First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitle had ...
Why do humans invent so many cool things?What’s so special about walking on two legs?And the big one everyone’s clearly ...
Outbreaks of disease may have had a greater effect on the course of events than the actions and plans of humans. The evangelical right is always waiting for the Apocalypse, counting the days, charting ...
PLEASE READ THE PORTIONS BEFORE ATTENDING. If you are unable to read the portions before attending, please join us next week after having read all assigned portions. Why a book-club? The book club is ...
Clark, now age 19, has long ago forgiven, if not forgotten, my doctor humor. He was recently home on his college break when I received for review Jessica Snyder Sachs’ Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health ...
THE MOTIVES OF NICHOLAS HOLTZ— Thomas Painter and Alexander Laing—Farrar & Rinehart ($2). Nicholas Holtz was a fiend in tycoon form, but he was also a potent and respectable citizen. The unseen tsar ...