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The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins  
Powells.com Staff Pick A typically bold and incisive book from one of our great science writers, The God Delusion pulls no punches. I gave a hardcover copy to my cousin last year, and he hasn't stopped citing passages since. "There are lots of people out there," Dawkins notes...
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The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
by Pico Iyer
Powells.com Staff Pick In The Open Road, Pico Iyer gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Dalai Lama. This is more than a history book, though. The author shares his personal day-to-day spiritual journey in a way that will speak to Westerners. It's a wonderful book; I couldn'...
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The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
Powells.com Staff Pick A typically bold and incisive book from one of our great science writers, The God Delusion pulls no punches. I gave it to my cousin in hardcover last year, and he hasn't stopped citing passages since. "There are lots of people out there," Dawkins notes...
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
by Christopher Hitchens
Powells.com Staff Pick One of the most informed journalists in the country (he seems to have been everywhere, met everyone, and read everything), he is also one of the most entertaining. His command of the language is legendary; his wit ferocious. His skill in marshalling...
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
by Pema Chodron
Powells.com Staff Pick Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the West, and as it has grown in popularity, a handful of teachers have emerged as international celebrities. Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryu Suzuki, Chögyam Trungpa and, of course...
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2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
by Daniel Pinchbeck
Powells.com Staff Pick From the wind-swept desert of Burning Man, to the Bwiti ceremonies of Gabon, to sipping ayahuasca in Brazil, Pinchbeck takes the reader on a psychedelic journey to discover just what in the universe is happening — and will happen — on December...
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On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Powells.com Staff Pick Lying is a craft, but bullshitting is an art. "Hence the familiar notion of the 'bullshit artist,'" moral philosopher Harry Frankfurt reminds us in this fun, erudite treatise. On Bullshit surely ranks as one of the best gift books to come along in quite...
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Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris
Powells.com Staff Pick Sam Harris is a wonderful, courageous independent thinker. His Letter to a Christian Nation is a dynamic exposé of the hypocrisy inherent in organized religion. Recommended by Adrienne, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)...
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
by Bobby Henderson
Powells.com Staff Pick Bobby Henderson's devotion to the Flying Spaghetti Monster should qualify him for sainthood. I became a Pastafarian after reading this glorious book, as will others who delight in all its starchy wonder. Hallelujah! Recommended by Gary, Powells.com...
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I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Powells.com Staff Pick Douglas Hofstadter's follow-up to his beloved classic Gödel, Escher, Bach is a fascinating exploration of a central philosophical concern: What exactly is the self? Brilliant, funny, and surprising, I Am a Strange Loop is a unique look at what makes...
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The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton
Powells.com Staff Pick Alain de Botton writes with a fluid, lyrical style about the aesthetics of environment — architecture, furniture and landscape design, city planning — and its direct relationship to our quality of life. As in his other works, de Botton proves...
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Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It
by Geoff Dyer
Powells.com Staff Pick One of Dave's Top Five picks for 2004. To read more staff Top Five lists click here....
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Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America
by Chris Hedges
Powells.com Staff Pick In 2002, after fifteen years traversing the world's most dangerous places, war correspondent Chris Hedges published a widely-acclaimed meditation on the psychology of war. Now, he's entered yet another battlefield. In Losing Moses on the Freeway, Hedges...
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Madness and Civilization : a History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Large Format) (65 Edition)
by Michel Foucault
Powells.com Staff Pick When I was immersed in a sea of literary criticism a few years ago, Foucault, more than anyone else, caught my attention. Looking deeply at the roots of our behavior and our cultural attitudes, his examination of different kinds of power and control...
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A Lover's Discourse: Fragments
by Roland Barthes
Powells.com Staff Pick This is a book best read immediately after the end of an intimate relationship. Devoid of sentimentality, it is a meditation of a lover when alone. Written in fragments, the overriding theme is that the lover, I, never absolutely, truly sees the beloved,...
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Losing Moses on the Freeway: The Ten Commandments in America
by Chris Hedges
Powells.com Staff Pick In 2002, after fifteen years traversing the world's most dangerous places, war correspondent Chris Hedges published a widely-acclaimed meditation on the psychology of war. Now, he's entered yet another battlefield. In Losing Moses on the Freeway, Hedges...
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