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A radical approach to spirituality that blends emotion, intellect, science, and common sense, and that urges a passionate enthusiasm for the world. Is it possible to be spiritual and yet not believe in the supernatural? Can a person be spiritual without belonging to a religious group or organization? In this book, philosopher Robert Solomon offers […]

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Diamond traces the history of the extreme Religious Right and its forays into international military actions and domestic suppression. The documentation in this book is thorough and reputable. Make no mistake, this book is not for everyone: she’s writing for academians and is not aiming for entertainment. However, the book, at times, is riveting in […]

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In this controversial book, the founder of S.O.S. — Secular Organizations for Sobriety, or “Save Our Selves” — describes his “sobriety priority” approach to abstinence and attacks programs that promote “controlled drinking” for alcoholics and that insist alcoholism is a behavioral problem rather than a physiological and genetic one.

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Thalassa was a paradise above the earth. Its beauty and vast resources seduce its inhabitants into a feeling of perfection. But then the Magellan arrives, carrying with it one million refugees from the last mad days of earth. Paradise looks indeed lost….

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Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-99), the “Great Agnostic,” was the greatest freethought orator in the history of the United States. No public speaker before or since has enjoyed the reputation accorded him. After the Civil War, Ingersoll embarked upon a career as a lecturer, touring the United States to make his thoughts on religion, women’s rights, […]

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A study of Mormonism’s changing doctrine on plural marriage.

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The most serious threat facing America today is the rise of violent, well-organized white supremacists within our own borders. Fueled by the explosive events at Waco, Ruby Ridge, and the Freeman stand-off in Montana, and intensified by the Oklahoma City bombing, these powerful groups wage a holy war against an oppressive government and the ever-darkening […]

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Book Description Before he began his recent travels, it seemed to Phil Zuckerman as if humans all over the globe were getting religion–praising deities, performing holy rites, and soberly defending the world from sin. But most residents of Denmark and Sweden, he found, don’t worship any god at all, don’t pray, and don’t give much […]

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Arthur Dent is out of his bathrobe, in love, and wondering why the dolphins said…So Long and Thanks for All the Fish. Was the earth really demolished? Why did all the dolphins disappear? What is God’s final message to His creatures? Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and the new voivoid gang are off (by commercial airline) […]

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Harlan Ellison is undoubtedly one of the most audacious, infuriating, brazen characters on the planet. Which may help explain why he is also one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth. Slippage simply presents recent, typical Ellison. In a word, masterful. The 21 stories in this 1997 collection, which is encased in […]

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“It’s easy to imagine a TV sitcom making fun of a character who visits psychics and astrologers and channels Sarah Bernhardt,” opines Wendy Kaminer, “but virtually impossible to imagine it laughing at anyone who takes the Bible literally and believes that someone named Jonah once lived in a whale.” She goes on to demonstrate that, […]

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Description Based upon the author’s twenty years of classroom and clinical study, Slaves of Faith explores and explains the emotionally laden dynamic at work in the fundamentalist mind. As Dr. Mercer posits, the fundamentalist is fundamentally driven by anxiety layered over a fragile sense of self-identity constructed upon a system of beliefs that is both […]

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This lucid, informal, and very accessible history of Western thought takes the unique approach of interpreting skepticism, i.e., doubts about knowledge claims and the criteria for making such claims is an important stimulus for the development of philosophy. The authors argue that practically every great thinker from the time of the Greeks to the present […]

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Van Wagoner documents the influence of Sidney Rigdon on Mormonism. This book is a must-have for anyone interested in Mormon history.

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Alan Dershowitz has been involved with so many high-profile cases, and has written persuasively about so many issues, that it is sometimes hard to remember that he is at heart a legal scholar. He was the youngest professor ever to be given tenure at Harvard Law School. For decades he has been a champion of […]

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If God does not exist, then what does? Is there good and evil, and should we care? How do we know what’s true anyway? And can we make any sense of this universe, or our own lives? Sense and Goodness without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism answers all these questions in lavish detail, without […]

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This pocketbook is a handy and convenient tool which aids in helping one improve their self-esteem through daily reflection. The concepts presented facilitate positive change as they draw one’s mind (back) into focus.

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Can a skeptic the benefits of a religious practice? When you can’t abide ideas of the supernatural, when no religious account of the world satisfies, how can you satisfy the need for depth, engagement, serenity in life? Davd Cortesi, well-known as a writer on technical subjects, brings a programmer’s bent for logic and scholar’s research […]

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Description Using comparative mythology, and tell-tale verses in the Bible and archaeology, Secret Origins of the Bible demonstrates that the stories and themes of the Bible were part of the great mythic systems of the ancient world. The abstract God of modern monotheistic Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a comparatively recent creation. In later times […]

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Second Foundation follows the Seldon Plan after the First Empire’s defeat and describes its greatest threat – the growth of a dangerous mutant. This mutant strain hasd gone wild, producing a mind capable of bending men’s wills, directing their thoughts, reshaping their desires, and destroying the universe.

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Isaac Asimov, the modern master of science fiction and fact, and Martin H. Greenberg, a leading anthologist of our time, team together to produce an unprecedented collection of science fiction audio books. This landmark series presents their favorite private detective stories from Asimov’s private library, with a personal introduction read by the master himself. Among […]

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Including tales by Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, and Robert Silverberg, an anthology of nine stories of interstellar crime fighting in the high-tech future pits galactic gumshoes against antagonistic aliens.

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A collection of hard-hitting essays by leading scientists answers common creationist arguments against evolution.

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Concise yet powerful, Futuyma’s Science on Trial is yet another outstanding defense of biological evolution. It’s unlikely that creationists who want “both sides” taught in public schools want anyone reading this book, for it exposes creationism for the pseudoscientific nonsense it really is.

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Uses a question and answer format, with illustrations, to explain why the sky is blue, what a rainbow is, what atoms are, how gravity works, and many other scientific facts and events.

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A fascinating collection of stories about key firsts in science. Tells the stories of 35 of the most important firsts in the history of science. Reveals how these incredible minds ventured into previously unseen territory to satisfy their hunger for knowledge and, in doing so, changed the course of history. Throughout the history of science, […]

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Book Description In recent years a noticeable trend toward harmonizing the distinct worldviews of science and religion has become increasingly popular. Despite marked public interest, many leading scientists remain skeptical that there is much common ground between scientific knowledge and religious belief. Indeed, they are often antagonistic. Can an accommodation be reached after centuries of […]

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Book Description Can science and religious belief coexist? Many people–including many practicing scientists–insist that one can simultaneously follow the principles of the scientific method and believe in a particular spiritual tradition. But throughout history there have been people for whom science challenges the very validity of religious belief. Whether called atheists, agnostics, skeptics, or “infidels,” […]

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If you buy only one book on evolution, buy this book. This (newly revised) book covers everything you could ever possibly want to know about evolution and how to answer creationist objections to it.