From groundbreaking author and thinker Jared Diamond comes this epic and visionary book, now in a revised edition with a new epilogue. It addresses the puzzling demise of ancient civilizations and what this means for our future. Why do some societies flourish while others perish? What happened to the people who created the abandoned statues of Easter Island or the architects of the ruined Mayan pyramids? Will our skyscrapers one day become decayed and overgrown like the temples of Angkor Wat? This work brings together new evidence from a wide range of sources and explores the many influences, from climate to culture, that can drive societies to self-destruction. 'Collapse' also shows how we, unlike our ancestors, can benefit from knowledge of the past and learn to survive. Intertaal delivers this book reliably and guarantees fast delivery.