Browsing Books by Books Like Cruel and Unusual

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

Mayflower (2006)
A history of the Pilgrim settlement of New England challenges popular misconceptions, discussing suc...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)
A former consultant to the U.S. government reveals the inner workings of the high-stakes economic ga...

John Adams (2008)
Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusett...

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

Dick (2004)
Contending that Dick Cheney is the actual decision maker who is running today's government, a critic...

The Weather Makers (2005)
A history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent...

Worse Than Watergate (2004)
The former counsel to President Nixon provides a critique of the Bush administration, its obsession ...

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

The World Without Us (2007)
A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the ...