Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed ( Audiobook)

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed ( Audiobook)
mp3 | 978-0670033379 | English | 130 MB

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (also titled Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive) is a 2005 book by Jared M. Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at University of California, Los Angeles. Diamond's book deals with "societal collapses involving an environmental component, and in some cases also contributions of climate change, hostile neighbors, and trade partners, plus questions of societal responses". In writing the book Diamond intended that its readers should learn from history.

In the prologue, Diamond summarizes Collapse in one paragraph:

“ This book employs the comparative method to understand societal collapses to which environmental problems contribute. My previous book (Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies), had applied the comparative method to the opposite problem: the differing rates of buildup of human societies on different continents over the last 13,000 years. In the present book focusing on collapses rather than buildups, I compare many past and present societies that differed with respect to environmental fragility, relations with neighbors, political institutions, and other "input" variables postulated to influence a society's stability. The "output" variables that I examine are collapse or survival, and form of the collapse if collapse does occur. By relating output variables to input variables, I aim to tease out the influence of possible input variables on collapses.


Review:

Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the geographic and environmental reasons why some human populations have flourished, Collapse uses the same factors to examine why ancient societies, including the Anasazi of the American Southwest and the Viking colonies of Greenland, as well as modern ones such as Rwanda, have fallen apart. Not every collapse has an environmental origin, but an eco-meltdown is often the main catalyst, he argues, particularly when combined with society's response to (or disregard for) the coming disaster. Still, right from the outset of Collapse, the author makes clear that this is not a mere environmentalist's diatribe. He begins by setting the book's main question in the small communities of present-day Montana as they face a decline in living standards and a depletion of natural resources. Once-vital mines now leak toxins into the soil, while prion diseases infect some deer and elk and older hydroelectric dams have become decrepit. On all these issues, and particularly with the hot-button topic of logging and wildfires, Diamond writes with equanimity.

Because he's addressing such significant issues within a vast span of time, Diamond can occasionally speak too briefly and assume too much, and at times his shorthand remarks may cause careful readers to raise an eyebrow. But in general, Diamond provides fine and well-reasoned historical examples, making the case that many times, economic and environmental concerns are one and the same. With Collapse, Diamond hopes to jog our collective memory to keep us from falling for false analogies or forgetting prior experiences, and thereby save us from potential devastations to come. While it might seem a stretch to use medieval Greenland and the Maya to convince a skeptic about the seriousness of global warming, it's exactly this type of cross-referencing that makes Collapse so compelling.

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Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story By Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill, «Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story»
Publisher: High Roads Media; Unabridged edition (January 5, 2002) | ISBN-10: 1559276924 | ISBN-13: 978-1559276924 | Audio - MP3 | 29.6 MB

Two classic allegorical dramatizations about building wealth and achieving personal success
The Richest Man in Babylon
George Clason's all-time motivational classic comes to life in this audio dramatization adapted by the Napoleon Hill Foundation. It is the story of Akrad, a man of humble of origins; a simple tradesman who was widely known to be the richest man in Babylon.
Regardless of who you are or what work you do, security, riches, and all that comes with them can be yours by combining discipline and imagination with these deceptively simple yet universally profound principles of saving and investing. You too can become the richest man in Babylon.
The Magic Story
Something was happening to all of Jay's friends-they were becoming self-confident, setting goals, and achieving success, and it was all because of a story that was being told to them by a mutual friend, Sturtevant.
About the Author
Napoleon Hill, born in poverty, became one of the world's most distinguished authors and speakers. Inspired by Andrew Carnegie, Hill was a confidant and advisor to businessmen and presidents. Among his associates were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and hundreds of other world leaders.


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Daytime Dating: Never Sleep Alone

Daytime Dating: Never Sleep Alone, by Jeremy Soul
Publisher: Lovesystems | English | ISBN: N/A | 2010 | Mp3 128kbps | 91MB

Daytime Dating by Soul is a tried and tested 3-part system you can use to meet, attract and date any of the gorgeous women you just happen to see during your day-to-day life. At your local cafe, on the way home... or even "that" cute girl from work.
Here's the simple truth. Meeting women during the day can be much easier than at bars or clubs.
Even better, you have a much greater selection of women to choose from during the day... all different types of looks, styles, interests, jobs and hobbies. So whether you're looking for a one-night stand or something more serious... more choice means more fun and getting the 'kind' of girl you want.

