From: John Beckett 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' is gathering dust on my bookshelf. I thought the
> title intriguing but I just haven't been able to get into it.  Engrossing
> but unreadable?

Jared Diamond does get ponderous in the book. I occasionally screamed
"Get to the bloody point!". However, you HAVE to read it! (you
can skim some pages, but the issues are pretty interesting)

John

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