Harry, sorry I missed your post. I read both 'Germs, guns and steel' and 'why nations fail' and liked both books very much. They are definitely well written, intelligent and provocative, in my opinion. Why Nations fail is a must-read especially if you are already familiar with Diamond's theory. Inde...

Yeah! Actually I followed a bit the group discussion about next month possible option for non-fiction and before leaving US (I was there for Thanksgiving) I bought 4 books among those mentioned in the posts and more interesting for me: Dirty Wars by Jeremy Swahili; Saving Capitalism by Robert Reich;...

what a pity!

I read: why nations fail - The passion of western mind - Guns, germs and steel - The blank slate, and other things of authors like Howard Bloom, Richard Dawkings, Sam Morris - Hanna Arendt - Chomsky and also McKibben.
I guess I am mainstream like you Harry!

I am in ... although catching up ....

Hello, my name is Micaela. Originally Italian, female, living in Lima, Peru, for the moment... Like all of you, I enjoy reading and I read almost exclusively non-fiction books that deal with politics, economics, environment, philosophy and so on. However, it is frustrating not having a soul to discu...