BOOK BY PATTY FRIEDMANN OLD STONE PRESS, 2017 230 PP.; $14.95 It’s a common coming-of-age story for a child to lose their religion as a rebellion against their parents’ strict religious beliefs. But what if... Read More

BOOK BY CHRISTIAN PICCIOLINI HACHETTE BOOKS, 2017 304 PP.; $15.99 (PAPERBACK), $11.99 (KINDLE) For some reason, de-Nazification is different from other political conversions. After a liberal denounces his younger self as well-intended but naïve, he... Read More

BOOK BY JARON LANIER HENRY HOLT AND CO., 2017 368PP.; $30.00 (HARDCOVER) $20.00 (PAPERBACK) $14.99 (KINDLE) Jaron Lanier’s Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey through Virtual Reality is an odd book. Part autobiography and... Read More

BOOK BY MATT TAIBBI SPIEGEL & GRAU (2017) 336 PP.; $28.00 (HARDCOVER) $14.99 (KINDLE) With the title, I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, every American knows the subject of Matt Taibbi’s new book:... Read More

BOOK BY HERB SILVERMAN PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2017 264PP.; $15.95 Humanists know Herb Silverman well. He is a past board member of the American Humanist Association, founder of the Secular Coalition for America and the Secular... Read More

In his new book, God: A Human History, Reza Aslan reviews the history of and scholarly literature on humans’ conceptions of the divine. Simultaneously reflecting on his own lifelong, winding spiritual journey, he concludes, “it... Read More

BOOK BY JENNIFER DOUDNA AND SAMUEL STERNBERG HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, 2017 304 PP.; $28.00 (HARDCOVER) $14.99 (KINDLE) CRISPR is the basis of a genome editing technology—the latest breakthrough in the grand tradition that began over... Read More