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50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God by Guy P. Harrison
Booksplease Price: £14.51Many books that challenge religious belief from a skeptical point of view take a combative tone that is almost guaranteed to alienate believers or they present complex philosophical or scientific... -
The Secret Lives of Numbers: Numerals and Their Peculiarities in Mathematics and Beyond by Alfred S. Posamentier
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.59We see numbers on automobile license plates, addresses, weather reports, and, of course, on our smartphones. Yet we look at these numbers for their role as descriptors, not as an entity in and unto... -
Religion, Power, and Illusion: A Genealogy of Religious Belief by Patrick J Hurley
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.00According to anthropologists, religion arose in the Neolithic period, a time that began 12 thousand years ago when people abandoned the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and started settling down in... -
The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers by Alfred S Posamentier
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £16.38The most ubiquitous, and perhaps the most intriguing, number pattern in mathematics is the Fibonacci sequence. In this simple pattern beginning with two ones, each succeeding number is the sum of the... -
The Forces of Matter by Michael Faraday
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.79Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the world's greatest experimental philosophers and popularizes of science. These six extraordinary lectures on gravitation, cohesion, chemical affinity, heat,... -
Carl Sagan: A Biography by Ray Spangenburg
Booksplease Price: £13.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591026587Author Ray SpangenburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Prometheus BooksPublisher... -
The Moneychangers by Upton Sinclair 9781573929011
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £10.64In this fictional account of the events and the key players involved in the Wall Street panic of 1907, the famous author of The Jungle depicts the glittering society of New York's fabulously wealthy,... -
50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True by Guy P. Harrison 9781616144951
Booksplease Price: £14.99"What would it take to create a world in which fantasy is not confused for fact and public policy is based on objective reality?" asksNeil deGrasse Tyson, science popularizer and author... -
Duck Egg Blue: A Novel by Derrick Neill 9781573926850
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.29"Duck Egg Blue" captures a slice of life that is typical of many American towns where radical Christians attempt to insert creationism into public schools. The question of the proper place for... -
Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk by James M. Humber 9781591021766
Booksplease Price: £21.00In this comprehensive critique of the George W. Bush administration's handling of international relations, Craig R. Eisendrath and Melvin A. Goodman, both senior fellows at the Center for... -
The Fall of Yugoslavia: Why Communism Failed by Svetozar Stojanovic 9781573921466
Booksplease Price: £35.27A leading Yugoslav dissident offers valuable insights into the demise of communism and the bloody mayhem that followed in its wake. The collapse of communism in Europe liberated Yugoslavia only to... -
Doomsday Prophecies: A Complete Guide to the End of the World by James R. Lewis 9781573926904
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £39.79From the time of the earliest tribal religions, high priests, self-proclaimed prophets, and purveyors of doom have been predicting the end of time. This encyclopaedic survey of end-time predictions... -
Art and Philosophy by Timothy Taubes 9780879758653
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.54The author offers a look at the history, ethics, and aesthetics of art from the perspective of the specific philosophical concepts of transcendence, metaphysics, subjectivity, and conditionality... -
Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil by Robert Zubrin 9781591025917
Booksplease Price: £21.46In this compelling argument for a new direction in US energy policy, the author lays out a bold plan for breaking the economic stranglehold that the OPEC oil cartel has on the country and the world... -
A Tale of Two Cranes: Lessons Learned from 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act by Nathanial Gronewold 9781633887626
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.30It’s been 50 years since the United States attempted a conservation revolution with the passing of the Endangered Species Act in 1973. Now, fifty years later, the Fish and Wildlife Service finds... -
The Bulldog Detective: William J. Flynn and America's First War against the Mafia, Spies, and Terrorists by Jeffrey D. Simon 9781633888654
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £22.00America in the early twentieth century was rife with threats. Organized crime groups like The Mafia, German spies embedded behind enemy lines ahead of World War I, package bombs sent throughout the... -
The Art of Hiring in America's Colleges and Universities by Ronald H. Stein 9780879757861
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £30.97Edited by two respected university administrators, this book is indispensable for professional administrators, job seekers, and the general public. This ground-breaking work identifies all parties in... -
Creationism's Upside-Down Pyramid by Lee Tiffin 9780879758981
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £27.07Scientists and educators are deeply concerned that as fundamentalists gain ever more political power, their clout will be used to foist creationism onto the curriculums of tax-supported educational... -
The Adventure of Retirement by Guild A. Fetridge 9780879759216
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £24.39There is more to retirement than just having enough money. Many older people dream for years about what they will do once they retire - catch up on their reading, complete projects around the house,... -
Campus, Inc.: Corporate Power in the Ivory Tower by Geoffry D. White, PH.D., Ph.D 9781573928106
