Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - By Yuval Noah Harari
Rating: 5/5 This is the first of its kind book which I read and let me tell you, it captivated my attention in the tantalizing details from the very beginning, when it all started. The 5 stars I present to this book (I did have a little tinkling to settle for 4, at times, for somewhere in the middle, it got a bit boring. But then... It was not all about that). What I loved about the book: -I've really been looking for answers to many questions (about life, about evolution, about - why it happened this way and not that), things, and events (such as Britain, how it was able to rule over such big empires, etc.) I never understood. Having all of it combined and presented in such a wonderful way was no less than a treat. - Not only this book gives a history of how it all happened, but it does also open up many avenues and offers some logical reasoning about the major historic and evolutionary events and why they happened that way and not in any other way. The good part is...