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How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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Collapse is by Jared Diamond. The catalogue records its first publication in 2004. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
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Penguin Books, Limited, 2013
ISBN 9780141976969
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Penguin, 2011 / Ebook, 589 pp.
ISBN 1101502002
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Penguin Group USA, Inc., 2008 / Ebook
ISBN 9781429527248
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Penguin Books, 2006
ISBN 0143036556
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Penguin Books, 2006 / 592 pp.
ISBN 9780143036555
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Viking, 2005 / 575 pp.
ISBN 0670033375
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Books On Tape, 2005 / Audiobook
ISBN 9781415917268
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Books on Tape, 2005 / Audiobook
ISBN 9781415917275
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