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Fully Human/Fully Alive addresses profound questions like: Why are we here?, How do face our own death?, Why do we need others?, and How do we make our lives significant? from a humanist psychological standpoint.

The story of Darwin, his life, times, and some of the ... scientists who supported and advocated for him at the birth of the scientific revolution"--

What happens when somebody starts a church on a lark, in order to let its wealthy followers cash in on the growing trend of religious exemptions? And then succeeds, beyond his wildest dreams? And then can't get back out again?

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A collection of notable essays on humanist philosophy from the first 45 years of The Humanist magazine.

Michael Werner's new introduction to humanist thinking, values, and ethics packs a lifetime of experience into a guide for humanist living - not just through dry science, but through the exuberant flowering of human emotion.

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Holidays and Other Disasters" considers the major U.S. holidays-Easter, Christmas, Opening Day, etc.-from an atheist's perspective. It examines explicitly religious holidays, those that have a definite if not always acknowledged religious thrust (Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving) and secular holidays that had religious elements added on (like Labor Day) by way of personal stories, usually the author's own. Where other people have especially revea...

Given today's religiously charged political climate-and an increase in secular Americans pushing back against the Religious Right-this book from Humanist Press fits the times by taking a look at some of history's greatest secular heroes. "Damned Good Company" by Luis Granados contains 20 tales of incredible human bravery where claims of divine authority were defiantly challenged. From Socrates to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, these stories will inspire tho...

Lyle Simpson's "Why Was I Born?" explores the psychology underlying religious belief, through the prism of Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" and the Meyer-Briggs personality typology. Rejecting the easy answers of our society, Simpson addresses profound questions like "Why are we here?", "How Do We Face Our Own Death?", "Why Do We Need Others?", and "How do We Make Our Lives Significant?" from a humanist psychological standpoint, making va...

Carl Coon distills billions of years of natural and human history into a few beautifully-written pages in his new book, "A Short History of Evolution." Coon demonstrates why there is no need to believe in any magical force at work to explain how things came to be the way they are, and how everything has happened in accordance with a natural order of change. Not content to stop with the emergence of homo sapiens 50, 000 years ago, Coon shows ho...

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When her seismic expose of religious abuses lands on the best-seller list, Professor Mira Veron becomes a darling of the literati and a target for religious extremists and culture-warriors alike. With her soon-to-be-ex-husband scheming to undermine her, her opportunistic agent attempting to cash in on her name, and a seductive born-again assassin tracking her every move, she meets up with a publishing tycoon who is guarding a volatile secret. ...

Walker's 22 new essays cover the spectrum, from "The Islamic Holocaust" being perpetrated against women to the dizziness of crystal-gazers in "Encountering the New Age." Walker explains in depth how religion has been perverted from its naturalistic roots in the celebration of the mystery of new life to a patriarchal orgy of violence. In "Does Religion Make People Good?, " Walker responds with an emphatic "No!, " citing extensive evidence of "B...

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