![]() | Exotic Deviance: Medicalizing Cultural Idioms by Robert E. Bartholomew
Buy used from: $1.22 An interesting account of bizarre behavior found in other cultures. Bartholomew argues against the assumption by psychologists that people who exhibit these behaviors have mental disorders.
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![]() | Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram
Buy used from: $0.16 Most people wont kill just because they're ordered to, will they?
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![]() | Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration by Bert Hölldobler
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.11 A fascinating book about the remarkable insects, the ants. The photographs included in the book are beautiful.
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![]() | The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: $1.75 Some characteristics and behavior of living things do not appear to enhance its ability to reproduce its genes. Dawkins takes a closer look and argues that they do.
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![]() | Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence by Mitch Earleywine
Buy used from: $14.75 A comprehensive review of the scientific evidence concerning marijuana. Earleywine makes a compelling case that marijuana should not be illegal.
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![]() | Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments by T. Edward Damer
Buy used from: $4.56 A great book for spotting fallacies in your own and other people's arguments.
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![]() | Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $4.46 A good introduction to the Documentary Hypothesis, the theory of the origins of the Pentateuch accepted by modern secular scholars.
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![]() | Asimov's Guide to the Bible: The Old Testament by Isaac Asimov
Buy used from: $3.99 A good introduction to the secular approach to the Old Testament. Being a little outdated, this book takes a more optimistic approach to the Bible's accuracy than modern secular scholars would.
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![]() | Biblical Archaeology Review
Buy new: $13.97 A good magazine for anyone interested in the archaeology of Ancient Israel.
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![]() | Permission to Receive by Lawrence Kelemen
Buy new: $15.38 / Used from: $7.51 A decent rational defense of Orthodox Judaism. Some of Kelemen's arguments are not too rational, but overall the book is worth reading.
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![]() | Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen
Buy new: $7.88 / Used from: $2.99 While I'm still confused about Buddhism after reading this book, I did find it to be very insightful.
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![]() | Skeptical Inquirer
Buy new: $35.00 A good magazine that takes a skeptical approach to paranormal phenomenon.
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![]() | Ufo's & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery by Robert E. Bartholomew
Buy new: $32.98 / Used from: $1.26 A sociologist and psychologist argue that the fallibility of eyewitness testimony is the cause of many UFO sightings, and that fallible memory and "fantasy-prone personality" accounts for abductions.
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