Ce livre est une étude comparative, narrative et exploratoire des crises et des changements sélectifs survenus au cours de nombreuses décennies dans sept nations modernes : la Finlande, le Japon, le Chili,...

La question essentielle, pour la compréhension de l'état du monde contemporain, est celle de l'inégale répartition des richesses entre les sociétés : pourquoi une telle domination de l'Eurasie dans l'histoire...

Les passagers, munis de titres de transport électroniques, de bagages de cabine passés aux rayons X, attendent, guidés par un personnel aux uniformes seyants et sous l’œil d’une police affairée à regarder...

From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.Now in a revised edition...

**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE** 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can...

The Third Chimpanzee was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses...

Une sélection des grands articles parus dans la presse internationale offrant un panorama exceptionnel des penseurs qui comptent et des enjeux qui montent.- Un concept inédit en France inauguré en janvier...

A "riveting and illuminating" Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark...

A fascinating insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now - Jared Diamond explains why we are different from the animal kingdom.Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private?...

From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live todayVisionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond...

'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS ** NEW YORK...

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...

From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our life-cycle,...