Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Harris, Sam

ISBN 10: 1451636016 / ISBN 13: 9781451636017

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014

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The book is signed by Sam Harris in black sharpie on the second page and is also inscribed by him in pen on the title page. The inscription reads "To Brianna - With Love, Sam Harris 9/26/14".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451636016
• ISBN 13: 9781451636017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • Self-Help
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.

From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history. Throughout this book, Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.

Waking Up is part 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 skeptic—could write it.

About the Author

Sam Harris is the author of the bestselling books The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, and Lying. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. His writing has been published in over fifteen languages. Dr. Harris is cofounder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA. Please visit his website at SamHarris.org.