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JARED DIAMOND is professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published more than 200 articles in
Discover, Natural History, Nature, and
Geo magazines. He is the author of five books for the public including
Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and has sold more than 1.5 million copies, the international bestseller
Collapse, and the recently published
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
REBECCA STEFOFF specializes in writing nonfiction for young readers, with a focus on scientific, historical, and literary subjects. Her adaptations include A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and A Different Mirror for Young People by Ronald T. Takaki.
From the Hardcover edition.