The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

9781597771979: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
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Christopher Hitchens, the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of God Is Not Great, selects and introduces an illuminating collection of the most essential and influential writings for the non-believer. Includes selections from Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Karl Marx, Richard Dawkins, H.L.Mencken, Sam Harris, and more.

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Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to "Vanity Fair" and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School in New York City. He is the author of numerous books, including the controversial international bestseller "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything".
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In books such as GOD IS NOT GREAT, the militant anti-religionist Hitchins bangs his drum so loudly that he gives even us fellow atheists a headache. Here, happily, he has compiled an extensive and thought-provoking anthology of skeptical literature, modern and ancient, from the likes of Lucretius, Omar Khayyˆ°m, Spinoza, Hume, Darwin, Mark Twain, Marx, and Rushdie, to name a few. He begins with an overlong introduction, rehearsing his own complaints against organized religion and faith, then proceeds more succinctly to introduce each selection. Narrator Nicholas Ball gives an Apollonian reading in a mellifluous, resonant baritone. His mannerisms, though pretty, often obscure meaning. He delivers the words accurately and obeys the punctuation without expressing the relationship of the thoughts expressed with one another, or even making the individual thoughts coherent. Y.R. 128/130 © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • PublisherPhoenix Audio
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 159777197X
  • ISBN 13 9781597771979
  • BindingAudio CD
  • Number of pages11
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