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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.

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This powerhouse anthology contains essays by leading scientists, philosophers, and other scholars, including Stephen Jay Gould, Isaac Asimov, Kenneth Miller, Ashley Montagu, Sidney W. Fox, and Michael Ruse. Also included is the text of the 1982 court ruling by U.S. District Judge William Overton in the famous Arkansas case.

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“If you know nothing about the scientific field of quantum mechanics, you should start with the first book of this two book set, In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality. If you understand the classical Copenhagen explanation of quantum mechanics, but not the more recent interpretations, then this is your book. Even if […]

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Alley gives special attention to the highly controversial Engel v. Vitale decision in 1962, which banned the recitation of a prayer composed by the New York State Board of Regents in public schools. Extensive selections from the arguments on both sides of the controversy afford the reader a firsthand look into the many deliberations surrounding […]

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Mark Hofmann, a premed student, decided at age 25 to become a professional forger of old documents…. His Mormon upbringing and … research into the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enabled Mr. Hofmann to forge … the so-called Salamander Letter, which raised questions about the very foundation of Mormonism. … […]

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For a generation, Muslim extremists have targeted Americans in an escalation of terror that culminated in the September 11 attacks. Our shared confusion — Who are the attackers? Why are we targets? — is cleared away in a book as dramatic as it is authoritative. Updated with new chapters on Afghanistan and the the broader […]

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Description When it comes to unconditional love, Italian matriarch, Rose D’Orsi is deeply challenged. Nobody feels it more than Glory, her estranged 48-year-old lesbian daughter. Though Rose attracts the attention of Eli Fineman, a rich Bulgarian Holocaust survivor whose love, compassion, and wit affects people in unimaginable ways, he arrives too late in life to […]

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Published shortly after her death, Philosophy: Who Needs It? contains Rand’s writings on a variety of issues. The title essay is a transcript of a speech delivered to the graduating class of West Point in 1974. In it, Rand stresses the great importance of philosophy in each individual’s life and its role in shaping a […]

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From the author of The Bicentennial Man and Robot Dreams, a collection of thirty-six robot stories and essays. From Robbie, Asimov’s first robot story, to human and robot detectives Lije Bailey and R. Daneel Olivaw.

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Robot Dreams spans the body of Asimov’s fiction from the 1940s to the mid-80s, and features classic Asimovian themes, from the scientific puzzle to the extraterrestrial thriller, all introduced in an exclusive essay written especially for this collection.’

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Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) was a complex figure – a brilliant lawyer and orator who courageously advanced the concept of freethought; a magnetic extrovert whose public esteem, eagerly sought, never earned him the private favors he so generously bestowed on others. Ingersoll was a staunch republican in the great tradition of Abraham Lincoln, and he […]

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A history of the American right wing since World War II. This book is a ‘must-have’ for anyone studying right wing group movements.

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Several times in the distant past, catastrophic extinctions have swept the Earth, causing more than half of all species – from single-celled organisms to awe-inspiring behemoths – to suddenly vanish and be replaced by new life forms. Today the rich diversity of life on the Earth is again in grave danger – and the cause […]

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Book Description Where do our rights come from? Does “natural law” really exist outside of what is written in constitutions and legal statutes? If so, why are rights not the same everywhere and in all eras? On the other hand, if rights are nothing more than the product of human law, why should we ever […]

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Ionesco’s Rhinoceros is a play hailing from the “Theatre of the Absurd” during 1960s France that deals with issues of conformity, socialization, and the dissemination of memes in a metaphor that quite literally invokes the “herd instinct.”

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A collection of book reviews of creationist books. A very handy reference!

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Description Resurrection Reconsidered is an eye-opening exposition of the various views of resurrection among early Christians that centers on the protracted debate within early Christian circles concerning a foundational aspect of the Gospel of Thomas and its related literature: the concept of the body and resurrection. It traces the background of this idea in the […]

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“My soul would be an outlaw,” begins the storyteller in this short tale of the timeless war between Conformity and Rebellion, in the guise of the Master Timekeeper (a.k.a. the Ticktockman) and the renegade Harlequin. In a completely regulated society, where being a minute late here and there shortens your life accordingly, the Ticktockman is […]

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At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredible, an interstellar spacecraft. Space […]

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A collection of 25 leading constitutional law cases concerning the two religion clauses of the First Amendment, along with reactions to and commentary on these cases from journals of opinion. A great starting point for anyone interested in the church-state debate.