{"product_id":"apocalypse-how-catastrophe-transformed-our-world-and-can-forge-new-futures","title":"Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNext Big Idea Club\u003c\/i\u003e Must-Read Book of May 2025 \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated History Book of the Year \u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e A \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Spring Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly imagined new view on the great human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e to the climate instability of our present, that defies conventional wisdom and long-held stories about our deep past to reveal how societal collapse and other cataclysmic events are not irrevocable endings, but transformations. Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eSapiens \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA drought lasts for decades, a disease rips through a city, a civilization collapses. When we finally uncover the ruins, we ask: What happened? The good news is, we've been here before. History is long, and people have already confronted just about every apocalypse we're facing today. But these days, archaeologists are getting better at seeing stories of human resilience, transformation, and even progress hidden within those histories of collapse and destruction. Perhaps, we begin to see, apocalypses do not destroy worlds, but create them anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eApocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new way of understanding all of human history, reframing it as a series of crises and cataclysms that we survived, moments of choice in an evolution of humanity that has never been predetermined or even linear. Here Lizzie Wade asks us to reckon with our long-held narratives of these events, from the end of Old Kingdom Egypt, the collapse of the Classic Maya, to the Black Death, and, using the latest findings from archaeology, shows us how people lived through and beyond them--and even considered what a new world could look like in their wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more we learn about apocalypses past, the more hope we have that we will survive our own. It won't be pleasant. It won't be fair. The world will be different on the other side, and our cultures and communities--perhaps even our species--will be different too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Lizzie Wade is an exceptional journalist and a master storyteller. She reminds us that survival always has been, and still is, possible, and that our world always has been, and still is, a choice.\" -Ed Yong, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book upended my understanding of the ancient world. Wade renders our deep past in vivid prose, showing us that times of great rupture also bring great possibilities for new ways of living, if we let them. \u003ci\u003eApocalypse \u003c\/i\u003eis the best kind of history book: vibrant and vital.\" --Zoë Schlanger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Light Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did our ancestors survive the end of their worlds--and what can they teach us about surviving our own?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAncient Civilizations: \u003c\/b\u003e From the end of Old Kingdom Egypt to the fall of the Classic Maya, see how societies didn't just disappear, but adapted and transformed in the face of crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClimate Instability: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness the story of Doggerland, a lost world swallowed by the sea, to discover how ancient sea-level rise spurred astonishing human ingenuity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHuman Survival: \u003c\/b\u003e Go back to the deep past, when \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e were not the only humans, and uncover the surprising new story of Neanderthal extinction--and survival--revealed by ancient DNA.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLessons for Today: \u003c\/b\u003e Connect the dots from the Black Death to our own turbulent present, learning how the lessons from apocalypses past offer hope for navigating the challenges of our future.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984254271719,"sku":"9780063097308","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_75dac970-77ce-489d-bba8-19e1380d9777.jpg?v=1776315005","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/apocalypse-how-catastrophe-transformed-our-world-and-can-forge-new-futures","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}