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The Age of American Unreason$15.95 The Age of American Unreason - Susan Jacoby passionately argues that the nation's current cult of unreason has deadly and destructive consequences (the war in Iraq, for one) and traces the seeds of current anti-intellectualism (and its partner in crime, anti-rationalism) back to post-WWII society. Unafraid of pointing fingers, she singles out mass media and the resurgence of fundamentalist religion as the primary vectors of anti-intellectualism, decrying America's appalling retreat into junk thought. Paperback - 384 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Gospel of The Flying Spaghetti Monster$13.95 The 192-page paperback handbook of the 21st century's only new religion is finally here! Discover the real causes of global warming and why Pastafarian heaven has a stripper factory and a beer volcano. A hilariously entertaining read! May you be touched by His noodly appendage.... [Order] [Checkout] |
Religious Literacy$14.95 Religious Literacy - Stephen Prothero begins this valuable primer by noting that religious illiteracy is rampant in the US, where most Americans cannot name even one of the four Gospels. Such ignorance is perilous because religion "is the most volatile constituent of culture" and, unfortunately, often "one of the greatest forces for evil" in the world, he writes. Prothero does more than diagnose the problem; he traces its surprising historic roots and prescribes concrete solutions that address religious education, while preserving First Amendment boundaries. This book is a must-read for all adults in a culture where "faith without understanding is the standard" and "religious ignorance is bliss." Paperback - 372 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins$15.95 Recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals, Dawkins has always asserted the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm it inflicts on society. While Europe becomes increasingly secularized, the rise of fundamentalism is dramatically and dangerously dividing opinion around the world. Paperback - 463 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Fighting Words: A Toolkit for Combating the Religious Right
We have discounted the price of this terrific little book, as it is such a good read that we wanted more of you to see it. Every clear-headed patriot should own a copy! Fighting Words is the indispensable book for reclaiming our country. It features quotations from Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Franklin, and many more. Funny, eye-opening, accessible smart, and best of all, really useful for combating the creeping Fundamentalist scourge repeated gleefully by Fox TV and every other corporate media source. Paperback, 146 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Six Ways of Atheism$14.50 The Six Ways of Atheism. Geoffrey Berg presents six entirely logical arguments in simple language, about why people should not believe in the existence of God. Berg opens up a new front in the case against God, showing that monotheistic religions - in addition to being incompatible with the discoveries of modern science and with human suffering - are also incompatible with - and contrary to - the simplest logic. Paperback - 175 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Humanist Manifestos I & II
By Paul Kurtz. A stirring document outlining a philosophy for survival, sanity and fulfillment in our time. Paperback - 31 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
What Is Atheism? Doug Kreuger$21.95 What Is Atheism? Doug Kreuger. How can atheists have morals? How can atheists have purpose in their lives? Doesn't the Bible show that God exists? Do reports of miracles prove the existence of a god? Wouldn't a person have to know everything to say that God doesn't exist? These are concerns that arise when believers and those who are simply curious question the purpose and meaning they suspect is lacking in the lives of non-believers. Krueger contends that atheism is a powerful alternative to the religious outlook so prevalent today. This concise introduction to atheism has been designed with the general audience in mind. Paperback - 241 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Dear Editor - Edd Doerr$5.95 Dear Editor - Edd Doerr. Featuring a collection of Ed's earlier letters to magazine and newspaper editors from the 1970's and 1980's. It's surprising how little has changed in the last 25-30 years, and how many of Ed's writings are still relevant and poignant today. Paperback - 67 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Sacred Cows are Black & White - Hardback$20.00 Sacred Cows are Black & White - Laci Golos. One woman's intellect and passion challenges the world's political and religious beliefs and the leading presidential candidate risks it all... to defend her. This fast-paced story of intrigue and passion, resolve and romance, spurs the reader to want to know more. Does anyone really have an open mind? Are you sure? What if everything you always thought was right, turned out to be wrong? Hardback - 209 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The God Virus - paperback
$19.95 The God Virus - Darrel W Ray Ed.D. Dr. Ray traces the contagion course of religion as it enters the lives of countless individuals, beginning in childhood and infecting their behavior, professions, sex lives, and virtually every aspect of living. And Dr. Ray knows whereof he speaks, for he is the child of fundamentalist evangelical parents, who frequently took their young son to Bible-thumping revival meetings! Paperback - 241 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Modern Humanism - Living Without Religion$9.95 Modern Humanism - Living Without Religion. Humanists reject conventional religious ideas which they regard as unnecessary and largely inconsistent with the scientific view of the universe. This publication develops the basis for a satisfying, balanced and exciting life, putting human well-being at the center of a moral outlook. In this 4th edition handbook, published by Britain's North East Humanists, the authors have updated and enlarged the original content. Paperback - 118 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Women Without Superstition: No Gods, No Masters
$25.00 Edited by Anna Laurie Gaylor. The collective writings of female freethinkers of the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries. Hardcover, 661 pages. SHIPS MEDIA [Order] [Checkout] |
The Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Non-Believers book$15.95 The Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Non-Believers book. The world (not just America) is deeply divided. The main fault line is where the tectonic plates of religion and Enlightenment meet and grind against each other. Jack Huberman has collected powerful quotations against organized religion and belief in God from figures such as Richard Dawkins, Phyllis Diller, Frederick Douglass, Michael Moore, Katha Pollitt, and yes, Jerry Falwell! Paperback - 288 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our most important Question
$16.99 God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our most important Question. Prolific Bible scholar Bart Ehrman concedes that in spite of his Christian credentials - which include four years at Bible college and a divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary - he can no longer believe in the Christian God. An all-loving and all-powerful God, he concluded after years of struggle, would not cause so much suffering. Paperback - 294 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin With a Mythical Jesus?
$14.50 By Earl Doherty. With the arrival of the third millennium, the time has come to face the stunning realization that for the last 1900 years, Christianity has revered a founder and icon of the faith who probably never existed. Doherty compares ancient legends with biblical texts, and uncovers some very surprising truths. Paperback, 380 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Funerals Without God: A Practical Guide to Non-Religious Funerals
$14.00 By Jane Wynne Willson. A practical guide to non-religious funerals. Booklet, 59 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes Invented Biblical History$16.99 101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes Invented Biblical History. This riveting and controversial book reveals how the ancient editors of the Bible used the myths and legends of neighboring cultures to build the foundations of the monotheistic religions of today. Illustrations. 319 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Illusion of Immortality$12.95 By Dr. Corliss Lamont. In clear and unflinching language, Dr. Lamont states the case for human mortality - the finality of death. But, he argues, the illusion of immortality is an affirmative vision, not a negative one. Paperback - 303 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Here I Stand$12.00 This is an excellent compilation of Edd's thinking and positions on most of the major topics of the day and the focus of his life. Church / State separation and defending the First Amendment have been pillars of his many years of dedicated service to the Humanist movement. Paperback - 116 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Welcome to Jesusland! Landover Baptist"Welcome to Jesusland" the First 16 copies signed by Pastor Deacon Fred! Hold on to your Bibles folks, you are about to be raptured into the gut-busting, demon-stomping insanity of God's Favorite Church, "Landover Baptist" - the web's ultimate spoof on the evangelical right. Pastor Deacon Fred, Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian(tm), Pastor Harry Hardwick and the rest of the pew-jumping, finger-pointing crazies at Landover Baptist Church provide a sharply written book full of uproarious words and images. Hallelujah! Paperback - 224 pages. The last two copies we have are bent at some of the corners so we're putting them on sale (even though they're already a terrific value!). [Order] [Checkout] |
American Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll
By Orvin Larson. This detailed biography spans the life of one of the most influential individuals of the 19th century. Paperback - 300 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Portable Atheist$17.50 The Portable Atheist - Christopher Hitchens. "Religion invents a problem where none exists, by describing the wicked as also made in the image of god and the sexually nonconformist as existing in a state of incurable mortal sin that can incidentally cause floods and earthquakes." The readings Hitchens chooses to bolster his argument are indeed engaging and important. Hobbes, Spinoza, Mill and Marx are some of the heavyweights representing a philosophical viewpoint. From the world of literature the author assembles excerpts from Shelley, Twain, Conrad, Orwell and Updike. What these dynamic writers are railing against is a strawman: an immature, fundamentalist, outdated, and even embarrassing style of religion that many intelligent believers have long since cast off. Paperback - 499 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist
$20.00 By Dan Barker. Barker's journey from devout soul-winner to one of America's most prominent freethinkers. Paperback, 383 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You To Read
$19.95 Edited by Tim C. Leedom A collection of articles and thoughts ranging from ancient philosophers to current-day secularists about religion, churches, and truth. Paperback - 445 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
A Humanist Wedding Service$10.00 By Corliss Lamont A complete wedding ceremony written by a longtime leader in the Humanist community. The 29 pages include a complete script for a ceremony, and many appropriate poetry selections. Booklet, 29 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Natural Atheism$18.00 Everything is here to help those who already are Atheists better understand the logic of their lives and see Atheism's social and political implications. Those who are not yet Atheists will be helped by this scientist's common-sense analysis of the so-called 'proofs of God' to see the irrationality - indeed, the meaninglessness - of god-beliefs. What is belief? What is knowledge? As Pilate is alleged to have asked, "What is truth?" Understandable and clear answers to all these questions are given by a seasoned anthropolgist who has been able to see around the blinders imposed by Judaeo-Chirstian cultures. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Why Be Moral?
