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Atheism: The Case Against God
George Smith’s book, Atheism: The Case Against God, is one of the most popular books on atheism ever written. Although Smith is a philosopher, you don’t need to be a philosopher to read this book. If you’ve ever wanted to know more about theism but were afraid to ask, this book is for you.
Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition
Lucky numbers. Chain letters. Psychic predictions. Wade Boggs’s obsessive eccentricities before each game. The lure of The X-Files and Stephen King. Although we live in a technologically advanced society, superstition is as widespread as it has ever been. Here, Stuart Vyse examines current behavioral research to demonstrate how complex and paradoxical human behavior can be […]
Blameless in Abaddon
This is the sequel to Towing Jehovah, a novel that garnered a World Fantasy Award and earned its author the moniker, “Christianity’s Salman Rushdie.” In this book, the two-mile long corpse of God (the corpus dei) has been towed to Florida, where the American Baptist Confederation has set it up as the Main Attraction at […]
Choice and Chance: An Introduction to Inductive Logic
Widely acknowledged as the definitive textbook on inductive logic.
Controversies in Psychology
Table of Contents: Introduction 1. Parapsychology By Susan Blackmore 2. Hypnosis By Graham F. Wagstaff 3. Gender Issues in Psychology By Mary Crawford, Rhoda K. Unger 4. Psychology and the Law By Robert T. Croyle, Elizabeth F. Loftus 5. Health Psychology By John Weinman Glossary Index
Darwinism Defeated?
Phillip E. Johnson and Denis O. Lamourex, a Christian evolutionist, debate evolution and creationism in print. Includes responses by Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Stephen Meyer, and Howard Van Till.
Diaspora
Centuries into the future, when an unexpected and powerful radiation storm from a nearby supernova wipes out the remnants of “flesher” humanity, a group of adventurous digital intelligences sets out to explore the cosmos in search of other lifeforms and a safe haven from material dangers.
Dreams of Millennium: Report from a Culture on the Brink
“Anxiety about the impending millennium has wreaked havoc on the way we see ourselves and our world as evidenced by bizarre notions running the gamut from alien invasions from outer space to the apocalyptic coming of the Christ. Dreams Of Millennium: Report From A Culture On The Brink is an attempt to ease that anxiety […]
Evolution and the Myth of Creationism
If you’re just getting started with the evolution/creation controversy, then this book is for you. Berra lays out all the evidence and keeps the scientific and philosophical jargon to a minimum. Highly recommended to beginners.
Farewell to God: My Reasons For Rejecting the Christian Faith
For more than twenty years, Charles Templeton was a major figure in the church in Canada and the United States. During the 1950s, he and Billy Graham were the two most successful exponents of mass evangelism in North America. Templeton spoke nightly to stadium crowds of up to 30,000 people. However, increasing doubt about the […]
Friday
Friday is a secret courier. She is employed by a man known to her only as “Boss.” Operating from and over a near-future Earth, where chaos is the happy norm, she finds herself on assignment at Boss’s seemingly whimsical behest. From New Zealand to Canada, from one to another of the new states of America’s […]
Has Science Found God? : The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe
In the past few years a number of scientists have claimed that there is credible scientific evidence for the existence of God. In 1998 Newsweek went so far as to proclaim on its cover, “Science Finds God.” Is this true? Are scientists close to solving the greatest of all mysteries? Physicist Victor J. Stenger delves […]
How We Know What Isn’t So
Gilovich illustrates his points with vivid examples and supports them with the latest research findings in a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.
In Defense of Secular Humanism
A spirited and closely reasoned defense of one of the most venerable ethical, scientific and philosophical traditions of Western civilization.
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up
Book Description A Lifelong Unbeliever Finds No Reason to Change His Mind Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author John Allen Paulos thinks not. In Irreligion he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into twelve chapters that refute the twelve arguments most often put forward […]
Jihad in the West
Jihad is back, says Paul Fregosi, but this current incarnation has a long history behind it. From the start, Islamic fundamentalism has intended to expand the Muslim religion to encompass the entire world through conversion, or, in many instances, violence. Yet until now it has lacked a general historical narrative: “The jihad has been the […]
Letters of Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand’s letters were written to be read. This witty and penetrating collection of her correspondence with Hollywood luminaries, political writers, philosophers, family members, artists, businessmen, and fans offers an unparalleled look at the past 50 years of her life and career.
Maybe Yes, Maybe No: A Guide for Young Skeptics
In today’s media-flooded world, there is no way to control all of the information, claims, and enticements that reach young people. The best thing to do is arm them with the sword of critical thinking. Maybe Yes, Maybe No is a charming introduction to self-confidence and self-reliance. The book’s ten-year-old heroine, Andrea, is always asking […]
Murder in Lecture Hall B
Description Now for something different: A novel by well-known author of nonfiction, Michael Martin… Professor Louis Jordon is a man of reason, and when you’re rational there’s no place for panicky superstitions or unfounded conclusions. That made him the perfect professor of Philosophy with an emphasis in Religions and Murder. It also makes his class […]
Not by Design: The Origin of the Universe
This book makes a compelling case for the idea that the universe didn’t come about through the handywork of some magical space pixie. The naysayers will throw about their arguments from incredulity while kicking & screaming but, in the end, even they (if anything like a rational mind still inhabits their bodies) will be forced […]
Origins of Life
How did life on Earth originate? Did replication or metabolism come first in the history of life? In this updated and expanded second edition of Origins of Life, Freeman Dyson examines these questions and discusses the two main theories that try to explain how naturally occurring chemicals could organize themselves into living creatures. Dyson analyzes […]
Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction
When clinical social worker Jack Trimpey introduced the concepts of Rational Recovery in 1986, it marked a major breakthrough in the field of alcohol and drug addiction. More than a philosophy or therapy, and not dependent on spiritual beliefs, Rational Recovery offers an aggressive self-help program to take charge of one’s behavior immediately. Now this […]
Rendezvous With Rama
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 […]
Schrodinger’s Kittens and the Search for Reality
“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 […]
Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent Age
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 […]
Stages of Faith : The Psychology of Human Development
Now in paperback–the classic most cited in the field of psychology of religion that explores the developmental stages of faith and the reasons we find life worth living. Dr. James Fowler has asked these questions, and others like them, of nearly six hundred people. He has talked with men, women, and children of all ages, […]
Tales of the Rational
Engaging, compelling, witty essays that put in perspective some of the most fascinating scientific and pseudo-scientific claims of the 20th century. Includes discussions of: atheism, straw-man arguments, creationism, debating creationists and theists, evolutionary biology, Christian apologetics, critiques of modern science, the search for extraterrestrial life, the search for the origins of life, chaos theory, and […]
The Art of Living Consciously
In The Art of Living Consciously, Dr. Nathaniel Branden, our foremost authority on self-esteem, takes us into new territory, exploring the actions of our minds when they are operating as our life and well-being require — and also when they are not. No other book illuminates so clearly what true mindfulness means. … Today we […]
The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, Second Edition
A new edition of the beautifully illustrated depiction of the dramatic story of survival and extinction. The Book of Life uses an exemplary fusion of art and science to tell the story of life on earth. The text, under the editorship of Stephen Jay Gould, provides a thorough understanding of the latest research and is […]
The Christ Myth
Book Description Reacting against the “romantic cult of Jesus,” which, he argued, was undermining intellectual truthfulness, eminent German philosopher Arthur Drews (1865-1935) exposes the Jesus of the Gospels as a mythical character. When first published in 1910, this classic work drew violent criticism from theologians, the press, and the public, and even led to mass […]
