Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Genflag

I’m reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. It is non fiction but pretty good so far.


8 posted on 12/11/2012 12:45:52 PM PST by 31R1O
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: 31R1O

I’m reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. It is non fiction but pretty good so far.””

I tried to read this book but soon saw it was a presentation of excuses for why Africans have failed on their own merits while the rest of the world became the inventors.


21 posted on 12/11/2012 12:57:08 PM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

To: 31R1O

Guns, Germs and Steel was a great read, although be alert for the liberal propaganda... white people only succeeded due to the sheer luck of our geography, origins, etc.

There are videos of Guns, Germs and Steel on Youtube... look them up... they were also great!


36 posted on 12/11/2012 1:41:45 PM PST by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

To: 31R1O

Another thing to look into:

Book lists.

Look over bestseller lists to be current.

When I was young, I got a copy of the Harvard University Book List of required reading for Harvard students. I couldn’t afford Harvard, but I could read all the books!

Another thing you can try is learning languages.
I studied 7 by using the Pimsleur method and combining that with listening to popular music in my target language of the year. I was able to gain fluency in many languages by only listening.


40 posted on 12/11/2012 1:45:13 PM PST by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

To: 31R1O

If you like Guns, Germs, and Steel - try Diamond’ next book - Collapse - Why civilizations fail


92 posted on 12/12/2012 10:24:19 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson