NONFICTION
Released: June 13, 2013
"While it is unlikely that scientists will synthesize a human in the near future, genuinely amazing biology is in the works, and Rutherford delivers a fascinating overview."
The day is nearly here when scientists will create the first purely synthetic life. This prediction turns up regularly, but British science writer and
Nature editor Rutherford insists that the time is ripe, and he makes his case with contagious enthusiasm.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 13, 2013
"Certain hokum for skeptics, but the more open-minded will savor this chillingly convincing testimonial."
Prolific Irish author and lecturer Brennan's (
Magic & Mysticism in Tibet, 2010, etc.) lifelong fascination with psychic phenomena fuels this comprehensive analysis of potential supernatural influences on history.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 11, 2013
"A candid, cosmopolitan look at the experience of Islam in the digital age."
Occasionally glib, yet conversational, ultimately endearing account of a Sudanese-born Malaysian youth's reckoning with his inherited Islamic faith through the act of blogging.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Guengerich enriches his book with specific human elements drawn from his pastoral career, making it accessible and even evocative. However, he is simply following in the footsteps of thinkers across time who yearned for spirituality but rejected the world of the spirit."
NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"An incendiary piece of work that will hopefully encourage other victims to escape the IFB's web."
A damning memoir of life under the thumb of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, from former member Zichterman.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Refreshingly free of self-serious dogmatism, the author's study of other religions shows how it deepened his commitment to his Christian faith."
An American Catholic theologian offers a candid memoir about his unusual spiritual journey and a plea for ecumenical tolerance.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"A brief look at what may surely be a historic class in American educational history--a subject worthy of deeper exploration."
The inaugural class of the first Islamic college in America share their hopes and dreams with a visiting journalist.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"Shepherd's experience with Zen is not everyone's, but it should prove helpful to those struggling with spiritual practice."
NONFICTION
Released: April 16, 2013
"A disappointing rehash of the science-vs.-religion debate."
An emeritus professor of physics and astronomy traces the roots of modern science, including the discovery of the Higgs boson, to the materialist Greek and Roman philosophers 2,500 years ago.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 12, 2013
"A generally persuasive, impassioned book-length essay. While his conclusions (and language) sometimes grow repetitive, they nonetheless serve to underscore at every turn an incisive argument buttressed by millennia of evidence."
Historian and editor Cannadine (History/Princeton Univ.;
Mellon, 2006, etc.) constructs a stirring critique of history that questions conventional approaches to narrating the human chronicle.
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INDIE
Released: April 8, 2013
"An insightful treatise on the intersection of faith and science for believers and nonbelievers alike."
NONFICTION
Released: April 2, 2013
"Scripture and science meet in a pop-archaeological text; Scripture prevails."
The story of the author's claim to have found long-lost Sodom, the world's most wicked city.
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