Books Are Easy to Wrap
The other non-fiction title that has been many-times-given is Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel. Just the other day, I had yet another chance to use (ie, be a tedious know-it-all) with information gleaned from that book.
kitara @ 2006-12-05T23:37:00
I love Jared Diamond. The author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies and, more recently, Collapse, he's also penned this intriguing essay, which argues that the advent of agriculture was the most detrimental misstep
‘Blood Diamond’ Stills
New Blood Diamond stills featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly Watch the Blood Diamond trailer here. Check out all of the Blood Diamond stills here. blood-diamond-stills-02. blood-diamond-stills-03. blood-diamond-stills-06
Rapa Nui question posed by Jared Diamond
There is this interesting question posed in Collapse by Jared Diamond in the section where he addresses the history of Easter Island. Evidently Easter Island had a unique environment that was damaged beyond recovery by its inhabitants,
Jared Diamond, deforestation, and Rapa Nui
In his book “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed,” Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist Jared Diamond looked at environmental and socio-economic structural factors to explain how societies—such as the Easter islanders,
Geographer Jared Diamond to Address AAG Annual Meeting
The famed geographer Jared Diamond (author of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies) will address the opening session
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / Jared Diamond.
Diamond, Jared M. . Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / Jared Diamond. [0670033375 ] New York : Viking, 2005. Call#: Van Pelt Library HN13 .D5 2005. Cited by Susan McClary in OHWM review
Jennifer Connelly: Pregnant Again!?
Last night was a special screening of her new film, Blood Diamond, at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art. BABOONS GONE WILD :: The Blood Diamond was filmed in South Africa and Mozambique, so Paul, Jen, and Stellan went on a safari one time.
Jared Diamond presents his 2005 Ideas Lecture
An audience of 850 attended the Ideas Lecture on 2 June 2005 to listen to the remarkable scientist, thinker and historian Jared Diamond present the Ideas Lecture
Jennifer Connelly :: Interview Magazine
Now Blood Diamond is coming out, the film you star in with Leonardo DiCaprio. And soon we’re getting The Foolishness of God Blood Diamond is pitched to a large audience, but there is real virtue in that in terms of public awareness.
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