Part 1: Preparation (The When, Where and How)
In Part One Soul gives you:

* A System You Can Use Today. An instant coaching session from the world's NUMBER ONE daytime dating instructor (it only takes about 10 minutes and it will change your life... you can start meeting and attracting the women you see today).
* The Confidence You Need. Soul reveals the 5 secrets to "inner game" and how you can gain the confidence to comfortably and easily approach women you're interested in.
* The Women You Want. The 6 best places to consistently meet a huge range of desirable women (during the day) and 4 specific ways to immediately improve your "day-time game."
* Is It Worth It? The advantages and disadvantages of meeting women during the day - and some guaranteed venues you can try to meet 'your kind' of gal.
* 4 things that you can do today, to immediately and dramatically boost your confidence and remove any 'approach anxiety' so that you can happily and easily strike up a conversation with any pretty woman who interests you.
* A POWERFUL System to develop sexual or romantic relationships with beautiful women, even if you're not rich, famous or good-looking, (President and founder of Love Systems, Savoy guest authors to reveal an effective method for getting what you want... when and where you want it!)
* Starting EASY Conversations with beautiful women (the 7 crucial fundamentals of approaching women who strike your fancy.)

Part 2: Emotional Progression (What To Say and Do)
In Part Two of Daytime Dating, Soul gives you the exact techniques and strategies you need to take things further with women you like, including:

* The simplest, easiest and most powerful way you can approach a woman in the daytime (and some specific examples so that you know exactly how to pull this off)
* 8 Sure-Fire Signs Of Attraction - How to "read" the signals of women who are dying to date you right now! (They think they're being obvious, but I'll bet you're blind to these signals. Just learning this one secret -- how to "read" women -- will boost your "romance potential" through the roof!)
* OFF The Radar - Why it is in fact far EASIER to meet, attract and approach gorgeous girls you see during the day rather than at bars or clubs (hmmm... no competition, no girlfriends, and no distractions just to name a few)
* The 8 Habits Of Highly Effective PUAs that you can use to overcome "Approach Anxiety," forget any nerves and tap into your natural inner confidence (brought to you by master instructor KEYCHAIN)
* 5 "Copy & Paste" Compliments that you can use to build her attraction to you without sounding needy or over-interested (plus three important guidelines for making sure she knows you're not just another 'nice guy')
* The REVOLUTIONARY Concept of "Conversation Mapping" - Soul reveals this potent tool to ensure that any conversation is scientifically engineered to build attraction and desire within any woman
* The 7 Rules Of "Building Comfort" so that she will feel "comfortable" going to bed with you... even if you only just met that day (it's a powerful psychological shift and Soul knows exactly how you can artfully manufacture it)

Part 3: Physical Progression (How To Get What You Want)
In Part Three Soul reveals:

* The Surprising Truth. Women enjoy sex as much as men do (if not more so), but the route they prefer to get there is different - Soul gives you the roadmap on page 125.
* 4 Stages Of Getting Physical. Learn each of the steps you need to go through to easily progress to the next level, without it being awkward or forced.
* Seeing Her Again. How to set up traditional or 'instant' dates with a cute girl you just met - how to ensure she is comfortable, interested and not going to stand you up!
* 6 Killer Statements you can borrow from Soul that will help you to easily set up another meeting that she's eager to attend (even when she knows exactly what you're after)
* How It All Works. Soul gives you 5 very detailed case studies so that you can understand exactly how to apply this entire strategy and start using it today (giving you real-life examples, rather than abstract theory)
* Soul's Library. For fast improvement and personal reference, Soul has included a very handy resource guide listing all of the books, sites, training and methods that he has personally used, or recommends (helping you to cut through the clutter and get where you need to be).
* The Spanish Brunette. How Soul scored a stunning, tall Spanish brunette who just walked by him in the street one day... he didn't even need to take her on a date before things got "interesting!" You can learn a lot from this man.
* Traditional Vs 'Instant' Dates. How to ensure that once you have met a new girl you like, you continue the interaction (and the attraction) afterwards. A truly crucial step.


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