“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 […]
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.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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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