$25.00 By Kai Nielsen. A noted philosopher offers an answer to this fundamental question - a question that reaches in to grasp at the very heart of ethics itself. Paperback, 300 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
My Life as a Humanist: A Memoir by Edd Doerr$10.00 By Edd Doerr "When I refer to Edd Doerr as 'that wonderful wizard of ours,' I intend the phrase to remain in present tense. A memoir, once written and dated, might be taken as a farewell. Edd's memoir was written in response to an invitation from the Humanist Heritage Program of the Humanist Foundation of the American Humanist Association. Edd will continue his work for Humanism, religious liberty, church-state separation, and women's right to choose. In time he may add a future record to this memoir. One thing I know... Edd's not finished yet, not by a long shot." - -Bette Chambers, President Emerita, American Humanist Association. Paperback, 52 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Beach Blanket Atheism$12.95 By Edward P. Tolley, Jr., cartoons by Jeff Swenson. Atheism hasn't exactly been the topic of a lot of laughs. That is, until now. Beach Blanket Atheism uses laugh-out-loud humor, razor-sharp logic and compelling arguments to dispel myths and clarify a lot of questions about this most misunderstood of doctrines. Consisting manly of quotations and quips from a host of famous scholars, philosophers, celebrities and politicians, this witty work delves deep into skepticism, agnosticism, rationalism, and other topics relating to atheism. A unique, informative and entertaining book for those with an open mind, a love of science or a passion for rational thought. Paperback, 188 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism Paperback
$16.00 By Susan Jacoby An authoritative history of the vital role of secularist thinkers and activists in the United States, from a writer of "fierce intelligence and nimble, unfettered imagination."-The New York Times. [Order] [Checkout] |
Quotations That Support the Separation of State & Church$17.00 Edited by Edward M. Buckner and Michael E. Buckner. Quotations drawn from original sources; useful for debating those who insist that the Unitied States was established as a "Christian" nation. Spiral-bound Paperback, 95 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Peace on Earth - Is It Possible?
$23.00 By Carl Zimmerling This book offers a comprehensive comparison between scientific fact and discoveries vs. unquestioned religious myth, legends, superstition, fear and dictatorship. It's based on the author's experience during business travel to 50 countries, where he worked and lived among local businessmen. He explains how these experiences made him question his early Christian beliefs and eventually turn to humanism/atheism. Paperback, 365 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why Was I Born? book$5.00 Why Was I Born? book. What is my purpose for being here? A Humanistic view of life by Lyle J Simpson. [Order] [Checkout] |
A Little Book for the Family of Humanists$3.00 Edited by Devin Carroll. A primer and reference on basic Humanist values. Booklet, 18 pages. Yeah! Its back... new color but back. [Order] [Checkout] |
An Atheist's Handbook$20.00 An Atheist's Handbook describes the "Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How" of the author's transition from religious believer to religious nonbeliever in a logical, philosophical, and easy-to-read fashion. It should be required reading for everyone who does or does not believe in God. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality hardcover$19.95 The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality. "Atheist spirituality" may sound like a contradiction in terms, but French philosopher Comte-Sponville makes a compelling argument for a profound dimension of experience that is god-free. His idea of spirituality also bears no small resemblance to Eastern spirituality, and the philosopher-author does not hesitate to cite great Eastern thinkers in this catalog of references to great minds grappling with important questions. We can do without religion and without God, the author argues, but we can't do without fidelity and community. Hardback - 224 pages [Order] [Checkout] |
Sense and Goodness Without God, A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism$24.95 Sense and Goodness Without God, A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism. If God does not exist, then what does? Is there good and evil, and should we care? Can we make any sense of this universe, or our own lives? Richard Carrier answers all of these questions without complex jargon! Freethought book. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (Paperback)$19.95 Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity. John W Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, and an ardent apologist for Christianity. But over the years, doubts about the credibility of key Christian tenets arose. By the late 1990s, he experienced a full-blown crisis of faith, brought on by emotional upheavals, as well as the gathering weight of doubt. Here, Loftus carefully explains the experiences and the reasoning processes that led him to reject religious belief. Paperback - 428 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Devil's Dictionaries
$9.95 By Ambrose Bierce & Chaz Bufe. This much-expanded second edition of The Devil's Dictionaries combines the best 200+ definitions from Ambrose Bierce's classic The Devil's Dictionary with 500+ definitions from its best modern successor, Chaz Bufe's American Heretic's Dictionary (newly revised and expanded). [Order] [Checkout] |
