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"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill GatesIn this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal.

One woman.Two rock stars.A threesome that will change everything…Photographer Amber Malone sucks at love. She’s been dumped, duped and dated more a-holes than any girl should ever have to.Then she meets rock star Dylan Cope, drummer for the mega-successful rock band Dirty; gorgeous, charming and all-around nice guy. For once, the stars seem to be aligning in Amber’s favor.There’s only one problem.Dylan’s rock star best friend, Ashley Player, is not a nice guy. He’s broken, bitter, protective of Dylan—and wants Amber gone.It’s almost enough to send her packing…But when Amber and her camera inadvertently catch Ash kissing Dylan, she finds herself sucked head-over-heels into a world of secrets, lust and heartache… and a three-way relationship that will change everything she thought she knew about love.Dirty Like Dylan is the fourth full-length novel in the Dirty series—a rockstar romance series about the members of the rock band Dirty and the women and men who love them.Novels in the Dirty series are interconnected standalones, each with an HEA; other books (novella/story collection) are not HEA, but are essential pieces of the overall story arcs. (There are ongoing storylines that develop throughout the series; reading them in order is not crucial but is HIGHLY recommended.)Reading order:Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1)Dirty Like Us (Dirty #0.5) (novella)Dirty Like Brody (Dirty #2)A Dirty Wedding Night (Dirty #2.5) (story collection)Dirty Like Seth (Dirty #3)Dirty Like Dylan (Dirty #4)Dirty Like Jude (Dirty #5)Dirty Like Zane (Dirty #6)... And be sure to check out the Players rockstar romance series (a spinoff from the Dirty series!), starting with the first book: Hot Mess (Players #1)!

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Diamond is also the author of Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in CrisisEnvironmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions and persisted. As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe, and weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Collapse moves from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society’s apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana.Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?

This box set includes 3 books in the deliciously addictive Dirty rockstar romance series, featuring sexy alpha rockstar heroes and explosive, page-turning chemistry!Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1)Dirty Like Brody (Dirty #2)A Dirty Wedding Night (Dirty #2.5)Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1)A gorgeous rock star. An indecent proposal. How can a girl resist?Struggling barista Katie Bloom doesn’t even know who Jesse Mayes is until she inadvertently wins the coveted role of sex kitten in his hot new music video. But by the time she’s in bed with him, she knows his reputation.Love maker. Heartbreaker. Then Jesse makes Katie an irresistible offer: act as his girlfriend for six weeks while he promotes his new album. The only catch? Their sizzling make-out sessions will be for the cameras only.Which is fine with Katie, since she’s not about to trust her heart to rock’s most legendary lover. Her body? Maybe…Dirty Like Brody (Dirty #2)He was all she ever wanted. Then she broke his heart…As longtime manager of Dirty, gorgeous and brooding Brody Mason has had his share of beautiful women. Yet the only one he’s ever wanted is the one he never had—the one who tore his heart out.Six years ago, Jessa Mayes ran away—from her dream career as a songwriter with Dirty, and the only man she’s ever loved—without telling anyone why.Now Jessa’s doing the one thing she swore she’d never do. She’s coming home—to be a bridesmaid in her brother’s rock star wedding… and face the mistakes of her past.It won’t be easy.Love this intense never is.A Dirty Wedding Night (Dirty #2.5)4 couples… 4 dirty stories…It’s been one hell of a night at Cathedral Cove Resort. Love and lust are in the air, and rock star Jesse Mayes is just about to drag his bride, Katie, back to their luxurious cabin to celebrate in private.But the newlyweds aren’t the only ones in the mood…In this steamy must-read story collection, find out what happens (not always what you’d think!) when your favorite Dirty characters vanish into the night after the rock star wedding event of the year.Stories included in A Dirty Wedding Night: A Dirty Vow, A Dirty Secret, A Dirty Lie, A Dirty Deal.Dirty is a rockstar romance series about the members of the rock band Dirty and the women and men who love them. Novels in the Dirty series are interconnected standalones, each with an HEA; other books (novella/story collection) are not HEA, but are essential pieces of the overall story arcs. (There are ongoing storylines that develop throughout the series; reading them in order is not crucial but is HIGHLY recommended.)Reading order:Dirty Like Me (Dirty #1)Dirty Like Us (Dirty #0.5) (novella)Dirty Like Brody (Dirty #2)A Dirty Wedding Night (Dirty #2.5)(story collection)Dirty Like Seth (Dirty #3)Dirty Like Dylan (Dirty #4)Dirty Like Jude (Dirty #5)Dirty Like Zane (Dirty #6)

Happy Hills is changing!Jeff discovers that Oofmaster has taken control of the village, making slaves of the residents.Lila's gone off to the Nether, alone, and Zion's in jail.But maybe someone out in the desert can help...Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights.Great Minecraft books for readers aged 7 and above. Fans of Steve The Noob, Zack Zombie, Dave The Villager, and Skeleton Steve will enjoy reading this series. Available for free in KU.

The bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us?“As he did in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond continues to make us think with his mesmerizing and absorbing new book." BookpageMost 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. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday—in evolutionary time—when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions.The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years—a past that has mostly vanished—and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today.This is Jared Diamond’s most personal book to date, as he draws extensively from his decades of field work in the Pacific islands, as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San people, and others. Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness have much to teach us. Provocative, enlightening, and entertaining, The World Until Yesterday is an essential and fascinating read.

An exciting new Minecraft adventure with 20,000 words.Jeff's life has gotten busy: His mom's missing, a girl needs rescuing, and a strange zombie boy is following him.He has to leave home and go through infected villages, scary caves, and deadly terrain. Will he and his companions find a way to stop the zombie army from taking over the Minecraft world?Jump into this Exciting Tale of Adventure Today!Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights.Positive messages of loyalty, bravery, tolerance, and creativity. Intermediate readers.Fans of Steve The Noob, Surfer Villager, Zack Zombie, and Skeleton Steve will enjoy reading this series.What are you waiting for? Grab your copy today!

Too many zombies!Jeff and friends are running out of time.The villagers in the bunker are running out of food. But the zombie horde surrounding the bunker is growing thicker every day.Can Jeff, Zion and Lila win the ultimate battle?Jump into this continuing tale of adventure Today!Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights. Tags: Great Minecraft Books for Kids age 5-7, 6-8, 8-10, and 9-12, and older. Minecraft adventure stories for kids. Computer games tie-in.Positive messages of friendship, loyalty, and bravery, with no profanity.Available for borrowing in KU.

Jeff's adventure continues.Jeff and Lila are heading east to warn villagers of the evil zombie army.But the zombies unexpectedly loop back and are now aiming for Lila's home village. Again.And the head of the evil zombie army looks suspiciously like Zion...Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights.Great Minecraft Books for kids age 5-7, 6-8, 8-10, and older. Fans of Steve The Noob, Surfer Villager, and Skeleton Steve will love it.It's good to read. This book or any book. Grab Your Copy Today!

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 with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island?What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids?Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat?Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, Jared Diamond's Collapse also shows how - unlike our ancestors - we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors.'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' - Daily Mail'Riveting, superb, terrifying' - Observer'Gripping ... the book fulfils its huge ambition, and Diamond is the only man who could have written it' - Economis'This book shines like all Diamond's work' - Sunday Times

Born out of the popular blog Kale & Caramel, this sumptuously photographed and beautifully written cookbook presents eighty recipes for delicious vegan and vegetarian dishes featuring herbs and flowers, as well as luxurious do-it-yourself beauty products.Plant-whisperer, writer, and photographer Lily Diamond believes that herbs and flowers have the power to nourish inside and out. “Lily’s deep connection to nature is beautifully woven throughout this personal collection of recipes,” says award-winning vegetarian chef Amy Chaplin. Each chapter celebrates an aromatic herb or flower, including basil, cilantro, fennel, mint, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, lavender, jasmine, rose, and orange blossom. Mollie Katzen, author of the beloved Moosewood Cookbook, calls the book “a gift, articulated through a poetic voice, original and bold.” The recipes tell a coming-of-age story through Lily’s kinship with plants, from a sun-drenched Maui childhood to healing from heartbreak and her mother’s death. With bright flavors, gorgeous scents, evocative stories, and more than one hundred photographs, Kale & Caramel creates a lush garden of experience open to harvest year round.

Get the gold. Change Mom back. Stop the zombies.Jeff has a lot on his hands.He almost misses the days when all he had to worry about was his math homework. Luckily, he has friends to help him--resourceful Zion, brave Lila and the cranky witch, Zara.But can Jeff manage it all without getting poofed?Jump into this continuing tale of adventure Today!Disclaimer: This book is an unofficial Minecraft book, a work of fan fiction. It is not endorsed, authorized, licensed, sponsored, or supported by Mojang AB, Microsoft Corp. or any other entity owning or controlling rights to the Minecraft name, trademarks or copyrights. Tags: Great Minecraft Books for Kids age 5-7, 6-8, 8-10, and 9-12, and older. Minecraft adventure stories for kids. Computer games tie-in.It's good to read. This book or any book. Available for borrowing in KU.