Guns, Germs, and Steel : The Fates of Human Societies

from primalprayer

I know a lot of people who have started this book, liked it, but never finished it. I have finished it and have been fully rewarded through the insight it gave me about how our world has developed....

from marysargent

This was consistently interesting, and quite well written for the intelligent lay reader. It is flawed by Diamond's obvious bias toward proving that the fates of human societies "don't involve huma...

from Niecierpek

The book is an attempt to answer the question why the rise of complex human societies unfolded differently on different continents. The main conclusion is it was differences in continental environm...

from ZacAbeel

Have you ever wondered why some societies in the world are quite developed economically, politically, and militarily, while many more societies in the world have very little wealth, unstable govern...

from BucksLRC1

What makes a "have?" Or a "have not?" Why do some parts of the world flourish while others choke on ashes? Jared Diamond explores the historical roots and consequences of the haves vs the have-nots...