In this book what we once believed of our past is about to change. Through a remarkable discovery linking Biblical alphabets to our genetic code the language of life may now be read as the ancient letters of a timeless message. During his extensive 12-year study of the most sacred & honoured traditions of humankind he has discovered tangible & unprecedented evidence that we are all part of a greater existence. ...

Theres probably no God.. .but I wish there was. Ive got some things I need to ask him. Based on Marcus Brigstockes award-winning Edinburgh & West End show God Collar" focuses on the God-shaped hole that opens up in Marcus life following the death of his best friend. Exploring his own issues surrounding faith
- his lack of it his need for it some peoples waste of it & what good purposes it might serve if he could get hold of it
- he rails against the holy trinity of Abrahamic religions (Islam Christianity & Judaism) while atheists agnostics & believers of all faiths get it in the neck too. " God Collar" is a scathing look at modern faith that will leave you laughing out loud & examining your own beliefs in equal measure. As luck would have it my relationship with God is as dysfunctional & peppered with resentment & recrimination as ever so this should make for good writing."

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The God Delusion" caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized the rise of religious fundamentalism whether in the Middle East or Middle America is dramatically & dangerously dividing opinion around the world. In America & elsewhere a vigorous dispute between 'intelligent design' & Darwinism is seriously undermining & restricting the teaching of science. In many countries religious dogma from medieval times still serves to abuse basic human rights such as women's & gay rights. & all from a belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind. Dawkins attacks God in all his forms. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion & demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war foments bigotry & abuses children. " The God Delusion" is a brilliantly argued fascinating polemic that will be required reading for anyone interested in this most emotional & important subject." ...

Tea...a beverage brewed from the fermented dried leaves of the shrub Camellia sinensis & imbibed by all the great civilisations in the galaxy's history; a source of refreshment stimulation & above all else of moral fibre
- without which the British Space Empire must surely crumble to leave Earth at the mercy of its enemies. Sixty per cent of the Empire's tea is grown on one world
- Urn principal planet of the Didcot system. If Earth is to keep fighting the tea must flow. When a crazed cult leader overthrows the government of Urn Isambard Smith & his vaguely competent crew find themselves saddled with new allies: a legion of tea-obsessed nomads an overly-civilised alien horde & a commando unit so elite that it only has five members. Only together can they defeat the self-proclaimed God Emperor of Didcot & confront the true power behind the coup: the sinister legions of the Ghast Empire & Smith's old enemy Commander 462.

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More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in DUNE. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides son of the prophet Paul Muad Dib & now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future & he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species. But to achieve his final victory Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall.. . ...

The new science of religion
- there is no bigger subject In this book were going to address head-on some of lifes biggest questions:
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu is no stranger to controversy. From racism & social injustice to the threat of AIDS the continuing crisis in the Middle East & the importance today of ubuntu (the concept of shared humanity) the Archbishop expresses his views powerfully & honestly showing how faith & politics are inextricably linked. A forceful opponent of apartheid & later a compelling leader of the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 & has remained a leading campaigner for human rights ever since. In 2009 he was awarded the highest civilian award in the United States the Presidential Medal by Barack Obama. This collection brings together some of the Archbishops key speeches sermons lectures & exchanges from the past three decades charting the trajectory of his extraordinary career & showing why he remains one of the worlds best-loved & most outspoken religious figures. Edited by John Allen a journalist & former aide of the Archbishop God is Not a Christian" reveals Archbishop Desmond Tutu in his own words." ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is no stranger to controversy. From racism & social injustice to the threat of AIDS the continuing crisis in the Middle East & the importance today of 'ubuntu' (the concept of shared humanity) the Archbishop expresses his views powerfully & honestly showing how faith & politics are inextricably linked. A forceful opponent of apartheid & later a compelling leader of the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 & has remained a leading campaigner for human rights ever since. In 2009 he was awarded the highest civilian award in the United States the Presidential Medal by Barack Obama. This collection brings together some of the Archbishop's key speeches sermons lectures & exchanges from the past three decades charting the trajectory of his extraordinary career & showing why he remains one of the world's best-loved & most outspoken religious figures. Edited by John Allen a journalist & former aide of the Archbishop God is Not a Christian" reveals Archbishop Desmond Tutu in his own words." ...

God Is Not Great" is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made dangerously sexually repressive & distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity & proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'him'." ...

' They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved & how. & how much.' This is the story of Rahel & Estha twins growing up among the banana vats & peppercorns of their blind grandmother's factory & amid scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. Armed only with the innocence of youth they fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family: their lonely lovely mother their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron radical Marxist bottom-pincher) & their sworn enemy Baby Kochamma (ex-nun incumbent gr&-aunt). Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning novel was the literary sensation of the 1990s: a story anchored to anguish but fuelled by wit & magic. ...