Controversial Books for Nathanson.osgoode

This page shows the most "controversial" books in this library, as measured by the highest standard deviation of members' star ratings.

Standard Deviation Avaliação média Your Rating Título
1.185 2.97 Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob de Lee Siegel
1.178 3.32 The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society de Manuel Castells
1.122 3.27 Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives de Anthony Giddens
1.12 3.69 A History of Bombing de Sven Lindqvist
1.086 3.66 The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy de Daniel Yergin
1.076 3.73 False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism de John Gray
1.075 3.59 The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition) de National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
1.064 3.65 Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism de Michael Ignatieff
1.05 3.46 9-11 de Noam Chomsky
1.032 3.59 The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 de Niall Ferguson
1.024 3.56 Inside Terrorism de Bruce Hoffman
1.017 3.46 The Paradox of American Power: Why the World's Only Superpower Can't Go It Alone de Joseph S. Nye Jr.
1.016 3.53 The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization de Thomas L. Friedman
1.004 3.59 Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations de Paul Krugman
0.991 3.67 World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability de Amy Chua
0.972 3.3 Class 11: Inside the CIA's First Post-9/11 Spy Class de T. J. Waters
0.964 3.98 Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules--From FDR's Atlantic Charter to George W. Bush's Ille de Philippe Sands
0.964 3.71 The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America de James Bamford
0.961 3.73 Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army de Jeremy Scahill
0.953 3.53 Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda de Omar Nasiri
0.95 3.72 No Logo de Naomi Klein
0.948 3.73 Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny de Amartya Sen
0.926 3.79 On Television de Pierre Bourdieu
0.922 4.15 Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky de Noam Chomsky
0.921 4.17 The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War de Andrew Bacevich
0.92 4.23 A People's History of the United States de Howard Zinn
0.911 3.9 Just and Unjust Wars de Michael Walzer
0.911 3.83 Marxism and Literature de Raymond Williams
0.905 3.77 The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier de Howard Rheingold
0.894 3.75 The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill de Ron Suskind
0.888 4.27 Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World de Eduardo Galeano
0.886 3.74 See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism de Robert Baer
0.886 3.78 Stolen Harvest: the Hijacking of the Global Food Supply de Vandana Shiva
0.88 3.88 The Future of Freedom de Fareed Zakaria
0.878 3.82 McMafia: Crime without Frontiers de Misha Glenny
0.878 4.05 Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered de E. F. Schumacher
0.877 3.38 The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy de Sasha Issenberg
0.872 3.99 The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change de David Harvey
0.867 3.91 Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance de Noam Chomsky
0.866 3.75 The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War de Misha Glenny
0.864 4.26 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda de Roméo Dallaire
0.864 3.77 The Post-American World de Fareed Zakaria
0.855 3.6 State of War : The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration de James Risen
0.853 3.9 To End a War de Richard Holbrooke
0.848 3.59 Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror de Michael F. Scheuer
0.841 3.71 The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization de James Bamford
0.835 3.93 The Tragedy of Great Power Politics de John J. Mearsheimer
0.833 4 Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire de Chalmers Johnson
0.831 3.83 The utility of force : the art of war in the modern world de Rupert Smith
0.83 3.56 How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization de Franklin Foer
0.828 4.04 Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times de George Crile
0.827 3.91 Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity de Siva Vaidhyanathan
0.817 3.31 Globalization: A Very Short Introduction de Manfred B. Steger
0.816 4.02 The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic de Chalmers Johnson
0.816 4.07 Sideshow de William Shawcross
0.814 3.82 Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency de James Bamford
0.809 3.69 Counsel to the President: A Memoir de Clark Clifford
0.79 3.69 The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush de Peter Singer
0.788 3.59 Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Stolen Treasures de Matthew Bogdanos
0.788 3.9 The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina de Frank Rich
0.787 4.12 Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq de Thomas E. Ricks
0.773 3.99 The Colonizer and the Colonized de Albert Memmi
0.771 4.18 Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism de Robert A. Pape
0.764 4.09 Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II de John W. Dower
0.76 3.67 The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia de Tim Judah
0.75 3.95 When Corporations Rule the World de David C. Korten
0.749 4.28 The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 de Lawrence Wright
0.738 4.06 Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers de Daniel Ellsberg
0.705 4.03 Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis de Kenneth N. Waltz
0.705 3.36 American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush de Kevin Phillips
0.686 4.41 We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda de Philip Gourevitch
0.68 4.07 Deterring Democracy de Noam Chomsky
0.673 3.63 The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror de Michael Ignatieff
0.661 4.03 Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World de J. R. McNeill
0.657 3.71 The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for The Third World de Christopher Andrew
0.641 3.93 Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War de Michael Isikoff