Cover of Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group

 
Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It

Written by British author ­Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It is now ­available on bookshelves in Chinese. 

The book, published in early January, follows Armesto's specialty at compiling multidisciplinary knowledge on science, religion, history and philosophy in one book. It tells the story of human beings' imaginative cognition evolution from the Stone Age to the 18th-century Enlightenment Period and eventually to the 21th century of thriving artificial intelligence.

The book aims to help readers understand how human being's mental abilities can drive global civilization forward, while also help people to understand today's culture and society. 

Armesto is an acclaimed historian who has published several popular works. 

The book was published in ­Chinese by the CITIC Press Group.


Amazing Everyday Successes: Chinese Society and People under Microhistory

Is it important for modern people to understand ancient Chinese society? This is the main question Chinese author Wang Di tackles in his new book Amazing Everyday Successes: Chinese Society and People under Microhistory. 

The book attempts to show readers how Chinese cultural traditions, customs and aesthetic tastes have been deeply influenced by ancient social and cultural customs over the centuries. 

Instead of focusing on ancient elites such as emperors, Wang's book focuses on the lives of ordinary people in ancient times, covering various subjects such food culture, housing and the rural and urban lives of people. 

Published by the CITIC Press Group, the book has been divided into two volumes.