{"product_id":"the-kingdom-of-speech-tom-wolfe-9780316269964","title":"The Kingdom of Speech","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Speech\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech -- not evolution -- is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316269964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316269964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2016","brand":"Tom Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981570375935,"sku":"9780316269964","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_459ce351-5a05-422d-85b1-e59c4e943de2.jpg?v=1683256345","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kingdom-of-speech-tom-wolfe-9780316269964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}