I Sold My Soul On eBay - Hemant Mehta$13.99 I Sold My Soul On eBay. When Hemant Mehta was a teenager he stopped believing in God, but he never lost his interest in religion. Mehta is "the eBay atheist," the nonbeliever who auctioned off the opportunity for the winning bidder to send him to church. Auction winner Jim Henderson, a former pastor and author of Evangelism Without Additives, sent Mehta off to visit a variety of church services – posting his insightful critiques on the Internet and spawning a positive, ongoing dialogue between atheists and believers. Mehta's book features his latest church critiques, including tales of his visits to some of the best-known churches in the USA. Paperback - 210 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Genesis of the Humanist Manifesto$12.95 By Edwin H. Wilson To tell the story of the document that crystallized the principles and ideals of contemporary Humanism is to tell the story of the origins of the movement itself. The 1933 publication of "A Humanist Manifesto," its impact on society, and the subsequent appeals for revision all comprise this chronicle of the development of American humanism, told by one of the people most responsible for its unfolding. Paperback, 212-pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Leaving the Fold
$15.00 By Marlene Winell, Ph.D. Subtitled - A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion, this book provides valuable insights into the dangers of certain forms of religious indoctrination and outlines what therapists and victims can do to reclaim a healthier human spirit. Highly recommended by folks who have "left the fold". This was out of print, but is back due to high customer demand. A couple in our local group said it was the blueprint that they followed during their journey to religious liberation. Softcover - 297 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
God the Devil and Darwin paperback
$14.95 New edition! Niall Shanks has written the first accessible introduction to, and critique of Intelligent Design theory (ID). While ID has been proposed as a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, Shanks argues that ID is in fact "old creationist wine in new designer label bottles" and moreover is a serious threat to the scientific and democratic values that are our cultural and intellectual inheritance from the Enlightenment. Paperback edition, 273 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Woe to the Women$15.00 By Annie Laurie Gaylor In these critical days when fundamentalists are trying to unite church and state, it behooves thoughtful women and men to "know thine enemy." Lucidly argued, concise and thorough, Woe to the Women--The Bible Tells Me So challenges the concept of the bible as a "good book." The easy-to-read expose examines the harm of biblical teachings, rules and stereotypes about women. Hardcover, 264 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
$16.95 Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson. Psychologists know there are some self-ascriptions for which human beings are eternal suckers. The vast majority of people think they have a better-than-average sense of humor. Most of us fancy we are better drivers than others. And we almost all flatter ourselves that we are independent thinkers who don't accept others' claims without good proof. We see gullibility everywhere around us but never find it in ourselves. We are skeptics. Jennifer Michael Hecht's historical survey of doubt shows how fallible this self-image is: Skeptical thinking is in fact so rare a trait one wonders how it got started at all. Paperback - 551 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence$28.00 Comparing violence in religious and nonreligious contexts, Prof. Hector Avalos makes the compelling argument that if we condemn violence caused by scarce resources as morally objectionable, then we must consider even more objectionable violence provoked by alleged scarcities that cannot be proven to exist. Moreover, he shows how many modern academic biblical scholars and scholars of religion maintain the value of sacred texts - despite their violence. This serious philosophical examination of the roots of religious violence adds much to our understanding of a perennial source of widespread human suffering. This book requires an extra shipping charge of $1.00. [Order] [Checkout] |
Branton's Blossoms: Some Thoughts about nature and God for older kids nine to ninety$5.95 Branton's Blossoms: Some Thoughts about nature and God for older kids nine to ninety. A man living in the countryside sees beauty, conflict and tragedy surrounding him, and he is moved to think about how all of this comes about. After experiencing a great loss, he makes an important decision about the existence of a creator, and then moves on with his appreciation of life. Paperback - 80 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Everything You Know About God is Wrong
$24.95 In this new mega-anthology from Russ Kick, more than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and woolly world of organized belief. Richard Dawkins shows us the strange, scary properties of religion; Neil Gaiman turns a biblical atrocity story into a comic (that almost sent a publisher to prison); Erik Davis looks at what happens when religion and California collide; Mike Dash eyes stigmatics; Douglas Rushkoff exposes the trouble with Judaism; Paul Krassner reveals his "Confessions of an Atheist"; and best-selling lexicographer Jonathon Green interprets the language of religious prejudice. Paperback - 387 pages. This book requires an extra $2.00 in shipping charges [Order] [Checkout] |
Baubles of Blasphemy$20.00 By Edwin Kagin. Edwin Kagin has penned a delightful book reflecting his views as freethinking social critic, humorist and, yes, curmudgeon of sorts. Between the covers a reader (depending on his or her intellectual disposition) is sure to discover a gather of essays and poetry that will inform and provoke, anger and elate, seduce - and in some cases surely outrage - and finally do what any book should do, namely, clamor for a place on the bookshelf of any thoughtful person, believer or infidel. -Ellen Johnson. Paperback, 254 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right$12.95 Robert Lanham's hilarious book tells us all about Bibles designed to look like glossy fashion magazines, to mega-churches with ATMs, rock climbing walls, the nuances of 21st century conservative evangelical culture are no mystery to Robert Lanham, who gives a comical (mis)guided tour for those of us who can expect to be left behind in the End of Days! Paperback - 272 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
What God Has Revealed to Man$0.50 For thousands of years people have sought insight from beyond the natural, physical world. Countless prayers, quests, crusades, wars and pogroms have been offered and waged in pursuit of, or due to, "God's revealed knowledge." Now...the waiting is over! Here it is, all of the knowledge that God has bestowed upon humankind. This is the expanded and revised edition that presents all 4 pages of revealed knowledge. No library is complete without it! [Order] [Checkout] |