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £29.35The university, as a core institution of democratic society, is increasingly threatened by the intrusion of big business. Corporations are working their way into academe in both subtle and obvious... -
Right from Wrong: Why Religion Fails and Reason Succeeds by Mark Alan Smith 9781633887640
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.44Where does morality come from? Apologists-people who offer a formal defense of their religion-point to God as the answer. By inspiring scriptures that people can read, study, and teach, God... -
Emotional Vampires: Predators Who Want to Suck the Life Out of You by Kathleen Rhodes 9781633888159
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633888159Author Kathleen RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 197Imprint Prometheus BooksPublisher... -
A Year of the Stars: A Month-By-Month Journey of Skywatching by Fred Schaaf 9781591020929
Booksplease Price: £15.93The ideal book for the amateur astronomer or anyone curious about our place in the universe, A Year of the Stars takes the reader on a fascinating journey of discovery through the seasons of the... -
The Age of Aging: A Reader in Social Gerontology by Abraham Monk 9780879751142
Booksplease Price: £18.14Ageing has become a high priority issue on the agenda of legislators, public forums, and human service agencies. Social scientists are acknowledging that the American society is ageing - that is,... -
Brothers and Sisters by Barbara L. Johnson 9780879756826
Booksplease Price: £17.50Time and circumstances often separate adult siblings from the family closeness they once knew. Based on a decade of research and more than 200 personal interviews, this book is filled with abundant... -
Humorous Stories about the Human Condition by Eric W. Johnson 9780879756512
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £16.45This collection of humorous stories and anecdotes, indexed by topic and subject, is an excellent tool for speechwriters and an enjoyable resource for anyone who appreciates a humorous perspective of... -
Panic in the Pantry by Elizabeth Whelan 9780879757328
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.86"Panic in the Pantry" was written to help consumers become fully aware of the real facts behind news about the safety of our food supply. Whelan and Stare examine the power wielded by health food... -
The Myth of the Resurrection and Other Essays by Joseph Mccabe 9780879758332
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.77Did Jesus ever live? Was he the Messiah as Christianity has claimed? And what are the true foundations of the Christian religion? These are the fundamental questions posed by ex-priest Joseph McCabe... -
The Forgery of the Old Testament and Other Essays by Joseph Mccabe 9780879758509
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.72Is the creation story in Genesis nothing more than a botched version of a Babylonian myth? Is 'free will' illusory? Are the Jesuits really educated men? In these three classic essays "The Forgery of... -
The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus 9780879758851
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £11.84In the tradition of "fool literature" produced by the ferment of new ideas that directly preceded the Protestant Reformation, Dutch priest, humanist, and scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)... -
Religious Liberty and the Secular State by John M. Swomley 9780879753733
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.31This book examines the political and religious context in which the Constitution and The Bill of Rights were adopted. Swomley reasons that those who wrote and adopted the Constitution and First... -
Secrets of the Supernatural by Joe Nickell 9780879754617
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £29.69Utilizing their experience as professional crime-solvers, authors Joe Nickell and John F Fischer delve into the labyrinth of the unknown armed with open minds and the remarkable array of information... -
Free-Thought on the American Frontier by Fred Whitehead 9780879756987
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £29.56This important collection of cultural life in America's heartland will prove indispensable to our understanding of the history of the struggle between the forces of repression and Puritanism on the... -
Value, Language and Life by John T. Goldthwait 9780879752842
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £32.09Answering the simplest questions satisfactorily often poses the greatest challenge and difficulty to philosophers. Since these questions concern principles underlying our everyday conduct, the... -
Survival Strategies for Couples by John Wright 9780879753191
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £24.39This book gives you an insight into the complexities of intimate relationships. Through vivid portrayals of real-life problem situations that couples face, it also gives clear, concise, effective... -
Convictions by Sidney Hook 9780879754730
Booksplease Price: £30.56This book challenges liberals and conservatives alike. Hook pierces to the heart of momentous issues: human rights, racial equality, cultural freedom, and the separation of ethical behaviour from... -
Murder of Mercy by Stanley M. Rosenblatt 9780879757724
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £28.07Every heart-pounding moment of Dr Rosier's legal ordeal is vividly captured by famed trial attorney Stanley M Rosenblatt, who, together with his wife and law partner Susan, represented the accused... -
Religion, Feminism and Freedom of Conscience by George H. Smith 9780879758875
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £24.65In September 1993, a unique dialogue took place. Humanists from around the country gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah, to exchange ideas with Mormons on the topics of feminism, freedom of conscience,... -
The Unriddling of Christian Origins by Joel Carmichael 9780879759520
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.89Despite thousands of books devoted to the origins of Christianity, there has never been a complete and factual history of the religion from the secular point of view. This volume provides a coherent,... -
The Write Stuff by Barry L. Beyerstein 9780879756130
Booksplease Price: £25.70Like fingerprints, each person's handwriting is unique and may be used as a means of identification. Expert document examiners have long been used by courts to determine the authenticity of...