Si Andrew Roberts est désormais bien connu du public francophone grâce au succès de son Churchill paru en traduction en 2020, il se penche de longue date sur la personnalité, la carrière et l'oeuvre du grand homme.
Ici, l'auteur enfourche l'un de ses chevaux de bataille préférés pour s'en prendre à ceux qui suggèrent qu'au fond, il n'y avait guère de différence entre Hitler et Churchill. Leur expérience des tranchées au cours de la Grande Guerre, leur patriotisme exacerbé, la fierté qu'ils tiraient du glorieux passé de leur pays et par-dessus tout leur charisme, leur art de mener les hommes, le pouvoir psychologique qu'ils exerçaient sur les foules - et ce, souvent même en dehors de leur patrie : tout cela, lit-on çà et là, les rapprochait au point de faire d'eux des frères ennemis.
Andrew Roberts montre magnifiquement le caractère fallacieux de ces points communs supposés, et d'abord sur le plan pratique, en rappelant que Churchill a toujours su déléguer le pouvoir de décision militaire à ses chefs d'état-major en se rendant à leurs arguments - certes, non sans avoir au préalable ferraillé avec eux jusqu'au bout - tout en se réservant le rôle de représentant indiscuté du Royaume-Uni auprès de ses interlocuteurs Roosevelt et Staline. Cette délégation de pouvoir, Hitler l'a certes appliquée lors des grands triomphes de la guerre éclair, en Pologne et en France, en 1939-1940, mais il y a mis fin dès les premiers revers sur le front soviétique à la fin de 1941, pour devenir totalement incapable de faire confiance à ses généraux après l'attentat de juillet 1944. Pour l'auteur, un grand meneur d'hommes c'est un chef qui, au contraire, pratique la confiance à double sens : le commandant en chef fait confiance aux commandants sur le terrain dont il a su discerner la compétence en les nommant, et les subordonnés, aussi hauts gradés qu'ils soient, lui font confiance pour les soutenir sans réserve une fois qu'ils l'ont amené à percevoir le bien-fondé de leurs entreprises. Ce fut là, soutient Andrew Roberts dans des pages fort convaincantes, ce qui fit la force de Churchill, chef de guerre de 1940 à 1945.
De Churchill, croit-on, tout a été dit - en premier lieu par lui-même. Et pourtant, Andrew Roberts est parvenu à exhumer des articles de presse, des correspondances privées, des journaux intimes - le moindre n'étant pas celui du roi Georges VI, jusque-là sous clé - qui ne figurent dans aucune des mille biographies déjà consacrées à ce personnage essentiel de la Grande-Bretagne et du XXe siècle. Tout cela lui permet de proposer un récit extrêmement enlevé, fondé sur une abondance de citations désormais « classiques », mais également souvent peu connues, voire inédites, qui apportent un éclairage parfois convergent, parfois contrasté sur l'homme Churchill. Démêlant le vrai du faux, tordant le cou aux nombreux mythes, voire aux calomnies qui lui collent à la peau, mais relevant les critiques justifiées dont il est loin d'être exempt, Roberts brosse avec maestria le portrait de ce « Vieux Lion » dont toute la vie avant 1940 n'a fait que préparer le grand oeuvre que demeurent ses années de guerre.
Il livre là ce qui est sans doute la meilleure biographie de ce géant de l'histoire.
Andrew Robert s is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), Masters and Commanders (winner of the Emery Reves Award) and The Storm of War (winner of the British Army Book Prize). His most recent book was Napoleon the Great (2014), which won the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize. Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Dept of War Studies at King's College, London, and the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His website is www.andrew-roberts.net
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'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Simply dynamite' Bernard Cornwell From Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with Destiny , this is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. In a series of dazzling battles he reinvented the art of warfare; in peace, he completely remade the laws of France, modernised her systems of education and administration, and presided over a flourishing of the beautiful 'Empire style' in the arts. The impossibility of defeating his most persistent enemy, Great Britain, led him to make draining and ultimately fatal expeditions into Spain and Russia, where half a million Frenchmen died and his Empire began to unravel. More than any other modern biographer, Andrew Roberts conveys Napoleon's tremendous energy, both physical and intellectual, and the attractiveness of his personality, even to his enemies. He has walked 53 of Napoleon's 60 battlefields, and has absorbed the gigantic new French edition of Napoleon's letters, which allows a complete re-evaluation of this exceptional man. He overturns many received opinions, including the myth of a great romance with Josephine: she took a lover immediately after their marriage, and, as Roberts shows, he had three times as many mistresses as he acknowledged. Of the climactic Battle of Leipzig in 1813, as the fighting closed around them, a French sergeant-major wrote, 'No-one who has not experienced it can have any idea of the enthusiasm that burst forth among the half-starved, exhausted soldiers when the Emperor was there in person. If all were demoralised and he appeared, his presence was like an electric shock. All shouted "Vive l'Empereur!" and everyone charged blindly into the fire.' The reader of this biography will understand why this was so.
Describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. This book traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations which resulted.
'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present. During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man, 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.'
Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner, the Wolfson Prize for History); Masters and Commanders ; and The Storm of War , which reached No. 2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list. His most recent book was Napoleon the Great (2014), which won the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon. Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and Arts. He appears regularly on British television and radio and writes for the Sunday Telegraph , Spectator , Literary Review , Mail on Sunday and Daily Telegraph.
'His book is timely and a triumph. Roberts manages to convey all the reader needs to know about two men to whom battalions of biographies have been devoted' EVENING STANDARD Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were two totally opposite leaders - both in what they stood for and in the way in which they seemed to lead. Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts examines their different styles of leadership and draws parallels with rulers from other eras. He also looks at the way Hitler and Churchill estimated each other as leaders, and how it affected the outcome of the war. In a world that is as dependent on leadership as any earlier age, HITLER AND CHURCHILL asks searching questions about our need to be led. In doing so, Andrew Roberts forces us to re-examine the way that we look at those who take decisions for us.
La meilleure biographie de Churchill, abondée de documents inédits.Vous trouverez dans ce livre audio la première partie de la biographie de Churchill, intitulée " La préparation".La seconde partie fera l'objet d'un deuxième livre audio : "L'épreuve"De Churchill, croit-on, tout a été dit - en premier lieu par lui-même. Et pourtant, Andrew Roberts est parvenu à exhumer des articles de presse, des correspondances privées, des journaux intimes - le moindre n'étant pas celui du roi Georges VI, jusque-là sous clé - qui ne figurent dans aucune des mille biographies environ déjà consacrées à ce personnage essentiel de la Grande-Bretagne et du XXe siècle. Tout cela lui permet de proposer un récit extrêmement enlevé, fondé sur une abondance de citations désormais " classiques ", mais également souvent peu connues voire inédites qui apportent une éclairage parfois convergent, parfois contrasté sur l'homme Churchill. Démêlant le vrai du faux, tordant le cou aux nombreux mythes voire aux calomnies qui lui collent à la peau, mais relevant les critiques justifiées dont il est loin d'être exempt, Roberts brosse avec maestria le portrait de ce " Vieux Lion " dont toute la vie avant 1940 n'a fait que préparer le grand oeuvre que demeurent ses années de guerre.
Il livre là ce qui est sans doute la meilleure biographie de ce géant de l'histoire.
Table des matières :
Préface et note du traducteur
IntroductionPremière partie : La préparation
Un nom célèbre. Novembre 1874-janvier 1895
L'ambition à l'épreuve du feu. Janvier 1895-juillet 1898
D'Omdurman à Oldham via Pretoria. Août 1898-octobre 1900
Changement de parti. Octobre 1900-décembre 1905
Impérialiste libéral. Janvier 1906-avril 1908
Amour et libéralisme. Avril 1908-février 1910
Ministre de l'Intérieur. Février 1910-septembre 1911
Premier lord de l'Amirauté. Octobre 1911-août 1914
" Cette glorieuse et délicieuse guerre ". Août 1914-mars 1915
Gallipoli. Mars-novembre 1915
De " Plug Street " à la victoire. Novembre 1915-novembre 1918
La coalition entre libéraux et conservateurs. Novembre 1918-novembre 1922
Rédemption. Novembre 1922-mai 1926
Accidents. Juin 1926-janvier 1931
La traversée du désert. Janvier 1931-octobre 1933
Le lanceur d'alerte. Octobre 1933-mars 1936
L'apothéose de l'apaisement. Mars 1936-octobre 1938
La justification. Octobre 1938-septembre 1939
" Winston est de retour ". Septembre 1939-mai 1940
À la conquête de Downing Street. Mai 1940
La meilleure biographie de Churchill, abondée de documents inédits.Vous trouverez dans ce livre audio la seconde partie de la biographie de Churchill, intitulée " L'épreuve".La première partie a fait l'objet d'un premier livre audio : "La préparation"De Churchill, croit-on, tout a été dit - en premier lieu par lui-même. Et pourtant, Andrew Roberts est parvenu à exhumer des articles de presse, des correspondances privées, des journaux intimes - le moindre n'étant pas celui du roi Georges VI, jusque-là sous clé - qui ne figurent dans aucune des mille biographies environ déjà consacrées à ce personnage essentiel de la Grande-Bretagne et du XXe siècle. Tout cela lui permet de proposer un récit extrêmement enlevé, fondé sur une abondance de citations désormais " classiques ", mais également souvent peu connues voire inédites qui apportent une éclairage parfois convergent, parfois contrasté sur l'homme Churchill. Démêlant le vrai du faux, tordant le cou aux nombreux mythes voire aux calomnies qui lui collent à la peau, mais relevant les critiques justifiées dont il est loin d'être exempt, Roberts brosse avec maestria le portrait de ce " Vieux Lion " dont toute la vie avant 1940 n'a fait que préparer le grand oeuvre que demeurent ses années de guerre.
