Jared Diamond Ordre des livres (chronologique)

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. This is Jared Diamond's haunting account of visiting the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island, showing how a remote civilization destroyed itself by exploiting its own natural resources—and why we must heed this warning. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

My, ludzie, dzielimy 98 procent naszych genów z szympansami. Jesteśmy dominującm gatunkiem na planecie – rozwinęliśmy naukę, skomplikowane i różnorodne formy komunikacji, stworzyliśmy miasta i zapierające dech w piersiach dzieła sztuki – podczas gdy szympansy, mimo że genetycznie blisko, pod każdym innym względem są od nas daleko. Co jest niezwykłego w tej dwuprocentowej różnicy DNA, która spowodowała taką rozbieżność między ewolucyjnymi kuzynami? W tym fascynującym i prowokacyjnym dziele, uznany naukowiec i laureat nagrody Pulitzera, Jared Diamond odkrywa, jak niezwykłe ludzkie zwierzę, w niezwykle krótkim czasie, rozwinęło zdolność do rządzenia światem... i środki do nieodwracalnego zniszczenia go.

Fascynująca książka ukazująca czynniki wpływające na to, jak całe kraje i pojedynczy ludzie mogą reagować na wielkie wyzwania i jak podnoszą się z kryzysówJared Diamond porównuje, jak sześć wybranych przez niego krajów przetrwało rozmaite turbulencje w czasach nowożytnych – poczynając od otwarcia... číst celé

Focusing on the evolution of baseball strategy, this book explores the revolutionary techniques and philosophies that have transformed the game. Highlighting key players and their innovative approaches, it draws parallels to the influential "Moneyball" narrative. Through engaging storytelling, it captures the excitement of modern baseball, showcasing how analytics and creativity are reshaping the sport. The insights into the minds of players and coaches make this a compelling read for fans and analysts alike.

In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis. Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past - from the forced opening up of Japan and the Soviet invasion of Finland to the Pinochet regime in Chile - through selective change, a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation more commonly associated with personal trauma. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the United States, and the world, are squandering their natural advantages and are on a devastating path towards catastrophe. Is this fate inevitable? Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past? Exhibiting the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics and anthropology that marks all Diamond's work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet.

The no. 1 bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel explores the profound lessons that traditional societies offer us todayOver the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or simply live well? In this epic journey into our past, Jared Diamond reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms. Drawing on decades of his own fieldwork, Diamond explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language, and discovers they have much to teach us.Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME's best non-fiction books of all time, and Collapse, a #1 international bestseller. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.

Au rythme actuel de la croissance démographique, et particulièrement de l'augmentation des besoins économiques, de santé et en énergie, les sociétés contemporaines pourront-elles survivre demain ? La réponse se construit à partir d'un tour du monde dans l'espace et dans le temps - depuis les sociétés disparues du passé (les îles de Pâques, de Pitcairn et d'Henderson; les Indiens mimbres et anasazis du sud-ouest des États-Unis ; les sociétés moche et inca ; les colonies vikings du Groenland) jusqu'aux sociétés fragilisées d'aujourd'hui (Rwanda, Haïti et Saint-Domingue, la Chine, le Montana et l'Australie) en passant par les sociétés qui surent, à un moment donné, enrayer leur effondrement (la Nouvelle-Guinée, Tikopia et le Japon de l'ère Tokugawa). De cette étude comparée, et sans pareille, Jared Diamond conclut qu'il n'existe aucun cas dans lequel l'effondrement d'une société ne serait attribuable qu'aux seuls dommages écologiques. Plusieurs facteurs, au nombre de cinq, entrent toujours potentiellement en jeu : des dommages environnementaux ; un changement climatique ; des voisins hostiles ; des rapports de dépendance avec des partenaires commerciaux ; les réponses apportées par une société, selon ses valeurs propres, à ces problèmes. Cette complexité des facteurs permet de croire qu'il n'y a rien d'inéluctable aujourd'hui dans la course accélérée à la dégradation globalisée de l'environnement. [Source : 4e de couv.]