Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, New Edition
With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller?over 1.5 million copies sold?is now a major PBS special. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. 32 illustrations.
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by Jared Diamond. ISBN13: 9780393061314. ISBN10: 0393061310. Published by W.W. Norton & Co.. Edition: (REV)05 Used
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Recent Reviews
- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-02-2009
- Its alright but not the greatest history book
I am reading this book for a college course and its really boring to read the beginning chapter. Slowly, the book mentions about some interesting historical events that happened and goes on to talk about them. I am half way through this...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-24-2009
- TOO MUCH
I read the book while waiting for jury duty.It seamed very interesting but after a while i felt like i was reading the same thing over and over. After a while i just got bored of the book.
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-20-2009
- Diamond or charcoal?
A real reviewer once wrote: "Jared Diamond is suspected to be a pseudonym for a committee of experts". He (or she) had a point. Jared Diamond's book "Guns, germs and steel" could very well be re-titled The Book About Everything. It's a...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-08-2009
- Geography tells the story of the past 13,000 years, but probably not our future
Through an insightful synthesis of clues from diverse fields including archeology, geography, climatology, cultural anthropology, linguistics and ecosystem science, Jared Diamond's lucid and thought-provoking Guns, Germs, and Steel...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-20-2009
- Diamond or charcoal?
A real reviewer once wrote: "Jared Diamond is suspected to be a pseudonym for a committee of experts". He (or she) had a point. Jared Diamond's book "Guns, germs and steel" could very well be re-titled The Book About Everything. It's a...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-02-2009
- Its alright but not the greatest history book
I am reading this book for a college course and its really boring to read the beginning chapter. Slowly, the book mentions about some interesting historical events that happened and goes on to talk about them. I am half way through this...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-01-2009
- Very boring...
I was very excited to read this book and then very disappointed. It captured my attention for about half the book. The author makes several points that he supports with some evidence and then retells them over and over and over. Some...
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