Il livre là ce qui est sans doute la meilleure biographie de ce géant de l'histoire.
Table des matières :Deuxième partie : L'épreuve
21. La défaite de la France. Mai-juin 1940
22. La bataille d'Angleterre. Juin-septembre 1940
23. Le Blitz. Septembre1940-janvier 1941
24. " Il ne faut pas lâcher ". Janvier-juin 1941
25. " S'étant rencontrés ". Juin 1941-janvier 1942
26. Catastrophe. Janvier-juin 1942
27. Victoire dans le désert. Juin-novembre 1942
28. " Un continent de délivré ! ". Novembre 1942-septembre 1943
29. Le ventre dur. Septembre 1943-juin 1944
30. Libération. Juin 1944-janvier 1945
31. Victoire et défaite. Janvier-juillet 1945
32. Opposition. Août 1945-octobre 1951
33. L'été indien. Octobre 1951-avril 1955
34. Le long crépuscule. Avril 1955-janvier 1965 Conclusion : " La main du destin "Généalogie simplifiée de Winston ChurchillBibliographie sélectiveNotesIndex
On the morning of the battle of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon declared that the Duke of Wellington was a bad general, the British were bad soldiers and that France could not fail to win an easy victory. Forever afterwards historians have accused him of gross overconfidence, and massively underestimating the calibre of the British commander opposed to him. Andrew Roberts presents an original, highly revisionist view of the relationship between the two greatest captains of their age. Napoleon, who was born in the same year as Wellington - 1769 - fought Wellington by proxy years earlier in the Peninsula War, praising his ruthlessness in private while publicly deriding him as a mere 'sepoy general'. In contrast, Wellington publicly lauded Napoleon, saying that his presence on a battlefield was worth forty thousand men, but privately wrote long memoranda lambasting Napoleon's campaigning techniques. Although Wellington saved Napoleon from execution after Waterloo, Napoleon left money in his will to the man who had tried to assassinate Wellington. Wellington in turn amassed a series of Napoleonic trophies of his great victory, even sleeping with two of the Emperor's mistresses.
On 2 August 1944 Winston Churchill mocked Adolf Hitler in the House of Commons by the rank he had reached in the First World War. 'Russian success has been somewhat aided by the strategy of Herr Hitler, of Corporal Hitler,' Churchill jibed. 'Even military idiots find it difficult not to see some faults in his actions.' Andrew Roberts's previous book Masters and Commanders studied the creation of Allied grand strategy; The Storm of War now analyses how Axis strategy evolved. Examining the Second World War on every front, Roberts asks whether, with a different decision-making process and a different strategy, the Axis might even have won. Were those German generals who blamed everything on Hitler after the war correct, or were they merely scapegoating their former Führer once he was safely beyond defending himself? The book is full of illuminating sidelights on the principle actors that bring their characters and the ways in which they reached decisions into fresh focus.
Nous cherchons tous le bonheur. Au-delà des religions, lorsque nous avons besoin de réconfort, d'inspiration et de guidance, il y a toujours eu une autre voie pour vivre bien et mieux : l'approche humaniste.
