderstand our place in the world\u003c\/b\u003e better, so that we might do \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea better job of looking after it\u003c\/b\u003e. That might save the polar bears, the modern emblem of impending loss and destruction. It might even save ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47223730831707,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/12_5c6168cd-e9d3-402c-bc35-3b5348b6f2a8.jpg?v=1697717967","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.ie\/products\/the-history-of-the-world-in-100-animals","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}