{"product_id":"the-stories-we-swallowed-what-civilizations-teach-people-to-believe-9798258704702","title":"The Stories We Swallowed: What Civilizations Teach People to Believe","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): A. L. Childers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the most powerful beliefs in your life were never taught openly at all?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom firelit cave walls to glowing phone screens, human beings have always been shaped by stories. Some came through religion. Some through kings and flags. Some through beauty standards, brands, politics, and entertainment. Some arrived so quietly they felt like common sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Stories We Swallowed\u003c\/b\u003e, A.L. Childers traces the hidden thread connecting ancient civilizations to the modern world-and reveals how societies teach people what to admire, fear, desire, obey, consume, and become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not just a history book.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about the world you are living in now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom monuments built to inspire awe to screens built to command attention, from crowns and cathedrals to celebrity culture and digital identity, this book uncovers the patterns that never truly disappeared-they only changed shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have ever felt that something about modern life seems strangely hollow, exhausting, theatrical, or engineered... this book gives language to that feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will never look at symbols, media, institutions, beauty culture, politics, or your phone the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome stories are spoken aloud.\u003cbr\u003eThe ones that shape civilizations are often swallowed whole.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883463884951,"sku":"9798258704702","price":1217.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798258704702.webp?v=1781102028","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-stories-we-swallowed-what-civilizations-teach-people-to-believe-9798258704702","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}