{"product_id":"2940170061358","title":"The Kingdom of Speech","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe 40 best books of 2016 you must read immediately\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003ci\u003e New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eTom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech--not evolution--is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104829718768,"sku":"2940170061358","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170061358_p0.jpg?v=1763793187","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170061358","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}