Societys Fall (Survival Book 1)

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Needs a warning about that as well as an x rating. I won't be reading anymore of this series and thats a shame because the storyline its self is good and the characters are likeable. Its a shame such a great story is wasted.

I skipped over so much of this book because I didn't want to read about how so and so stuck a tongue here or there. Leave it to the imagination! One person found this helpful. I wasted an hour hoping the author was using shocking immorality as a poorly chosen lead-in device, but it never did settle in to a decent read. See all 5 reviews.

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English Choose a language for shopping. Not Enabled Word Wise: Enabled Amazon Best Sellers Rank: Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. In the prologue, Jared Diamond summarizes his methodology 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: 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. Diamond identifies five factors that contribute to collapse: The root problem in all but one of Diamond's factors leading to collapse is overpopulation relative to the practicable as opposed to the ideal theoretical carrying capacity of the environment.

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One environmental problem not related to overpopulation is the harmful effect of accidental or intentional introduction of non-native species to a region. Diamond also writes about cultural factors values , such as the apparent reluctance of the Greenland Norse to eat fish. Diamond also states that "it would be absurd to claim that environmental damage must be a major factor in all collapses: It's obviously true that military or economic factors alone may suffice". He also lists twelve environmental problems facing humankind today.

The first eight have historically contributed to the collapse of past societies:. Further, he says four new factors may contribute to the weakening and collapse of present and future societies:. In the last chapter, he discusses environmental problems facing modern societies and addresses objections that are often given to dismiss the importance of environmental problems section "One-liner objections" [4]. In the "Further readings" section, he gives suggestions to people who ask "What can I do as an individual?

In fact, one of the main lesson to be learned from the collapses of the Maya, Anasazi, Easter Islanders, and those other past societies [ Finally, he answers the question, "What are the choices that we must make if we are to succeed, and not to fail? But then orders come through: The men are called to battle in Pennsylvania. Thomas has made it so far Imagine what it would be like to have no say in what happened to you. The Civil War lasted four years and ended in When Abraham Lincoln became president, more and more people in the North were saying that America should not have slavery anywhere.

Already it was illegal in the North. They said it had to be banned in the South, too. Nobody knows exactly how many people died during the Civil War, but historians estimate that it was about , Sadly, slavery has been a fact of human life for thousands of years. The Battle of Gettysburg, decided to take matters into their own hands.

Like them, thousands of slaves from the American South attempted to escape by following the North Star, finding safe harbor on Underground Railroad—a network of people who felt that slavery was wrong, and were willing to offer their homes as safe harbor for slaves escaping to freedom in the North.

The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest in the Civil War. The Confederate Army from the South lost 28, men, more than a third of their army. The Union Army from the North lost 23,, but their army was bigger, and there were more people living in the North. Even so, the battle was devastating to both sides, and is commemorated today with the Gettysburg Memorial in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Following the battle, Gettysburg was chosen by Abraham Lincoln as the site of his time-honored Gettysburg Address, beginning with the famous words: The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football.

So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at his uncle's firehouse, everything changes—and nothing will ever be the same again.

Later, it was learned that Flight 93 was intended for either the U.

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Capitol building or the White House in Washington, D. Passengers on that plane learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and stormed the cockpit to try and regain control of the plane.

On the day of the attacks, 50, people were working in the World Trade Center. The memorial features the world's largest man-made waterfalls and reflecting pools of about an acre in size each. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, businesses and families move in everyday from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes.

Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster? Earthquakes are caused by movement of the earth's tectonic plates-gigantic pieces of the planet's rocky crust. The edges of the plates are rough, and sometimes knock into one another, getting stuck. They get so stuck, in fact, that only a sudden violent movement-an earthquake-can get them unstuck! Eighty percent of the world's earthquakes happen in an area of the Pacific Ocean nicknamed the "ring of fire.

It also caused the earthquake in San Francisco. The most earthquake-prone state in the United States is Alaska. That's where America's strongest earthquake occurred, a quake measuring 9. The deadliest earthquake on record happened in central China, in the year It struck a region where most people lived in caves carved into soft rock. The earthquake caused the caves to collapse, and an estimated , people died. Does he have what it takes to find his way home in the midst of the bombs, the smoke, and the destruction of the day that will live in infamy?

In the attacks on Pearl Harbor, nearly 2, people were killed: American artillery also suffered great losses. Naval forces suffered the total destruction of aircraft; 12 sunk or beached ships; and 9 damaged ships. Four months after the Pearl Harbor attack, American leaders decided that approximately , people of Japanese descent, the majority of them American citizens, should be forced to live in special guarded camps called "internment camps. Today, the "internment" of loyal Japanese Americans is considered a shameful act in American history.

The federal government officially apologized in Pearl Harbor convinced President Franklin D. It would become the bloodiest war in history. Nearly 60 million people died, including more than , American soldiers. Today, Pearl Harbor is still a major military base. Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans.

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But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century—alone?

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst disasters ever to strike the United States, with a death toll that reached 1, people. More than , people evacuated from New Orleans before the storm hit. But many were too old or sick to make the trip, or couldn't afford the costs of evacuation — leaving an estimated , people behind. In the weeks after the flood, the Humane Society of the United States organized the biggest animal rescue in history. They broke into boarded-up houses, plucked dogs and cats from rooftops and trees, and even rescued pigs and goats.

Other countries donated, too. Today, New Orleans is protected by a storm-protection system, a mile long chain of new levees, flood walls, gates and pumps. There is no guarantee that the system will be percent effective in a strong hurricane. But it is a vast improvement over what existed when Katrina struck in In the summer of , ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by the local news: A great white shark has been attacking and killing people up and down the Atlantic coast, not far from Chet's hometown of Springfield, New Jersey.

Of the more than known shark species, only 4 are particularly prone to attack people: Shark attacks are very rare. In , there were only attacks reported world-wide and 4 deaths.

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In contrast, an average of , people die of snakebites each year. This could explain why most shark attacks on humans are not fatal: Most shark attacks happen to people swimming alone in the ocean. Experts suggest that the best way to avoid attack is to swim in groups.

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