by michaeld | Apr 7, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
How Your Brain Evolved to Lie to You By Michael Shermer St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.99, 385 pages “Belief systems are powerful, pervasive,and enduring. I have devoted my career to understanding how beliefs are born, formed, nourished,...
by michaeld | Feb 9, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion
Two Most Potent Symbols in African-American Culture By James H. Cone Orbis Books, 28.00, 172 pages James H. Cone is a prominent professor of systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. His most recent book, The Cross and the Lynching...
by Site Owner | Aug 24, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals
By Victor J. Stenger Prometheus Books, $20.00, 408 pages Dr. Victor J. Stenger’s latest book, God and the Folly of Faith, is an exhaustive tome that brick by brick builds up the inescapable conclusion that Science has never been compatible with Religion and anyone who...
by Site Owner | Aug 13, 2012 | Science Fiction
By Stina Leicht Night Shade Books, $14.99, 296 pages Stina Leicht’s first novel, Of Blood and Honey is a not only a great piece of fantasy realism but also an excellent introduction to “the Troubles,” or the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern...
by Site Owner | Jul 30, 2012 | Science Fiction
By Brandon Sanderson TOR, $24.99, 332 pages Brandon Sanderson is a rising star in fantasy literature. His Mistborn trilogy garnered him enough acclaim that Robert Jordan handpicked him to finish the Wheel of Time. His latest book, Alloy of Law is a return to the world...
