Anthem
Available for the first time in trade paperback–this provocative book is “an anthem sung in praise of man’s ego”–from the legendary author Ayn Rand. Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand’s classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening […]
Answering Islam
Christian apologist Norman L. Geisler and former muslim Abdul Saleeb team up to provide a comprehensive, systematic philosophical comparison of Islam and Christianity. Although freethinkers will obviously find much to disagree with in the portions of this book which attempt to “prove” Christianity, the insights of the anti-Islam sections alone make this book valuable to […]
Angry Candy
The Seattle Times said of Angry Candy: “Ellison’s stories rattle the bars of complacency that people put around their souls…Razor sharp…piercingly profound.” Once again, Ellison’s writing defies all labels. These seventeen stories by a modern master are an “assembled artifact” of anger and faith-as bittersweet as a “jalapeno-laced cinnamon bear.”
An Illusion of Harmony: Science And Religion in Islam
Book Description Current discussions in the West on the relation of science and religion focus mainly on science’s uneasy relationship with the traditional Judeo-Christian view of life. But a parallel controversy exists in the Muslim world regarding ways to integrate science with Islam. As physicist Taner Edis demonstrates in this fascinating glimpse into contemporary Muslim […]
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
David Hume’s aim in writing An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) was to introduce his philosophy to a European culture in which many educated people read original works of philosophy. He gives an elegant and accessible presentation of strikingly original and challenging views about the limited powers of human understanding, the attractions of scepticism, the […]
An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism
This anthology fills a conspicuous gap in the discussion of religion and theism. The issues that theology addresses, the meaning of life, the existence of God, the truth of the Bible, the possibility of life after death, are so important to people that they ought to examine both sides of these fundamental questions. The atheist […]
American Theocracy : The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury
In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling–and imperiling–the United States. Now, Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to […]
American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
The United States government is actively monitoring terrorist cells affiliated with Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network in eleven cities, from Florida to Boston to Denver to Houston. But al Qaeda is hardly our only threat. Hamas, formed in 1987, was run by top Palestinian officials in America from its earliest days, and has tentacles […]
American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon
The Story of the Transformation of Jesus from Divinity to Celebrity The United States (it is often pointed out) is one of the most religious countries on earth, and most Americans belong to one Christian church or another. But as Stephen Prothero argues in American Jesus, many of the most interesting appraisals of Jesus have […]
All in the Mind: A Farewell to God
Since childhood, Ludovic Kennedy has questioned the existence of God, and he is not alone; at the end of the twentieth century, with 2000 years of Christian teaching behind us, the majority of the population no longer go to church. Now in ‘the most important book I have ever written’ he discusses how society has […]
Al Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror
Al-Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror examines the network’s religious roots, its widespread organizational reach (including the U.S.), its complex political and religious agenda, and its terrifying tactics. The book includes a chilling account of life within al-Qaeda that comes in part from the testimony of members of the Bin Laden group, including Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, who […]
Agnosticism and Christianity
In this selection of his most important writings, renowned scientist and philosopher Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1859) discusses his views on the demonstrative evidence of evolution, the physical basis of life, naturalism and supernaturalism, agnosticism and Christianity, and the Christian tradition in relation to Judaic Christianity.
Against the Faith: Essays on Deists, Skeptics, and Atheists
Collection of essays on famous freethinkers.
Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness
Description Do religions have an inherent right to be respected? Is atheism itself a form of religion, and can there be such a thing as a “fundamentalist atheist”? Are we witnessing a global revival in religious zeal, or do the signs point instead to religion’s ultimate decline? In a series of bold, unsparing polemics, A. […]
African-American Humanism: An Anthology
This book offers biographical sketches, essays, and interviews with prominent African-American humanists.
Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism
Abusing Science is a manual for intellectual self-defense, the most complete available for presenting the case against Creationist pseudo-science. It is also a lucid exposition of the nature and methods of genuine science. The book begins with a concise introduction to evolutionary theory for non-scientists and closes with a rebuttal of the charge that this […]
About Time: Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution
“With wit and clarity, the author of more than 20 popular science books, including God and the New Physics and The Last Three Minutes, now explores the riddle of time, examining the consequences of Einstein’s theory of relativity and offering startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal. 50 line drawings.”
A Song of Stone
A European nation not unlike Bosnia: Armed forces roam the lawless land where dark columns of smoke rise up from the surrounding farms and houses. The war is ending, perhaps ended. But for the castle and its occupants, a young lord and lady, the trouble is just beginning. Fearing an invasion of soldiers, the amorous […]
A Solstice Tree for Jenny
It’s Christmas time all across America and Jenny is feeling left out. Her secular parents, born to different faiths that they no longer observe, don’t believe in celebrating Christmas. She never seemed to mind before, but this year it bothers her–maybe because they’re home and not on the Florida coast where they usually go at […]
A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to a Quantum Computer
The first book to prepare general readers for the next big–perhaps the biggest–breakthrough in the short history of the cyberworld: the development of the quantum computer. The newest Pentium chip driving personal computers packs 40 million electronic switches onto a piece of silicon the size of a thumbnail. It is dramatically smaller and more powerful […]
A Second Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism
As the influence of religion increasingly insinuates itself into society, aided by media messages touting the personal and social advantages of Christian-defined moral virtues, the need to express well-developed criticism of religious propaganda and to support clearly-stated secular ideals assumes a new urgency. Freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and rationalists will rejoice to discover that Dr. […]
A Rebel to His Last Breath: Joseph McCabe and Rationalism
A Rebel to His Last Breath is the first biography of Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), a former Catholic priest who became one of the best-known champions and a prolific popularizer of freethought and rationalism in the first half of the twentieth century. McCabe’s encyclopedic curiosity, rigorous scholarship, and unswerving intellectual honesty led him through a tumultuous […]
A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed
Atack exposes Hubbard’s bizarre imagination and behavior, tracing the creation of Scientology in the years following World War II to perhaps its final schism following Hubbard’s death in 1986. A shocking book that reveals all: the abuses, falsehoods, paranoia, and greed of Hubbard and his pseudo-military Scientologist henchmen.
A Physicalist Manifesto: Thoroughly Modern Materialism
Provides the fullest formulation of a comprehensive physicalist view to date, evaluates the empirical standing of physicalism in unprecedented detail, and provides a self-contained and thesis-driven discussion, accessible to graduate and advanced undergraduate students. A Physicalist Manifesto is the fullest defense yet of the comprehensive physicalist view that, in some important sense, everything is physical. […]
A New Christianity for a New World
Friends and foes alike recognize the Bishop John Shelby Spong as the leading spokesman for liberal Christianity. In his bestselling Why Christianity Must Change or Die he describes the toxins that are poisoning the Church. Now he offers the antidote, calling Christians everywhere into a new and radical reformation for a new age. Spong looks […]
A Meeting with Medusa (Abridged Audio Cassette)
After the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke became perhaps the best known living Sci-Fi writer in the world. Using his inherent sense of humor and personal flair for adventure, Clarke combines the worlds of science and literature. The three award-winning stories in this volume take the listener into the realms of space adventure, […]
A Materialist Theory of the Mind
This classic work of recent philosophy was first published in 1968, and remains the most compelling and comprehensive statement of the view that the mind is material or physical. In A Materialist Theory of the Mind, D. M. Armstrong provided new insight into the debate surrounding the relationship of the mind and body. He put […]
A History of Western Philosophy
Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject — unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical […]
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology
In this important and controversial work, historian, diplomat, and the first president of Cornell University Andrew White exhaustively documents the battle between science and religion in such matters as creation vs. evolution, the geocentric vs. the heliocentric, and the “fall of man” vs. humanistic elevation.
