1. 01-01-1997 In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill,New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer...
  2. 01-01-1974 The author develops the global predicament of man today, confronted with runaway populations, obliterative weaponry, and a closing environmental vise.