Dans ce livre, retrouvez plus de deux mille ans de sagesse humaniste à travers un recueil inspirant de récits, de citations et de méditations sur la façon de vivre une vie éthique et épanouissante, fondée sur la raison et l'humanité.
Une introduction parfaite à la philosophie humaniste des plus grands penseurs de l'histoire et d'aujourd'hui.
Ce guide permet d'identifier, de récolter et de collectionner tous les mollusques terrestres européens (coquillages, escargots et limaces). Il recense plus de 300 espèces de mollusques, des plus communes aux plus rares.
Chaque description présente la morphologie de l'animal, son aire de répartition, son habitat, éventuellement ses caractéristiques biologiques. Plus de 200 espèces sont illustrées en couleurs, souvent sous différents aspects (coquille ou animal, contracté ou en extension, forme typique ou variation...).
Boasting dozens of national parks and reserves, Uganda is a supremely diverse wildlife-viewing destination. Home to a wealth of forest and savannah mammals, as well as 1,000-plus bird species, here you can track chimpanzees, walk with white rhinos, get up close to shoebills, and take a safari in search of tree-climbing lions. But it's not just about the fauna : scale the lofty volcanic peaks of the Virengas, experience life among the Karamojong at a traditional manyatza, or simply enjoy some peace and relaxation at lovely lake Bunyonyi.
Now in its ninth edition, Bradt's Uganda remains the most comprehensive guide to this exciting country. Written by Africa expert Philip Briggs and Uganda specialist Andrew Roberts, it includes detailed background and freshly updates pratical information, plus a new 32-page colour wildlife section.
Une compilation de trois mini-séries publiées uniquement sur le web où l'on retrouve tous les personnages emblématiques de l'univers de World of Warcraft. Retrouvez dix récits se déroulant sur Azeroth durant les trois dernières extensions du jeu vidéo culte : Warlords pf Draenor, Legion et Battle for Azeroth. Jaina, Magni, les Coursevent, Haut-Roc ou encore les Sacrenuit sont au centre de ces histoires inédites.
This heavily revised second edition of this critical book details the structure, function and imaging of the normal right heart both at rest and under the stresses of high altitude and exercise. Extensively revised chapters cover the pathophysiology and pathobiology of right heart dysfunction, both in experimental models and human disease, including congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension.The Right Heart provides a concise up-to-date guide on the latest advances in our understanding of role of the right heart in the cardiopulmonary circuit and is an indispensable up-to-date resource for clinicians interested in this topic.
The bestselling authors of How God Changes Your Brain reveal the neurological underpinnings of enlightenment, offering unique strategies to help readers experience its many benefits. In this original and groundbreaking book, Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Robert Waldman turn their attention to the pinnacle of the human experience: enlightenment. Through his brain- scan studies on Brazilian psychic mediums, Sufi mystics, Buddhist meditators, Franciscan nuns, Pentecostals, and participants in secular spirituality rituals, Newberg has discovered the specific neurological mechanisms associated with the enlightenment experience--and how we might activate those circuits in our own brains. In his survey of more than one thousand people who have experienced enlightenment, Newberg has also discovered that in the aftermath they have had profound, positive life changes. Enlightenment offers us the possibility to become permanently less stress-prone, to break bad habits, to improve our collaboration and creativity skills, and to lead happier, more satisfying lives. Relaying the story of his own transformational experience as well as including the stories of others who try to describe an event that is truly indescribable, Newberg brings us a new paradigm for deep and lasting change.
We all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to religion. But in an increasingly secular world, there is another way to live and treat others well. In The Little Book of Humanism , Alice Roberts and Andrew Copson share over two thousand years of humanist wisdom through an uplifting collection of stories, quotes and meditations on how to live an ethical and fulfilling life, grounded in reason and humanity. With beautiful imagery, playful design and original artwork, The Little Book of Humanism is the perfect introduction to humanist thought and a timeless anthology of some of history and today's greatest thinkers.
This carefully crafted ebook: "Arabian Nights or One Thousand and One Nights (Andrew Lang) + New Arabian Nights (Robert Louis Stevenson)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
A medieval Middle-Eastern literary epic which tells the story of Scheherazade, a Sassanid Queen, who must relate a series of stories to her malevolent husband, the King, to delay her execution. The stories are told over a period of one thousand and one nights, and every night she ends the story with a suspenseful situation, forcing the King to keep her alive for another day. The individual stories were created over many centuries, by many people and in many styles, and they have become famous in their own right.
