Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Incredible, enagaging breakdown of human history in the tradition of Bill Bryson's “A Brief History of Nearly Everything”. Tribal law, Hammurabis' code–they all buck against modern ideals of right and wrong. The second half of the book really gains momentum with a stark explanation of religion throughout the ages and its part in war, famine, and soarinng empires. Wish there was a little more on the studies of happiness, but was portrayed was a nice take on chemic or biological happiness versus individual happiness. I am putting this one of the list of physical books to own just so I can write all over it!