An Uppity Old Atheist Woman's Dictionary
$10.00 By Carol Faulkenberry, Illustrated by M. Amanda Faulkenberry. This hysterical "dictionary" offers not only humor, but points to ponder, history, and trivia as well. Paperback, 147 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Lead Us not Into Penn Station
$10.00 By Anne Nicol Gaylor. In this provactive book Ms. Gaylor goes after religious myths with verve, and makes the case for the need of freedom from religion. Paperback, 80 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Memorial Services for Women$8.95 Memorial Services for Women - Meg Bowman. Offers some wonderful modern alternatives to the usual memorial services, which are old dogmas written by - and for - men. Paperback - 156 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Atheists - A Groundbreaking Study of America's Nonbelievers$20.00 Disbelief is spreading. After reviewing the mounting evidence that organized religion is declining in many countries, this accessible book provides the first scientific study of active atheists. The authors surveyed nearly 300 members of atheist organizations in the US. Besides soliciting these nonbelievers’ level of education, political leanings, etc., the researchers sought to understand how each respondent had become an atheist. Had they ever believed in God, or had they never? Had they paid a price for their atheism? Paperback - 160 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason$13.95 In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs-even when these beliefs inspire the worst of human atrocities. Harris argues that in the presence of weapons of mass destruction we cannot expect to survive our religious differences indefinitely. Most controversially, he argues that "modernization" of religion poses considerable dangers of its own, as the accommodation we have made to religious faith in our society now blinds us to the role that faith plays in perpetuating human conflict. Paperback - 348 pages [Order] [Checkout] |
Atheism, A Beginner's Handbook
$14.95 Atheism, A Beginner's Handbook is a terrific introduction to why atheists think the way we do. In particular, what factors drive non-belief, and why the phrase "atheist morality" not an oxymoron. The book shines a light onto the basis for atheist thought and logic. For the novice, a blueprint is provided for living authentically in our overtly fundamentalist culture. Paperback - 144 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You
$18.00 By Michael Scott Earl Bible Stories Your Parents Never Taught You is a shock and awe campaign against the presumed moral irreproachability of the Holy Bible. It is a much needed dose of moral clarity in an age of religious confusion and godly violence. Paperback, 269 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Atheist Debater's Handbook$21.00 By B.C. Johnson. Does God exist? Is there Divine intervention in our daily lives? Mr. Johnson contends that theism has not proved its case. This lively book was written to provide the skeptic with an arsenal of arguments against the theist. Some of the topics covered include: "God and Atheism," "God and Design," "God and Existence," "God and Religious Experience," "God and Morality," "God and Evil," and "God and Christianity." Buy your copy of the "Atheist Debater Handbook" today and be ready the next time a believer asks the questions. Paperback, 134 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
God.Com: A Deity for the New Millenium
$10.00 By John Henderson. Dorrance Publishing Company has this to say about the book: "Your book calls upon Mankind to strip away the last vestiges of intolerance, fascism, and bigotry that has been foisted upon it by organized religion. God.com singles out a fanatical class of human beings, reserving special criticism for the Roman Catholic Church and the authors of the Bible. God.com is an authentic celebration of the primacy of man and is designed to appeal to adult audiences, particularly atheists, agnostics, and those who are interested in general theological reading." [Order] [Checkout] |
The Devil's Dictionary$13.95 By Ambrose Bierce; with an introduction by Roy Morris. History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all two. Self-Esteem, n. An erroneous appraisement. These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn reporter Ambrose Bierce the epithet's "Bitter Bierce", the "Devil's Lexicographer", and the "Wickedest Man in San Francisco". First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred title in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. Paperback, 256 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Classics of Free Thought
Edited by Paul Blanshard. A treasury of rationalism and religious conflict extracted from the span of more than 200 years of moral and religious history since the French Enlightenment. Paperback, 190 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
A Humanist Funeral Service
$10.00 By Dr. Corliss Lamont. In the quest for solace at a time of grief, one can turn to this non-theistic service for security, comfort, and purpose in accepting the finality of the loss of a loved one. Booklet - 48 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Atheism A Reader
$21.00 Edited by S.T. Joshi. The editor has carefully selected essays that are eloquent, poignant, satirical, and philosophically rigorous, and has also supplied explanatory annotations and a general introduction that succinctly and forcefully summarizes the atheistic critique of religion. Paperback, 346 pages. " [Order] [Checkout] |
Atheism, Morality and Meaning
$21.00 By Michael Martin. This highly informed and sophisticated defense of atheism is a stimulating challenge to religious believers and a serious contribution to ethical theory. Paperback, 330 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Atheism: The Case Against God
By George H. Smith. Dissects and refutes the concept of a "supreme being". Paperback, 355 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Can We Be Good Without God?
