The End Is Always Near: Humanity vs the Apocalypse, from the Bronze Age to Today

Description: The End Is Always Near by Dan Carlin THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology ever peak or regress? And why, since the dawn of time, has it always seemed as though death and destruction are waiting just around the corner?Combining his trademark thrilling, expansive storytelling with rigorous history and thought experiment, Dan Carlin connects past with future to explore the tipping points of collapsing civilisations – from the plague to nuclear war.Looking across every brush with apocalypse, crisis and collapse, this book also weighs, knowing all we do about human patterns, whether our world is likely to become a ruin for future archaeologists to dig up and explore.FROM THE CREATOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING, 100+ MILLION DOWNLOAD PODCAST HARDCORE HISTORY Author Biography Pioneering podcaster Dan Carlin is the king of long-form audio content. With his Hardcore History episodes sometimes topping out at over six hours each, and using nothing but his voice, he entertains millions. He also developed the podcast Common Sense, a show devoted to politics and current events which was nominated for a Podcast Award in the Politics/News category in 2012 and 2013. He lives in Eugene, Oregon. Review Carlin puts the hardcore in Hardcore History by focusing his narratives on the most violent and dramatic moments in human history, filling his show with colorful anecdotes that were most likely left out of your high school history class.TimeA master of storytelling, Dan Carlin uses vivid detail and intuitive empathy to imagine what it was like to live through the end of the world … Carlins engaging and accessible style invites us to ponder the rise and fall of civilizations and ask where we are headed. The end of the world is not merely a catastrophe that waits for us down the road; it is a ghost that haunts the places weve already been.Mike Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of The Storm Before the StormThis is the perfect thought experiment for anyone who believes the world is doomed, if only to remind them of one essential reality: the world has always, always seemed doomed…It feels odd to classify a book about barbarians and flu pandemics and the morality of nuclear war as fun, but thats the single best modifier for The End is Always Near. Its an apocalyptic discotheque.Chuck Klosterman, author of But What If Were Wrong?For podcast fanatics, each new release is akin to the Super Bowl … Host Dan Carlin, a former radio broadcaster, brings both passion and showmanship as he unspools historical narratives with a flair for tension and intensity.AV ClubWalking listeners through Operation Barbarossa, the German attempt to capture Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, and Germanys ouster from the Soviet Union, Carlin is a wide-eyed, colorful guide to a dreadful story.SlateCarlin serves as a notable example of… a person who can discuss issues deeply and idiosyncratically.Los Angeles Times Review Quote A master of storytelling, Dan Carlin uses vivid detail and intuitive empathy to imagine what it was like to live through the end of the world. He takes us on a sometimes terrifying journey through the past that offers a glimpse of our possible future. Carlins engaging and accessible style invites us to ponder the rise and fall of civilizations and ask where we may be headed. The end of the world is not merely a catastrophe that waits for us down the road; it is a ghost that haunts the places weve already been Mike Duncan, author of The Storm Before the Storm This is the perfect thought experiment for anyone who believes the world is doomed, if only to remind them of one essential reality: the world has always, always seemed doomed. But its also a great compendium for everyone else, mostly due to Dan Carlins supernatural skill as an animator of history. It feels odd to classify a book about barbarians and flu pandemics and the morality of nuclear war as fun, but thats the single best modifier for The End is Always Near. Its an apocalyptic discotheque Chuck Klosterman, author of But What If Were Wrong? Feature * WORLD-CONQUERING PODCAST: Carlins Hardcore History has been downloaded over 100 million times, received the Best Classic Podcast in iTunes Best of 2014 awards, and the episode Ghosts of the Ostfront was ranked fifth best podcast of all time by Slate. The audio potential here is obviously huge, with Dan narrating the audiobook. * GIANT PLATFORM: Dan has 189k Twitter followers, and the podcast has 7-8 million listeners with 250k Twitter and Facebook followers. Combined with his personal friendships with Stephen Colbert, Joe Rogan and Tim Ferris, and past guests such as Max Hastings, Hardcore History will be widely promoted. * MACRO-HISTORY WITH BROAD APPEAL: Hardcore History will appeal to readers of popular history like Randall Munroes What If (200k TCM), Jared Diamonds Guns, Germs & Steel (170k TCM) and Bill Brysons A Short History of Nearly Everything (2m TCM), but is also geared to readers of the similarly controversial, online-savvy Jordan Peterson (150k TCM) * DAN CARLIN, AT LAST: fans have been after Dan Carlin for years to do a book. Hes a dynamo - his podcast was established relatively early, and has a core fanbase reaching hundreds of thousands. He delights people with his synthesis of disparate historical facts, and he annoys the hell out of serious historians - hell get a ton of attention. Competition: What If; Guns Germs and Steel; A History of the World; The Crusaders; Sapiens; Homo Deus; Prisoners of Geography; Voices of History; Short History of Nearly Everything. Randal Munroe; Jordan Peterson; Dan Jones; Tom Holland; Yuval Noah Harari; Tim Marshall; Andrew Marr; Sebag Montefiore; Bill Bryson Details ISBN0008340951 Author Dan Carlin Year 2020 ISBN-10 0008340951 ISBN-13 9780008340957 Pages 288 Format Paperback Imprint William Collins Subtitle Humanity vs the Apocalypse, from the Bronze Age to Today Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 909 Short Title The End Is Always Near Language English Publication Date 2020-09-03 UK Release Date 2020-09-03 Birth 1934 Affiliation Temple University, Philadelphia Position EDITOR Qualifications MD Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008340940 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-09-01 NZ Release Date 2020-09-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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