Browsing Books by Books Like The World Without Us

Guns, Germs, and Steel (1999)
Dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels ...

Blink (2005)
In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world...

Freakonomics (2005)
The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime...

Einstein (2007)
By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full biography of Alb...

The Watchman (2008)
Working as a bodyguard for a spoiled federal witness, Joe Pike hatches a desperate plan to disappear...

The Truth (2005)
A work of political satire draws on a wide range of resources to expose the mendacity of the Bush ad...

The Golem and the Jinni (2013)
Combines elements of Jewish and Arab folk mythology in the story of two supernatural creatures--Chav...

The Appeal (2008)
The author of such best-selling legal thrillers as A Time to Kill, The Last Juror, and The Brethren ...

The S-Word (2013)
Angie's quest for the truth behind her best friend's suicide drives her deeper into the dark, twiste...

The Ruins (2008)
In Cancun, Mexico, for a peaceful vacation, a group of tourists sets off in search of one of their g...

Palestine (2006)
The former president draws on his understanding of Middle East history and his personal relationship...

Slipping Into Darkness (2006)
In the aftermath of murder convict Julian Vega's release on a technicality, detective Francis X. Lau...

The Coldest Winter (2007)
Explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos that marked the Korean War and evaluates po...

The Rising Tide (2006)
As the forces of Nazi Germany overrun the nations of Europe and America is drawn into the war by the...

About a Boy (2002)
Will trades his lack of enthusiasm toward children for a date with a truly beautiful woman who is al...

Manhunt (2006)
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history -- the pursuit and ca...