How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
BOOK BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI BASIC BOOKS, 2017 262 PP.; $27.00 A glance at Amazon.com reveals no less than thirty-two books published in 2017 applying the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism to modern life. Fewer books... Read More
An Organized Panic
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 Review: White American Youth
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 Review: Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey through Virtual Reality
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
I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
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
An Atheist Stranger in a Strange Religious Land: Selected Writings from the Bible Belt
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
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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