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# |
Discussion Period |
Title of Book |
Author |
Discussion Forum |
| 49 |
May & June 2008 |
Our Inner Ape (Editor's Pick) (non-fiction) |
Frans de Waal |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 48 |
May & June 2008 |
Your Inner Fish (non-fiction) |
Neil Shubin |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 47 |
April & May 2008 |
No Country for Old Men (fiction) |
Cormac McCarthy |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 46 |
Mar. & April 2008 |
The Age of American Unreason (Editor's Pick) (non-fiction) |
Susan Jacoby |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 45 |
Mar. & April 2008 |
Ten Theories of Human Nature (non-fiction) |
Leslie Stevenson |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 44 |
Feb. & Mar . 2008 |
Heart of Darkness (fiction) |
Joseph Conrad |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 43 |
Jan. & Feb. 2008 |
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature (non-fiction) |
Stephen Pinker |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 42 |
Dec. 2007 & Jan. 2008 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns (fiction) |
Khaled Hosseini |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 41 |
Nov. & Dec. 2007 |
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (non-fiction) |
Philip Zimbardo |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 40 |
Nov. & Dec. 2007 |
Responsibility and Judgment (non-fiction) |
Hannah Arendt |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 39 |
July, Aug., Oct. & Sept. 2007 |
Interventions (non-fiction) |
Noam Chomsky |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 38 |
July, Aug., Oct. & Sept. 2007 |
Godless in America (non-fiction) |
George A. Ricker |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 37 |
April, May
& June 2007 |
Religious Expression
and the American Constitution (non-fiction) |
Franklyn S. Haiman |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 36 |
April, May
& June 2007 |
Deep Economy: The Wealth
of Communities and the Durable Future (non-fiction) |
Bill
McKibben |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 35 |
Jan., Feb.
& Mar. 2007 |
The
God Delusion (non-fiction) |
Richard
Dawkins |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 34 |
Jan., Feb.
& Mar. 2007 |
The
Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the
Human Animal (non-fiction) |
Jared
Diamond |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 33 |
Nov. &
Dec. 2006 |
The
Woman in the Dunes (fiction) |
Abe
Kobo |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 32 |
Oct., Nov.
& Dec. 2006 |
Evolution
vs. Creationism: An Introduction (non-fiction) |
Eugenie
C. Scott |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 31 |
Oct., Nov.
& Dec. 2006 |
The
Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (non-fiction) |
Michael
Pollan |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 30 |
Sept. &
Oct. 2006 |
I,
Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius,
Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (non-fiction) |
Robert
Graves |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 29 |
July, Aug.
& Sept. 2006 |
Breaking
The Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (non-fiction) |
Daniel
C. Dennett |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 28 |
July, Aug.
& Sept. 2006 |
A
Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman
Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Peace (non-fiction) |
David
Fromkin |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 27 |
June, July
& Aug. 2006 |
The
Time Traveler's Wife (fiction) |
Audrey
Niffenegger |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 26 |
April, May
& June 2006 |
The
End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of
Reason (non-fiction) |
Sam
Harris |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 25 |
April, May
& June 2006 |
Enders
Game (fiction) |
Orson
Scott Card |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 24 |
Feb. &
Mar. 2006 |
The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (fiction) |
Mark
Haddon |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 23 |
Jan., Feb.
& Mar. 2006 |
Value
and Virtue in a Godless Universe (non-fiction) |
Erik
J. Wielenberg |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 22 |
Dec. 2005 &
Jan. 2006 |
The
March: A Novel (fiction) |
E.
L Doctorow |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 21 |
Oct., Nov.
& Dec. 2005 |
The
Ethical Brain (non-fiction) |
Michael
Gazzaniga |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 20 |
July, Aug.
& Sept. 2005 |
Freethinkers:
A History of American Secularism (non-fiction) |
Susan
Jacoby |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 19 |
April, May
& June 2005 |
Collapse:
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (non-fiction) |
Jared
Diamond |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 18 |
Jan., Feb.
& Mar. 2005 |
The
Battle for God (non-fiction) |
Karen
Armstrong |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 17 |
Nov. &
Dec. 2004 |
The
Future of Life (non-fiction) |
Edward
O. Wilson |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 16 |
Sept. &
Oct. 2004 |
What
is Good? The Search for the Best Way to Live (non-fiction) |
A.
C. Grayling |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 15 |
July &
Aug. 2004 |
Civilization
and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History (non-fiction) |
Lee
Harris |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 14 |
May & June
2004 |
Pale
Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (non-fiction) |
Carl
Sagan |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 13 |
Mar. &
April 2004 |
How
We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search
for God (non-fiction) |
Michael
Shermer |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 12 |
Jan. &
Feb. 2004 |
Looking
for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain (non-fiction) |
Antonio
Damasio |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 11 |
Nov. &
Dec. 2003 |
Lies
and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced
Look at the Right (non-fiction) |
Al
Franken |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 10 |
Sept. &
Oct. 2003 |
The
Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (non-fiction) |
Matt
Ridley |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 9 |
July &
Aug. 2003 |
The
Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (non-fiction) |
Stephen
Pinker |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 8 |
May & June
2003 |
Unweaving
the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite
for Wonder (non-fiction) |
Richard
Dawkins |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 7 |
Mar. &
April 2003 |
Atheism:
A Reader (non-fiction) |
Edited
by S.T. Joshi |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 6 |
Jan. &
Feb. 2003 |
Global
Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From the Big Bang
To the 21st Century
(non-fiction) |
Howard
Bloom |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 5 |
Nov. &
Dec. 2002 |
The
Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into
the Forces of Nature (non-fiction) |
Howard
Bloom |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 4 |
Sept. &
Oct. 2002 |
Guns,
Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (non-fiction) |
Jared
Diamond |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 3 |
Aug. 2002 |
The
Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the
Dark (non-fiction) |
Carl
Sagan |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 2 |
July 2002 |
Bury
My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the
American West (non-fiction) |
Dee
Brown |
Book
Discussion Forum |
| 1 |
June 2002 |
Future
Shock (non-fiction) |
Alvin
Toffler |
Book
Discussion Forum |
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