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Author: Sam Harris

Tags: atheism

Description: This is one of those books that we'll look back on and marvel that we ever needed it. This is one of those books that we'll look back on and marvel that we ever needed it. But we do, and the more people who read it the better off we'll all be....

2007-07-31

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Author: Richard Dawkins

Tags: science evolution

Description: Brilliant, but I think mostly supplanted by his more recent "The Ancestor's Tale,"Brilliant, but I think mostly supplanted by his more recent "The Ancestor's Tale," which I would recommend ahead of this one. ...

2007-07-23

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Author: Richard Dawkins

2007-07-10

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Authors: Dan Harrington Bill Robertie

Tags: poker

2007-06-17

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Author: Richard Rorty

2007-06-14

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Author: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Tags: christianity buddhism

Description: My perspective on this book is as a Westerner, raised in a slightly Christian background, butMy perspective on this book is as a Westerner, raised in a slightly Christian background, but a long time atheist with an ever-increasing interest in Buddhism. From that perspective, this is an interesting read, bogged down by what read like meeting minutes from the conference and excessive gushing over the Dalai Lama's intelligence and wit. Both of which are on display, but the fawning grates. Most of the ideas the Dalai Lama discusses are more fully fleshed out in other works, so the chief interest is in the specifics of his take on the Christian gospels. Probably more valuable and eye-opening for open minded Christians than any other audience. ...

2007-05-11

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Authors: Fred Van Lente Ryan Dunlavey

2007-03-18

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Authors: Frank Muir W. C. Sellar R. J. Yeatman

2006-11-10

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Author: Thomas More

Tags: classic

2005-10-09

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Author: Neil Barron

Tags: scifi reference

Description: Indispensable sci-fi reference.

2005-09-24