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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed:

Posted on July 21, 2015 by

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: by Jared Diamond ISBN-10: 0143117009 ISBN-13: 978-0143117001 Publisher: Viking Adult; 1 edition (December 29, 2004) This is the follow up book to Jared Diamond’s  “Guns, Germs and Steel”.   “In Guns, Germs and Steel” he discusses … Continue reading →

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

Posted on December 24, 2013 by

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies By Jared Diamond Publication Date: April 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0393317552 | ISBN-13: 978-0393317558 Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book attempts to explain … Continue reading →

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Reward Bad News, Question Good News

Posted on November 5, 2013 by

4th  Installation:  Reward Bad News, Question Good News 3rd Installment: The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work  5th Installment: Manage the Project not the Project Management Tool “You won’t find a solution by saying there is no problem”  … Continue reading →

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History’s Great Untold Stories

Posted on September 7, 2013 by

History’s Great Untold Stories: The Larger Than Life Characters and Dramatic Events That Changed the World  by Joseph Cummins My goodreads rating: 5 of 5 stars Publisher: National Geographic (March 20, 2007) ISBN-10: 1426200315 ISBN-13: 978-1426200311 This book covers 28 interesting events and odd stories … Continue reading →

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Generations: The History of America’s Future

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069 by Neil Howe, William Strauss Release date: September 30, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0688119123 | ISBN-13: 978-0688119126 My goodreads rating: 5 of 5 stars I first read Generations in 1994 and found it to be an interesting explanation of … Continue reading →

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