By Dr. Robert Buckman, M.D. subtitled "Behaviour, Belonging and the Need to Believe," this newly released work affirms that decency and ethics can exist independently of religion. paperback, [Order] [Checkout] |
Discourse on Method and the Meditations
$9.00 By Rene Descartes, translated by John Veitch. In these two powerful works, Descartes, the seventeenth-century philosopher considered to be the father of modern philosophy, outlines his philosophical method and then counters the skeptics of his time by insisting that certain knowledge can be had. Paperback, 123 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Ecohumanism
Volume 15 of Humanism Today Edited by Robert B. Tapp, in cooperation with the North American Committee for Humanism. Humanists are sometimes accused of being so focused on the human race that they ignore the environment and other species. This book is designed to address these criticisms. The contributors, all humanists in the naturalistic tradition, show that in fact humanism as a worldview has much to offer environmentalism. Hardcover, 333 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
$12.00 By Mark Twain; Introduction by Victor Doyno. Twain's witty vision of what heaven "is really like" is told from the point of view of the recently deceased Captain Stormfield. In a folksy narration peppered with sailor's jargon, the amiable, altogether down-to-earth merchant marine describes a series of amusingly disconcerting revelations about the next world. Paperback, 128 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Freedom of Choice Affirmed
$12.95 By Dr. Corliss Lamont. Using Humanist philosophy as his touchstone, the author convincingly argues the case for the existence of freedom of choice. Paperback, 214 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
God Fraud
$15.00 By Rev. J. R. Reid, D.D. Reverend Reid establishes a debate between an hypothetical Religious Person and the author. In this regard, God Fraud could be used as a primer to demonstrate that God does not exist. Paperback, 156 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Humanism As the Next Step
$10.00 By Mary and Lloyd Morain. While there have been technical studies of humanism in the past, never before has there been such an authoritative, popular treatment of the whole field. Paperback, 145 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Humanism for Kids
$8.00 By Family of Humanists. This book is for young people who want to learn about humanism. Paperback, 38 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Humanist Manifesto 2000
$9.00 by Paul Kurtz. This collection of essays defends one of the most venerable ethical, scientific and philosophical traditions of Western civilization. Paperback - 273 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Murphy's Law Freethinker Columns
By John P. M. Murphy. A compilation of newspaper columns supporting reason and freethought. Spiral-bound paperback - 35 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety
In Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials, social critic Wendy Kaminer illustrates the various ways in which society has come to value emotions over reason, faith over fact, and argues that declarations of intense 'belief' have largely taken the place of rational discourse. Paperback - 278 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Best of Robert Ingersoll
$25.00 Edited by Roger E. Greeley. Robert Ingersoll was America's finest orator and foremost leader of freethinkers. Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Eugene V. Debs, and Elizabeth Cady used to gather to hear the speeches of "the great agnostic." Paperback, 175 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Militant Agnostic
$20.98 By E. Haldeman-Julius. This wide-ranging, candid, and humorous collection of articles and essays attacks organized religion in its various forms. Paperback - 128 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Mind of the Bible Believer
$28.00 By Edmund D. Cohen. Examines the unsurpassed psychological acumen of the Bible; a look at the mind of the born-again Christian and the ominous intentions of Pat Robertson's 700 Club. Paperback - 432 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Necessity of Atheism and Other Essays
Philosopher and poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley argued that the divine attributes of God are merely projections of human powers; life everlasting cannot be empirically demonstrated, for it runs counter to all the evidence for mortality given by the natural world, which is the only world we know. Hardcover - 95 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Reluctant Alliance: Behaviorism and Humanism
$25.95 By Bobby Newman. After a careful reading of this book, humanists will come to appreciate that behaviorism is not destructive determinism, and behaviorists will learn that much of what they hold to be true is a natural outgrowth of humanistic thought. Hardcover, 130 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Road to Reason: Landmarks in the Evolution of Humanist Thought
By Pat Duffy Hutcheon. A much needed and most welcome resource for any thoughtful person who wants to better appreciate the naturalistic view of human existence rather than the supernatural or mystical approaches that so regrettably dominate the current scene. Paperback - 197 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Way of Ethical Humanism
$10.95 By Gerald Larue. Debunks the notion that ethical principles can be found only within traditional religious faith-systems. Paperback, 101 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Ways of an Atheist
$16.00 By Bernard Katz. Katz has a biting and succinct style and a knack for presenting the fresh fruits of atheistic thinking to a wide general audience. He clearly illustrates in these essays that morality and goodness are of human origin, not divinely inspired, and that religion can in fact breed immorality. Paperback, 152 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The World Famous Atheist Cookbook$15.00 Compiled by Anne Nicole Gaylor. Spiral-bound Paperback, 165 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Tilting At Religion
$20.00 By Glenn W. Ferguson. A ambassador to Kenya and president of Lincoln Center, Ferguson has kept a journal for 22 years. One issue that has sustained his interest throughout the decades is the conflicting views of nonbelievers and religious believers, and the paradoxical attitudes that result from the clash of increasingly secular, international trends with traditional belief systems. This book is a compilation of brief essays culled from this journal, all on the subject of religion. Hardcover, 120 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Timely and Timeless: The Wisdom of E. Burdette Backus
Edited by Edd Doerr. An anthology of the pulpit and radio addresses of E Burdette Backus - one of the most influential leaders and exponents of twentieth-century humanism and Unitarian Universalism, one of the original signers of Humanist Manifesto I, and the second president of the American Humanist Association. Paperback - 251 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Vox Populi: Letters to the Editor
$9.95 By Edd Doerr. Published letters of a great freethinker, an ideal resource for anyone wishing to write a "letter-to-the-editor". Paperback, 93 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why Atheism?