The Arabian Nights include fairy tales, fables, romances, farces, legends, and parables. They have existed for thousands of years, consisting of tales told in Persia, Arabia, India and Asia. The Arabian Nights (also known as The 1001 Arabian Nights) have inspired writers the world over. There are versions of these stories in many languages and they all convey the great sense of adventure, truth, fantastic imagination, justice, and faith embodied by the great civilizations that contributed stories and ideas to the collection. These are versions translated by Andrew Lang in 1897.
The Andrew Lang Version (published in 1897):
INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS PROLOGUE
THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE GENIE
THE STORY OF THE FIRST OLD MAN AND OF THE HIND
THE STORY OF THE SECOND OLD MAN, AND OF THE TWO BLACK DOGS
THE STORY OF THE FISHERMAN
THE STORY OF THE GREEK KING AND THE PHYSICIAN DOUBAN
THE STORY OF THE HUSBAND AND THE PARROT
THE STORY OF THE VIZIR WHO WAS PUNISHED
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG KING OF THE BLACK ISLES
STORY OF THE THREE KALENDARS, SONS OF KINGS, AND OF FIVE LADIES OF BAGHDAD
THE STORY OF THE FIRST KALENDAR, SON OF A KING
THE STORY OF THE SECOND KALENDAR, SON OF A KING
THE STORY OF THE ENVIOUS MAN AND OF HIM WHO WAS ENVIED
STORY OF THE THIRD KALENDAR, SON OF A KING
THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR
THE FIRST VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE SECOND VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE THIRD VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE FOURTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE FIFTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE SIXTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE SEVENTH AND LAST VOYAGE OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
THE LITTLE HUNCHBACK
STORY OF THE BARBER'S FIFTH BROTHER
THE STORY OF THE BARBER'S SIXTH BROTHER
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE CAMARALZAMAN AND THE PRINCESS BADOURA
NOUREDDIN AND THE FAIR PERSIAN
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
THE ADVENTURES OF HAROUN-AL-RASCHID, CALIPH OF BAGHDAD
THE STORY OF THE BLIND BABA-ABDALLA
THE STORY OF SIDI-NOUMAN
STORY OF ALI COLIA, MERCHANT OF BAGHDAD
THE ENCHANTED HORSE
THE STORY OF TWO SISTERS WHO WERE JEALOUS OF THEIR YOUNGER SISTER
New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction, and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English short story tradition.
The first volume contains seven stories originally called Later-day Arabian Nights and published by London Magazine in serial format from June to October 1878. It is composed of two story groups, or cycles:
"The Suicide Club"
"The Rajah's Diamond"
The second volume is a collection of four unconnected (standalone) stories that were previously published in magazines:
"The Pavilion on the Links" (1880), told in 9 mini-chapters
"A Lodging for the Night" (1877)
"The Sire De Malétroits Door" (1877)
"Providence and the Guitar" (1878)
Principles of Human Evolution presents an in-depth introduction to paleoanthropology and the study of human evolution. Focusing on the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and how these apply to ecological, molecular genetic, paleontological and archeological approaches to important questions in the field, this timely textbook will help students gain a perspective on human evolution in the context of modern biological thinking.
The second edition of this successful text features the addition of Robert Foley, a leading researcher in Human Evolutionary Studies, to the writing team. Strong emphasis on evolutionary theory, ecology and behavior and scores of new examples reflect the latest evolutionary theories and recent archaeological finds. More than a simple update, the new edition is organized by issue rather than chronology, integrating behavior, adaptation and anatomy. A new design and new figure references make this edition more accessible for students and instructors.
New author, Robert Foley - leading figure in Human Evolutionary Studies - joins the writing team.
Dedicated website - www.blackwellpublishing.com/lewin - provides study resources and artwork downloadable for Powerpoint presentations.
Beyond the Facts boxes - explore key scientific debates in greater depth.
Margin Comments - indicate the key points in each section.
Key Questions - review and test students' knowledge of central chapter concepts and help focus the way a student approaches reading the text.
New emphasis on ecological and behavioral evolution - in keeping with modern research.
Fully up to date with recent fossil finds and interpretations; integration of genetic and paleoanthropological approaches.
