Interesting books

• The Final Pattern by Dr Todd Frank Miller

  Why does history repeat itself? Why do people think that they will get away with being unscrupulous? Criminals say, "I was out of control...I wasn't thinking properly...I don't know why I did it...but I'm o.k. now.” Their victims say, “We didn't think she was capable of that.” War after war....

• How to be a real good pain in the ass -Christopher DiCarlo

  In this witty, incisive guide to critical thinking the author provides you with the tools to allow you to question beliefs and assumptions held by those who claim to know what they’re talking about. These days there are many people whom we need to question: politicians, lawyers, doctors, teachers,...

• Women Beyond Belief Karen Garst

  Women have made great strides toward equal rights over the past hundred years, especially in the West. But when considering the ongoing fight over reproductive rights and equal pay—and the prevalence of sexual violence and domestic abuse—it is clear that a significant gap still exists. With...

• Nailed 10 christian myths... David Fitzgerald

  Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn't it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no. NAILED sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a...

• Heavens on Earth Michael Shermer

   A scientific exploration into humanity’s obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael Shermer In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans’ belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific...

• Time Shards David Fitzgerald/Dana Fredsti

      Our world is gone, instantly replaced by a new one made of scattered remnants of the past, present, and future, dropped alongside one another in a patchwork of “shards”. Monsters from Jurassic prehistory, ancient armies, and high-tech robots all coexist in this deadly...

• Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God

  Anarchy Evolution is a provocative look at the collision between religion and science, by an author with unique authority: UCLA lecturer in Paleontology, and founding member of Bad Religion, Greg Graffin. Alongside science writer Steve Olson (whose Mapping Human History was a...

• Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

  In his latest book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on reason and empirical study, is reliable, while that of religion—including faith, dogma, and revelation—leads to incorrect, untestable, or conflicting conclusions.

• Some Mistakes Of Moses by Robert G. Ingersoll

  Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-99), the "Great Agnostic," was the greatest freethought orator in the history of the United States. No public speaker before or since has enjoyed the reputation accorded him. After the Civil War, Ingersoll embarked upon a career as a lecturer, touring the United States to...

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

  The God Delusion is a 2006 best-selling, non-fiction book by English biologist Richard Dawkins, professorial fellow of New College, Oxford, and former holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford As of...