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Jared Diamond (Author), Doug Ordunio (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1998

Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.

Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both literal and conceptual on every continent since the Ice Age, and examines societal advances such as writing, religion, government, and technology. Diamond also dissects racial theories of global history, and the resulting work-Guns, Germs and Steel-is a major contribution to our understanding the evolution of human societies.

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies

Jared Diamond (Author), Doug Ordunio (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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Listening Length	16 hours and 20 minutes
Author	Jared Diamond
Narrator	Doug Ordunio
Audible.com Release Date	18 January 2011
Publisher	Random House Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B079TM9DFX
Best Sellers Rank	#21 in History of Civilization & Culture #26 in Geography Books #40 in Agriculture & Farming (Books)

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Devi

Not A Casual Read..!!

23 February 2017

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Jared Diamond takes a giant leap back into history, to take us forward, through a lot of things, most of which I was unaware, until now. It is interesting, somewhat controversial and there are a lot of generalizations, some of which are questionable even. Though I wish there was more focus on Asian history/societies, one thing that amazed me is the amount of proof the author has sighted, that too from various disciplines, to prove his point. And to use these evidences to make a grand theory, or form an original idea/opinion is no joke. In that way, it is a well researched and often well defended book.

Hence, it is path breaking, inspiring, there is a lot of detail (and yes, of course, some speculation) and will be a great experience for someone ready to invest his/her time to understand human societies.

P.S. There is a documentary, based on this book, by National Geographic, which is quite gripping.

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Juzer

Groundbreaking

9 August 2018

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This is an excellent book. Jared Diamond has done groundbreaking work on human history that inspired the works of Yuval Noah Harari authored Sapiens: A brief history of humankind and Homo Deus.

A lot of information has been repeated quite a few times in order for them to "stick" in reader's mind. After reading it one would be able to see the author's inferences and worldview quite clearly. This book is the answer to humanity's so many questions.

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Rupinder

A freakin' good read

21 July 2017

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A landmark book. This book is my all-time favourite. It is a damn good read, and it has spawned many similar books after it came out, but none even came close in content. I won't belabour you by telling you what it is about, as I don't think I can add anything new to what's been already said on the net. Just read the darn book!

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Kindle Customer

history of human evolution through geography!

19 October 2019

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A very informative and logically analysed book on the history of mankind from the early stages. The author has tried to answer a very pertinent question of why people in different continents developed in different manner and to different levels. How one group of people could dominate the entire world development? His answers of geogrraphical differences, availability of domesticable plants and animals, the spread of crowd epedemics helped and favoured the eurasian group to dominate the world scene are very well analysed and argued out. His contention that human intelligence and ability to discover and invent is equally spread and probable in all groups but nature and circumstances favoured one set of people over the rest and not intrensic superiority in terms of intelligence etc. is also well brought out. His pointing out how inventions pan out over a period of time and a chain of events and people and are really not a one man or one event affair is very interesting.With the advent and rapid progress made in genetics, many of these theories and analysis can be validated and verified indipendently. A very engrossing read for those interested in history or curious of human evolution.

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Rick

Ridiculously small print

7 June 2019

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The print is so small you will bleed from eyes trying to read.That is my thumb and they have squeezed 4 lines in my thumbs breadth.Eyes will hurt.Excellent book though.

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Shreelakshmi

13000 years in 350 pages!

16 October 2018

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An excellent read. Encompasses human history from the beginning of times till today - almost. A must for anybody who is keen on reading, observing and analysing society and human behaviour in general and also for the rest of us.

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Good book

11 January 2020

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Buy if you are curious about the human history but don't expect anything like Homo Sapiens by YNH. Jared Diamond closes most of his arguments by presenting myriad circumstances but always avoids controversial, polar or radical opinion. He pins every anomaly by pulling out factors out of thin air, which is quite amazing, but at times it seems clear that he is trying to stay clear of any criticism by not blaming the people and saying things like 'it was not people of that island or place but bla and bla that made stuff happen'

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WackJack

A much detailed version of the Sapiens

23 February 2019

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Jared really makes the effort to take the audience through all aspects of how civilisation came about and more importantly, why it did how it did. The details along with story telling keep you engaging throughout.

I was a bit disappointed by the print version and then got kindle version as the font in print is painfully small and was diluting the whole experience of reading this legend.

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