Publication date: 1978-01
Review American Caesar: MacArthur Part 2 of 2 / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1932-01
Review Mutiny on the Bounty / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1978-01
Review American Caesar: MacArthur Part 1 of 2 / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1996-01
Review The Hound of Baskervilles / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 2000-02-29
Dewey code: 304
Price: £21.50
Review Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies / Penton Overseas Inc.,U.S.:Life isn't fair-here's why: Since 1500, Europeans have, for better and worse, called the tune that the world has danced to. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond explains the reasons why things worked out that way. It is an elemental question, and Diamond is certainly not the first to ask it. However, he performs a singular service by relying on scientific fact rather than specious theories of European genetic superiority. Diamond, a professor of physiology at UCLA, suggests that the geography of Eurasia was best suited to farming, the domestication of animals and the free flow of information. The more populous cultures that developed as a result had more complex forms of government and communication-and increased resistance to disease. Finally, fragmented Europe harnessed the power of competitive innovation in ways that China did not. (For example, the Europeans used the Chinese invention of gunpowder to create guns and subjugate the New World. ) Diamond's book is complex and a bit overwhelming. But the thesis he methodically puts forth-examining the "positive feedback loop" of farming, then domestication, then population density, then innovation, and on and on-makes sense. [+]Written without bias, Guns, Germs, and Steel is good global history.
Publication date: 1975-01
Review The Strong Brown God / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1990-01
Review Beyond the Khyber Pass / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1990-01
Review Dickens Part 1 of 3 / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1998-03-31
Dewey code: 200
Price: £9.35
Review Medicine Path: Healing Songs and Stories of the Northwest Native Americans / Sounds True Inc.,U.S.:
Publication date: 1984-01
Review Ty Cobb / Books on Tape:
Creator: Connor O'Brien
Edition: Unabridged Version
Publication date: 1993-01
Review Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays / Books on Tape:
Creator: Jeff Riggenbach
Publication date: 1997-12
RRP: £33.99
Price: £42.41
Review Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House / Penton Overseas Inc:
Publication date: 1992-11
Review Hunting and Fishing from A to Zern: Hunting / B & B Audio Inc:
Creator: Thora Hird
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 1995-10-23
Dewey code: 220
Price: £7.99
Review Bible Stories from the Old Testament / Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books:
Publication date: 1973-01
Review The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed / Books on Tape:
Publication date: 1993-12-01
Dewey code: 306
RRP: £6.38
Price: £29.22
Review Giants Cauldron (Odds Bodkin Musical Story Collection) / Rivertree Productions:
Edition: Cas & Book
Publication date: 1999-11-25
Dewey code: 492.482421
RRP: £11.95
Price: £8.50
Review Berlitz Hebrew Cassette Pack (Berlitz Cassette Pack) / Berlitz Publishing:
Publication date: 1998-05-20
Price: £7.99
Review Darling Buds of May: Season of Heavenly Gifts / Music Collection International:
Publication date: 1971-01
Review Kent State Part 1 of 2 / Books on Tape:
Authors
- Chris L. Demarest
- Berlitz Kids
Publication date: 1998-08-27
Dewey code: 400
Price: £8.95
Review Berlitz Kids the Five Crayons Spanish (Adventures with Nicholas) / Berlitz Publishing:
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