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Cover of Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of HumankindNominee2021

Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave

Nominated. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

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History, Science and the real world
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Vintage Books / 498 pages / ISBN 9780099590088
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