$19.00 By George H. Smith. Reviews the historical roots of nonbelief going back to the ancient Greeks, argues that philosophy can serve as an important alternative to religion, and defends reason as the most reliable method humans have for establishing truth and conducting one's life. Paperback, 250 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Why I Am Not A Christian
$14.00 By Bertrand Russell. In this presentation of the freethinker's position, Lord Russell addresses the basic questions, death, morality and sexual ethics, and proposes answers different from those of religion. Paperback, 268 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Yes To Life: Memoirs of Corliss Lamont
$12.95 By Dr. Corliss Lamont. Vividly recounts a lifetime devoted to humanism, civil liberties, and international peace. Paperback, 275 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Mark Twain: Selected Writings of an American Skeptic
$26.00 Edited by Victor Doyno. This isn't just another common anthology of Twain; it gathers together an array of his greatest fiction, essays, speeches and writings which reveal Twain's wit, humor, and social concern. Paperback, 450 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
One Woman's Fight
By Vashti Cromwell McCollum. Historic legal battle to the landmark Supreme Court victory ending religious instruction in the public schools. (McCollum vs. Board of Education, 1948) Paperback - 240 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible
Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible by Jeff Sharlet, Peter Manseau, 296 Pages. Discussed on NPR program All Things Considered on July 2, 2004 (Click here to listen to their piece on one story from the book) A wicked and wonderful blend of beliefs and doubts, accounts of freaks, saints, sinners, holy men (& ladies!) and con artists. Paperback, 296 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The World's Sixteen Saviours: Christianity Before Christ
$19.95 By Kersey Graves, Foreword by Acharya S. A reprint of Kersey Graves' classic and rare 1875 book on Christianity before Christ. Paperback, 436 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Questioning the Sacred$12.25 By M. Lee Deitz, Ph.D. Does the bible cotradict itself? Was the Resurrection of Christ a botched hoax? What does the Bible prohibit Christians from doing? How many people could fit into the Biblical heaven? Is the Ark story just a fable? Questioning the Sacred is a query into the truth claims of the Christian bible and religion. Paperback, 112 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
What's God Got to Do with It?$10.00 Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and advocate of the rights of women and African Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late nineteenth cenutry with his lectures on "freethought." His admirers included Mark Twain and Thomas A. Edison, who said Ingersoll had "all the attributes of a perfect man." The publication of What's God Got to Do with It? will return Robert Ingersoll and his ideas to American political discourse. Edited and with a biographical indroduction by Tim Page, this new popular collection of Ingersoll at his best - distilled from the twelve-volume set of his works, his copious letters, and various newspaper interviews - promises to put Ingersoll back where he belongs, in the forefront of independent American thought. [ Add to Cart] [ View Cart] |
Atheism, Ayn Rand and Other Heresies$32.00 By George H. Smith. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Smith analyzes atheism and it's relevance to society today. Hardcover, 324 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NatureIn The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the doctrine that the mind has no innate traits - a doctrine embraced by many intellectuals during the past century - denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-hood slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgement of human nature based on science and common sense. [Order] [Checkout] |
40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania$16.95 Charles Darwin's great-great grandson and a successful Hollywood screenwriter, describes the 2005 intelligent design (ID) trial in Dover, Pa. The native-born Brit loves his adopted American home, but is terrified at the rise of a belligerent fundamentalism that seems to him invincibly ignorant and contemptuous of such scientific commonplaces as evolution. The 40 days and nights of the trial convince him that ID should indeed be taught in every science classroom in America: as an exercise in removing the kid gloves with which religion is treated in this country, science teachers should demolish ID before their pupils' eyes. Paperback - 271 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Breaking The Spell$16.00 Trading in a supernatural soul for a natural soul - is this a fair bargain?" Daniel Dennett, seeking to fend off "caricatures of Darwinian thinking" that plague his philosophical camp, argues in this incendiary, brilliant, even dangerous book that it is. Picking up where he left off in Darwin's Dangerous Idea (a Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist), he zeroes in on free will, a sticking point to the opposing camp. Drawing on evolutionary biology, neuroscience, economic game theory, philosophy and Richard Dawkins's meme, the author argues that there is indeed such a thing as free will, but it "is not a preexisting feature of our existence, like the law of gravity." [Order] [Checkout] |
Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life
$16.00 By Daniel C. Dennett. "This is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available...Lucid and entertaining." -John Gribbin, Sunday Times, London. Paperback - 586 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
120 Banned Books$19.95 Throughout history, nations, peoples, and governments have censored writers and their works on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds. Although the literary merit of the majority of these books has been proven time and time again, efforts are still in place today to suppress some of them. From "Animal Farm" to "Ulysses", this book examines the struggle 120 of these works faced to be read. 120 Banned Books provides a summary and censorship history of each work and lists suggestions for further reading. This new edition expands on the ever-popular 100 Banned Books. Paperback - 502 pages [Order] [Checkout] |
Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Klempke, Robert Hollinger and A. David Klein. Offers a complete introduction to the philosophy of science, one that is clear, concise, and presented in nontechnical language. Paperback - 579 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
One Planet One People
$22.00 By Carl Coon, Former Ambassador to Nepal In this succinct, highly readable overview of the evolution of human society, the author argues that the 21st century will witness a crucially important and difficult transition for the human race. Blending the disciplines of anthropology and evolutionary psychology with over thirty years of experience in the diplomatic corps, Coon traces the evolution of the human tendency to divide others into two groups, "us versus them." Today, he argues, we have reached a stage where the whole world must be viewed as "us," for only a united world community can cope with today's global challenges. Hardcover, 149 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Biblical Nonsense
$21.00 By Dr. Jason Long. Biblical Nonsense is a broad look at the tremendous problem of associating divinity with the world's most popular book. Paperback, 202 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Kingdom Coming, The Rise of Christian Nationalism$23.99 Kingdom Coming, The Rise of Christian Nationalism. Michelle Goldberg takes us on an eye-opening journey through the Christian right grassroots, from the evolution battles in Dover, Pennsylvania to Roy's Rock in Alabama and beyond. Along the way, she makes a devastating case that underlying this movement's campaigns against abortion or gay marriage is a tremendous will to power, an ambition to achieve Christian domination of our public life and laws. Kingdom Coming offers a stark warning that our democracy is under attack from within. 241 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
A Devil's Chaplain
$14.00 By Richard Dawkins. The Devil's Chaplain is the first collection of Richard Dawkins'writings, it is an enthusiastic declaraion, a testament to the power of the rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world. Paperback, 261 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Letter to a Christian Nation $16.95 Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris. With science and reason under attack from a pious majority, these are dangerous times for true American values. Sam Harris spells it out clearly to the millions who believe the earth is only 6,000 years old (glue was invented 7,000 years ago....) Hardback - 112 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist's Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature
$14.00 By Prof. Steven Weinberg. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and bestselling author of The First Three Minutes describes the grand quest for a unifying theory of nature--one that can explain events as disparate as the cohesion inside the atom and the gravitational tug between the sun and Earth. Paperback, 340 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
How to Behave and Why
$14.95 By Munro Leaf. In a time when all the rules for raising children have been redefined dozens of times, here is a book for bewildered parents from a simpler time when we all agreed on what was right and what was wrong. First published in 1946, Munro Leaf's How To Behave And Why gives touchingly sincere yet gently funny lessons in Honesty, Fairness, Strength, and Wisdom. Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 48 pages [Order] [Checkout] |
Sum: 40 Tales from the Afterlives - hardback, David Eagleman$19.95 David Eagleman, a scientist at the Baylor College of Medicine, offers an interesting look at death and beyond in “Sum.” (By the way, he used this old Latin phrase as the title - of course meaning “I am.”) He presents 40 different short stories of varying gods and the afterlives they create, all of which are mutually exclusive - one cannot believe in more than one without contradicting oneself. In this way, he causes readers to think about beliefs and why they believe them. Atheists will love this book, and love giving it to Fundie friends. It also contains kernels of wisdom that people can apply to their own lives; for example, one story he “calculates” the time someone can spend in a lifetime brushing teeth, eating, watching tv, etc. (One of our staff owns this book and just adores it; she said it is “a book on living rather than a book on dying.”) Excellent reading! Hardback - 107 pages. [Order] [Checkout] |
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