Nozick v. The State
The premature death of Robert Nozick brings back memories. It was 1979, and I was taking a course at the University of Buffalo in modern political thought taught by Paul Kurtz, founder of Prometheus Books. (Libertarian theorist and fellow ... [... more]
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The Confidence Man (Literary Classics (Prometheus Books))
 Book Description: Long considered the author's strangest novel, The Confidence-Man is a comic allegory aimed at the optimism and materialism of mid-eighteenth-century America. A mysterious shape-changing Confidence-Man approaches passengers on a [... more]
$14.98
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Erewhon (Literary Classics (Prometheus Books))
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$6.99
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The Resurrection of Anne Hutchinson
One of the most absorbing portrayals of A.H. I've yet read.: Though I had a high level of motivation to read this book in only a few days' time, I have no doubt it would have been an entrancing read under almost any condition. I am currently writing a [... more]
$32.98
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In Defense of Secular Humanism
Rightwingers on the Warpath: Paul Kurtz, professor of philosophy, publisher of Prometheus Books, and editor of Free Inquiry, wrote this volume in the early 1980s, when the Moral Majority were on a war path against the "religion" of Secular [... more]
$24.98
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Sword of Islam : Muslim Extremism from the Arab ...
Sword of Islam Book Review: Sword of Islam Book Review Sword of Islam covers the topic of Muslim extremism in the Arab world. By reading the title Sword of Islam, the reader automatically notices that the author John F. Murphy Jr. is focusing on the [... more]
$28.98
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The Resurrection Of Christ: A Historical Inquiry
Objectivity would be nice: If I had to choose one word to describe Ludemann's book, I would have to select "disappointing." Is it too much to ask for objectivity? Of course we all approach all matter of subjects with our own biases and it would [... more]
$27.98
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I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby: A Colorful History of ...
Most current, and comprehensive, history of tabloids: This extensively-researched history of American tabloids was released in 2001, the only post-1999 tabloid book so far. That's relevant, because since 1999 all major tabloids (Enquirer, Star, Globe, [... more]
$28.98
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World Without War (A Prometheus Book)
Author: J. D. Bernal Binding: Paperback Edition: First Number Of Pages: 308 Publication Date: 1959 [... more]
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Therapeutic Touch
Best book yet on Therapeutic Touch: This is the first book to take a critical look at the claims of therapeutic touch (TT). The editors, along with all of the authors in this book, have become familiar with the best evidence (or lack thereof) for TT and [... more]
$29.98
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Fighting Words: The Origins Of Religious Violence
A brief overview: Hector Avalos, an anthropologist and avowed secular humanist, provides a scathing critique of religion and its relationship with violence. Avalos uses scarce resource theory in order to show that religion is inherently violent. The [... more]
$28.98
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Heidegger's Confusions
A disgraceful book: There is such a thing as a thoughtful, philosophical critique of a philosopher with whom one does not agree. For example, about Heidegger, Stanley Rosen's _The Question of Being_ stands out as a serious work of philosophy and [... more]
$26.98
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