You love the most, one gift to be remembered for years to come
Somewhere between a luxury coffee table book and an intellectual adventure, The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization is made to be explored, discussed, and displayed.
5,000+ Hours of Creation
400+ Pages of Knowledge
1,000+ Hand-Drawn Illustrations
$3M+ Raised by Believers
Translated into 6 languages worldwide
The people I love most already have everything they need. Every year I end up giving them something they appreciate but quickly forget. This was the first time in years I gave something that I was actually proud of.
Finding the right gift for someone you love is rarely easy. The obvious choices are enjoyed, replaced and soon forgotten.
Every once in a while, you come across something unexpected enough to change the mood of a room. Something that sparks curiosity, invites conversation, brings people together and remains relevant over time.
That is exactly what happens with The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization.
A Hand-Crafted Book of Everything
the Human Race Has Ever Figured Out
Imagine waking up tomorrow in a world where modern civilization had to be rebuilt from scratch. Not as a survival scenario, but as a genuine intellectual question: what would you need to know? Where would you even begin? How did humanity actually discover fire, agriculture, medicine, writing, and democracy in the first place, and could you recreate any of it if you had to?
The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization explores these questions across 400 pages, bringing together the knowledge, discoveries, and ingenuity that shaped our world. Crafted entirely by hand over more than 5,000 hours, the book was created by artists, writers, researchers, and illustrators. Each illustration was drawn by hand, while every fact was verified by scientists and experts.
This is a memorable gift for people who are curious about how the world works and what it took to build it.
Three Reasons This Is
a Gift Worth Giving
I. It reaches people who already have everything
The most meaningful gifts are often the ones people never knew they were missing. The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization brings together centuries of human knowledge in a book unlike any other.
II. It opens conversations that last for years
It invites different perspectives, unexpected discoveries, and deeper conversations that expand the way we see the world.
III. It earns a permanent place in their home
400 pages with thousands of facts, new ideas and illustrations. There is always something else to discover, which makes this a book worth keeping close.
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Somewhere between sacred text and explorer's codex lies an object unlike any other ever bound between two covers - a monument five thousand hours in the making, rendered entirely by human hand.
Every word within these pages was wrestled from the world by human minds. Every illustration born from a human hand. Five thousand hours — not of processing, but of thinking, questioning, drawing, and beginning again. There is no algorithm here. Only people, and their extraordinary devotion to getting it right.
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TOP 2 in Kickstarter history
400k+
copies sold to curious minds of the planet Earth
A global bestseller
For the People in Your Life
Who Deserve Something Extraordinary
For Your Parents
Finding something new for parents can be the hardest part of gift-giving. For those who think they have seen it all, The Book can still make them stop, look twice and realize there is plenty left to be discovered.
For Your Intellectually Curious Friend
Do you have a friend who is always reading, researching, and looking for something new to learn? The Book might be the one thing they haven’t come across yet and it might just blow their mind.
For a Milestone Moment
Some occasions deserve something that matches the weight of the moment, and the right gift can become part of the memory. The book is a piece they can keep as a reminder of it.
For Anyone With a Bookshelf
The best part of a bookshelf is knowing there is always another one worth adding. The Book is the one that makes you rethink what a book can be.
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Chapters to explore
Anatomy & Blood
The human body is remarkably complex, with blood connecting every organ and system. It carries oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and other essential substances throughout the body. When blood needs to be shared, compatibility matters, and it comes down to biology, not by the things we usually have in common.
Bicycles
Some inventions seem to emerge naturally, like the wheel. Others come about through a series of happy accidents. By connecting two wheels to a solid frame, then adding a chain and a couple of pedals, we get a simple, efficient vehicle that can transport both people and heavy loads. Using the basic principles behind its design, you can also come up with a variety of useful devices and even start generating electricity.
Animation
Animation works by taking advantage of a simple optical illusion. When you present a sequence of still images in quick enough succession, the viewer’s mind interprets them as a continuous moving image. This effect is achieved by using a large number of sequential images that differ minimally from the previous image in the series. But there is more to animation than just making still images appear to move. When we watch animated characters, we start to empathize and identify with them. We laugh, cry and scream in horror along with them. This is where cinematography comes into play.
Festivals
For humans, taking breaks from the daily routine and the fight for survival is vital. Otherwise, they are unable to create. Negative thoughts start to accumulate in their minds, they become more prone to conformism and society enters a period of stagnation. Festivals and carnivals help relieve the tension and reboot the creative mind. Festival culture is a living contradiction to the hierarchies, dogmas and norms meant as societal safeguards. These kinds of celebrations bestow a sense of freedom, allowing people to leave their duties and responsibilities behind for a while and immerse themselves in the festive atmosphere, becoming truly spontaneous and authentic.
Sushi
Food is important for its caloric and nutritional value, but it's also a way to explore new flavors and sensations. Different foods can create new connections in the brain, and a good meal can offer more than just nourishment. So why not try something new by preparing a well-balanced meal? It’s time to learn how to make sushi. The only thing you’ll have to cook is the rice. That’s the secret to good sushi: do not complicate what can be done simply.
A Book to Give,
A Masterpiece to Inherit
The book is not meant for a single reading or a single generation. Years from now, its pages will still invite curiosity, surprise, conversations and the pleasure of immersing oneself in unexpected knowledge.
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