American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury198 reviews Kevin Phillips Viking Adult, 2006 Well-thought out thesis + recommended by a friend + Well researched and written, but already a bit dated. This book is a diagnosis of the 3-big problems facing American in the 21st century, and how their growth was facilitated by the Republican party. The 3 big problems are dependence on foreign oil, the ascendant power of the FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) industries, and the growing power of ...             Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion52 reviews AMACOM, 2007 An ethical approach to parenting + A wonderful resource for secular parents + Excellent! + Good book but can do without dry philosophical babble + A MUST HAVE for secular parents             Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage)678 reviews Sam Harris Vintage, 2008 Do you believe in the god, Zeus? No? Neither do I. + Letter to a Christian Nation + Delivers what it Promises + Letter to Christian Nation             A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love59 reviews Richard Dawkins Mariner Books, 2004 An orator at the top of his form + More than interesting reading + Brilliant writing, occasionally infuriating + The Imaginery Iceberg + Always something more to learn             The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature213 reviews Steven Pinker Viking Adult, 2002 "that eternally fascinating thing we call human nature" + Striding the divide between social and hard sciences + Reasoned discourse for a field overrun by political correctness + Nature vs. Nurture             Living in the Light: Freeing Your Child from the Dark Ages4 reviews Anne R. Stone American Atheist Press, 2000 A good buy + surprising This is a very intelligent and well rounded book! A must for free thinking parents             The Quotable Atheist: Ammunition for Non-Believers, Political Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally ...62 reviews Jack Huberman Nation Books, 2006 Good quote book + Great coffee table book I really liked this book. As an atheist, it's great. For anyone else, I have the feeling that they would end up offended.             Climbing Mount Improbable63 reviews Richard Dawkins Penguin, 2006 STILL AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT IMPROBABLE I read CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE many years ago. I consider it Dawkins's best work. Since I accept the fact of evolution no less than he does, I have no argument with his explanation of the mechanisms by which improbable evolutionary structures evolved. It is his understanding of the nature of ...             The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author327 reviews Richard Dawkins Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 amazing book, must read + Don't judge a book by its title + Good Book for the Biologically Inclined + Why Do I Keep Reading Dawkins? + The best book I have ever read!!             Godless29 reviews Pete Hautman Simon Pulse, 2005 Who wrote the gospels? + Godless + Excellent for teens who are thinking about religion + A God That Towers Above the Rest             The God Delusion1527 reviews Richard Dawkins Mariner Books, 2008 Exceptional + Brilliant + exceptional book Raised in a strict religious family and being on the tilt...I was unsure of whether or not to dive into this material. Only out of fear of finding out everything I was raised to know would come crumbling at my feet. Dawkins' book presents material in a clear logical format that is both humble and ...             The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology126 reviews Robert Wright Vintage, 1995 Scholarly work made accessible + An issue of morality. + Still a great introduction to neuroscience + Maybe Kant Was On the Right Track             Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life159 reviews Daniel C. Dennett Simon & Schuster, 1996 "DDI" offers Bold and accessible argument + A philosophy book that stuff scientists (like me) can get behind In "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," author Daniel Dennett offers a compelling and comprehensive argument for why Charles Darwin's idea of modification by natural selection is "the single best idea anyone has ever had" and why ultimately, it is not "dangerous" in the least bit. He further attests that the ...             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything911 reviews Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 Very interesting + oh my god (or not)!! This was a nice little book to read. I think it's well worth the money I paid for it, full of interesting information about religion and so fourth. While I differ in opinion than the author, it still kept my interest and actually managed to shape a few different views I hold. I find it lovely ...             The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life15 reviews Austin Dacey Prometheus Books, 2008 Well worth reading + The Secular Conscience: Why belief belongs in public live. + One of the most brilliant and accessible books on moral philosophy I have ever read. + Salubrious Posterity + Clear-sighted book on secularism             God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist173 reviews Victor J. Stenger Prometheus Books, 2007 Scientific rather than passionate + Brilliant + Excellent + The Best Scientific Approach on God I've Read So Far             Unweaving the Rainbow98 reviews Richard Dawkins Penguin, 2006 Another phenomenal book by Dawkins!! + Science or Magic? + Inspiring + What an author! What a book!             The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark424 reviews Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Ballantine Books, 1997 Be a Candle, Cast out Demons + Reality vs. superstition + Gene's Review + Agreement + Sagan's Last Stand             Natural Atheism42 reviews David Eller American Atheist Press, 2004 WOW!!! You MUST read this book! + A very sound, solid, refreshing, and deep book on Atheism + Atheism is natural to human existence. + Excellent, but wordy + Taking Steps Beyond The Heated Debate             The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution192 reviews Richard Dawkins Mariner Books, 2005 An Amazing Journey + Entertaining and Fun Read + Can we get an abridged version? + New Chapters in Dawkins Grand Opus + A Remarkable Journey Through the Ages