In the midst of terror, divided by faith & reason, mankind searches for meaning

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Don't miss out. Coming soon to theatres near you $16.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $25.25 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. THE GOD DELUSION caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dramatically and dangerously dividing opinion around the world. In America, and elsewhere, a vigorous dispute between 'intelligent design' and Darwinism is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science. In many countries religious dogma from medieval times still serves to abuse basic human rights such as women's and gay rights. And all from a belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind. Dawkins attacks God in all his forms. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children. THE GOD DELUSION is a brilliantly argued, fascinating polemic that will be required reading for anyone interested in this most emotional and important subject. [In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom]( [In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom]( Save 46% ($13.50) $15.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $29.49 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. 'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die - from starvation, or disease, or even execution. This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and then her escape from China across the Gobi desert to Mongolia, with only the stars to guide her way, and from there to South Korea and at last to freedom; and finally her emergence as a leading human rights activist - all before her 21st birthday. [Man's Search for Meaning]( [Man's Search for Meaning]( Save 46% ($10.11) $11.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $22.10 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory—known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")—holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful. At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. [The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry]( [The Science Delusion: Feeling the Spirit of Enquiry]( Save 42% ($13.64) $18.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $32.63 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry: The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality. The fundamental questions are answered, leaving only the details to be filled in. In this book (published in the US as Science Set Free), Dr Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's most innovative scientists, shows that science is being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. The 'scientific worldview' has become a belief system. All reality is material or physical. The world is a machine, made up of dead matter. Nature is purposeless. Consciousness is nothing but the physical activity of the brain. Free will is an illusion. God exists only as an idea in human minds, imprisoned within our skulls.Sheldrake examines these dogmas scientifically, and shows persuasively that science would be better off without them: freer, more interesting, and more fun. In The God Delusion Richard Dawkins used science to bash God, but here Rupert Sheldrake shows that Dawkins' understanding of what science can do is old-fashioned and itself a delusion. [Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion]( [Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion]( Save 45% ($13.27) $15.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $29.26 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris' new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplatives-and, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow. Waking Up is part seeker's memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality. No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in this way, and no author other than Sam Harris-a scientist, philosopher, and famous sceptic-could write it. [Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World]( [Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World]( Save 42% ($14.20) $19.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $34.19 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. What does it mean to be young and Muslim today? There is a segment of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims that is more influential than any other, and will shape not just the future of Muslims, but also the world around them: meet 'Generation M'. From fashion magazines to social networking, the 'Mipsterz' to the 'Haloodies', halal internet dating to Muslim boy bands, Generation M are making their mark. Shelina Janmohamed, award-winning author and leading voice on Muslim youth, investigates this growing cultural phenomenon at a time when understanding the mindset of young Muslims is critical. With their belief in an identity encompassing both faith and modernity, Generation M are not only adapting to Western consumerism, but reclaiming it as their own. [Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion]( [Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion]( Save 47% ($16.59) $18.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $35.58 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists looks at the God debate with fresh eyes All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. And in this wise and life-affirming book, non-believer Alain de Botton both rejects the supernatural claims of the major religions and points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live. And he suggests that non-believers can learn and steal from them. Picking and choosing from the thousands of years of advice assembled by the world's great religions, Alain de Botton presents a range of fascinating ideas and practical insights on art, community, love, friendship, work, life and death. He shows how they can be of use to us all, irrespective of whether we do or don't believe. In the Sunday Times top-ten bestseller Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton takes us one step further than Dawkins and Hitchens have ventured and into a world of ideas beyond the God debate [The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason]( [The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason]( Save 49% ($15.34) $15.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $31.33 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes heinous crimes. He asserts that in the shadow of weapons of mass destruction, we can no longer tolerate views that pit one true god against another. Most controversially, he argues that we cannot afford moderate lip service to religion -- an accommodation that only blinds us to the real perils of fundamentalism. While warning against the encroachment of organised religion into world politics, Harris also draws on new evidence from neuroscience and insights from philosophy to explore spirituality as a biological, brain-based need. He calls on us to invoke that need in taking a secular humanistic approach to solving the problems of this world. [The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism]( [The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism]( Save 43% ($14.33) $18.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $33.32 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly and calmly examines all the arguments and associated considerations offered in support of religious belief, and does so in full consciousness of the reasons people have for subscribing to religion, and the needs they seek to satisfy by doing so. And because it takes account of all the issues, its solutions carry great weight. The God Argument is the definitive examination of the issue, and a statement of the humanist outlook that recommends itself as the ethics of the genuinely reflective person. [God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything]( [God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything]( Save 50% ($14.06) $13.99 [Buy Now]( + Free Shipping! Elsewhere: $28.05 Hurry, stock of some items is limited at these prices. Don't miss out. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate caseagainst religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. 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Killing Jesus will take readers inside Jesus s life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable and changed the world forever. This email has been sent by Fishpond Ltd. Please add us to your address book or safe list so our emails don't get deleted as SPAM - we'd like to keep you informed of other special offers. Note that we will never pass your email address onto anyone else. See our [Privacy Policy]( for more details. You have received this email because you have registered at [Fishpond.com.au](. Use the [Email Preference Centre]( to modify the frequency of emails, choose product categories you're interested in, or to unsubscribe © 2004-2013 Fishpond Ltd. PO Box Z5287 St George Terrace, Perth W.A. 6831 [Toys]( [Toys]( [Health]( [Health]( [Kitchen]( [Kitchen]( [Baby]( [Baby](