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Humans: An A-Z
DO YOU
A) Know a human?
B) Love a human?
C) Have trouble dealing with humans?
IF YOU'VE ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
Whether you are planning a high level of human interaction or just a casual visit to the planet, this user-guide to the human race will help you translate their sayings, understand exotic concepts such as 'democracy' and 'sofas', and make sense of their habits and bizarre customs.
A phrase book, a dictionary and a survival guide, this book unravels all the oddness, idiosyncrasies and wonder of the species, allowing everyone to make the most of their time on Earth.
Book Details
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2015
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- Edition: Main - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.90in - 5.00in - 0.50in - 0.20lb
- EAN: 9781782115427
- Categories: • General• Diaries & Journals
About the Author
Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and six highly acclaimed novels for adults, including How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. His latest novel, How to Stop Time, was a Sunday Times bestseller. As a writer for children and young adults he has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal. His work has been published in forty languages.
@matthaig1 - matthaig.com
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What people are saying
One libertarian Soul. ❤️🔥🗽Individualist. Minarchist. Capitalist. Pro-Liberty & Anti-Socialist. 🇺🇸Navy Veteran. Rush Fan🎸🎶. Science & Sci-Fi Enthusiast. ☯
@thetaoishway "The Humans" by Matt Haig. It offers an enlightening view of humanity from a very alien perspective. It shows why living as a human is worth giving up immortality in utopia, & the great value in opening one's self to the possibility of loss & suffering when it was once unknown.❤️🔥
Looking for your next read? You're in the right place. Personalized recs, alternating Wednesdays and Thursdays and always here: https://t.co/WMEobU4K8g
@kupelicagri @nypl How about The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, The Humans by Matt Haig, or for a space opera horror novel, check out Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes?
Author ✍️❤️📚 💥“Limitations live in our minds, but if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” ~Jamie Paolinetti; writer and director 💥
“Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.” ― Matt Haig, The Humans
Praise for this book
"Haig strikes exactly the right tone of bemusement, discovery, and wonder in creating what is ultimately a sweet-spirited celebration of humanity and the trials and triumphs of being human. The result is a thought-provoking, compulsively readable delight." "Booklist "starred review of "The Humans""
"Haig strikes exactly the right tone of bemusement, discovery, and wonder in creating what is ultimately a sweet-spirited celebration of humanity and the trials and triumphs of being human. The result is a thought-provoking, compulsively readable delight." --Booklist starred review of The Humans
What people are saying
One libertarian Soul. ❤️🔥🗽Individualist. Minarchist. Capitalist. Pro-Liberty & Anti-Socialist. 🇺🇸Navy Veteran. Rush Fan🎸🎶. Science & Sci-Fi Enthusiast. ☯
@thetaoishway "The Humans" by Matt Haig. It offers an enlightening view of humanity from a very alien perspective. It shows why living as a human is worth giving up immortality in utopia, & the great value in opening one's self to the possibility of loss & suffering when it was once unknown.❤️🔥
Looking for your next read? You're in the right place. Personalized recs, alternating Wednesdays and Thursdays and always here: https://t.co/WMEobU4K8g
@kupelicagri @nypl How about The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, The Humans by Matt Haig, or for a space opera horror novel, check out Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes?