Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Spec Sarah Kay An absorbing investigation into a

An absorbing investigation into a little-known historical tragedy--an insurrection which upended a resilient and wealthy Black community who found themselves in the clutches of an insurrection at the turn of the twentieth century in Laurinburg

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Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Spec Sarah Kay An absorbing investigation into aBy the award winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline. A Next Big Idea Club Must Read Selection We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline fast. In