Sapiens: a brief history of humankind by Yuval Harari

One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism? Bold, wide-ranging, and provocative, Sapiens integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our heritage . . . and our future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELowqPZtQw 5 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IoHJ9wanFg 14 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzj7Wg4DAbs 17 min TED talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GnBamLaqqE 41 min
19 books, 4 audio copies on CD, 23 in graphic form in library system