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With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller; over 1.5 million copies sold; is now a major PBS special.
More Reviews and RecommendationsJared Diamond is professor of geography at UCLA and author of the best-selling Collapse and The Third Chimpanzee. He is a MacArthur Fellow and was awarded the National Medal of Science.
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November 30, 2009: Very interesting readig. I especially enjoyed chapter 11. I wouuld definitely recommend this book.
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January 19, 2009:
My favorite chapter in this book was Collision at Cajamarca, because it
described a historical incident I have always been interested in. I think
this book is for anyone of any age with a genuine interest of how things
came to be. I like how Jared Diamond weaves a tapestry with the different
pieces of the puzzle that is human geography. All in all I really liked
this book, although I was sometimes zoned out by the long paragraphs
concerning bird watching, I thought it had a genuinely interesting concept.
I Also Recommend: The Cultural Landscape.