The World Until Yesterday
by Jared M. Diamond
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA realistic non-fiction book that is wide-ranging and inventive. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.6 / 5
8 ratings
About This Book
Overview: Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things.
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- Author
- Jared M. Diamond
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 552
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- Open Library
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