The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Author: Christopher Hitchens
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influentia….Read More
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Consciousness Explained
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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