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Title: Hard to put down
Review: Many people have written about the positive attributes of this book. I would like to add just two observations. First of all, I've read few non-fiction books that grabbed my attention to the degree that I felt like I could actually visualize the times and places being described. My favorite two sections were the ones on Easter Island and the Norse colonies in Greenland. They left images that are burned in my mind. Second, as someone who is interested in topics such as peak oil, global warming and so forth, the idea that this time, the entire planet may be exhibiting some of the same behaviors that individual collapsed civilizations did was both enlightening and scary. I have noticed that this is a book that is becoming widely quoted, and rightfully so. Even if all you take away from the experience of reading it are the many interesting little details about places you probably have heard of but don't know much about, it's worth your while and the price of a copy!
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