Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris

ISBN 10: 1451636016 / ISBN 13: 9781451636017

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2014

A very scarce example of one of Harris' more contentious titles signed in the first printing, not to the typical tipped in photopaper, but directly to the title page. Book and jacket are both very near fine showing light wear to top and bottom edges. Octavo, blue boards, 245 pages, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Seller Inventory # ABE-1666378503894

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without ...
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition