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Help on zombies needed

I am hoping to get my zombie book written over the remainder of the summer holidays. I have written some 30,000 words of setting the scene but now it is coming on to interacting with the victims of the outbreak, I have a problem. You see, I want my

Featured ATP

Just a reminder - 13 Reasons to Doubt

Our ebook, soon to be paperback, with 13 chapters contributed by authors here at SIN, is out on arious e-formats. It has received good reviews, if you discount the trolls, such as JoeG who used to hang out here on occasion, losing a $10,000 bet to Andy.

Featured ATP

New anthology on skepticism out now! 13 Reasons to Doubt

Some of the writers here at SIN have contributed to an anthology called 13 Reasons to Doubt, with chapters ranging over many aspects of skepticism. Here s the description: Extraordinary claims and extraordinary evidence.

Caleb Lack

UCO Psychology Professor Examines History of Scientific Sexism and Racism in New Book

Here is the press release for Caleb Lack's new book. Caleb blogs here at SIN at Great Plains Skeptic and his book is released on my own Onus Books imprint. It is an academic book, but the ebook is very reasonably priced. Check it out!

Beyond an Absence of Faith

RDFRS reviews Beyond An Absence of Faith

The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has reviewed my latest book, an anthology of deconversion accounts called Beyond an Absence of Faith.  Check it out! This is a fine addition to a shelf of atheist books. It would be of greatest benefit, though, to believers in the first

death

Wonderful piece of creative art

OK, so I am biased. James are my favourite band, having seen them a whole bunch of times etc. But this is stop motion animation at its best. An extraordinary piece of work to reflect Tim Booth's loss of his mother (who died in his arms in hospital)

Music

Circle of life

OK, so just an opportunity to wax lyrical about my favourite band, James. This is a great song with a beautifully creative video. Wonderful stuff, written about the death of Tim Booth's mother and the unexpected death of a friend. http://youtu.be/aWPgJkOdUZU

Deconversion

On the Margin of Error's excellent review

Kaveh over at On the Margin of Error on Freethought Blogs has read Beyond an Absence of Faith and has given a great review. Here is an excerpt. Check it the full review over at FTB: Beyond an Absence of Faith is an anthology of 16 accounts of atheists talking about their deconversion and struggle w

apostasy

Beyond An Absence of Faith: Stories About the Loss of Faith and the Discovery of Self

Finally, it is here. Well, I am awaiting a proof copy. But the zeroes and ones are winging themselves about over at Kobo, Nook, Kindle and iTunes such that the anthology of deconversion accounts named Beyond An Absence of Faith: Stories About the Loss of Faith And the Discovery of Self will be avail

conservative

Machine Predicts If You're Liberal or Conservative - More Evidence for Determinism

This article in Mother Jones builds on work which I, myself, talked about in my book Free Will? It is certainly the case that we can predict political leanings using disgust sensitivity. As I state in my book (p. 153-4):

Aaron Adair

Onus Books gets Nook Distribution

My skeptical publishing company, Onus Books, has so far got Worldwide print distribution (being printed on three continents), Amazon ebook, pdf ebooks on various channels, and recently, Kobo distribution.

atheism

Ha Ha Ha... Lightning Bolt.

My book, The Little Book of Unholy Questions, is a cumulative case against God (the Judeo-Christian version predominantly, but not exclusively) and it includes a number of chapters on different topics. I will include the last questions in the book before I sum up there. These questions are by an lar

Caleb Lack

“Psychology Gone Astray” – an excerpt from an upcoming Onus Books release

Dr Caleb W. Lack, purveyor of the fine opinions and science over at Great Plains Skeptic here at SIN, already has two Onus Books publications: Mood Disorders: An Introduction Anxiety Disorders: An Introduction These great little introductory texts illuminate the latest understandings on th

counter-apologetics

The Little Book of Unholy Questions Review

Here is another review to my Little Book of Unholy Questions - a 4/5 to add to six 5/5s. Er, buy it! (please... - click on the cover image to access it on amazon)

archaeology

A Review of The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the story of the flood (Guest Post by Peter)

It’s been known since the 19th century that there are striking parallels between the Ark story contained in the Bible and a narrative episode included in the Mesopotamian story of the Epic of King Gilgamesh. In Gilgamesh, a hero Utnapishti is tasked with saving both human and animal life from a dest

Beyond an Absence of Faith

I can't get an Ex-Muslim contributor for the life of me!

I am co-editing a book of deconversion accounts, recounting personal experiences of leaving religion. We have a good number of excellent ex-Christian contributions, but I can't seem to find anyone willing to commit to a chapter/account from an ex-Muslim perspective. Here are some details for the book:

Skepticism

My books and Onus Books now on Kobo

Kobo is an e-reader device as well as a publishing platform in the same way as Kindle (Direct Publishing) and iBooks. It apparently has up to 20% market share, though this is probably generous. That said, being originally a Canadian company taken over by a Japanese parent company, it does do well in

Aaron Adair

Carrier plugs The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View

Richard Carrier plugs a book I have just edited and published, a book by Aaron Adair, contributor here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bvqLUZjUQ&feature=share&t=2m18s   The video should start at the relevant time. Nice! I am now going to try and watch the video

Arts

Always good to know...

that my efforts are not wasted. Received a nice email the other day from a Canadian: I've recently bought and read all three of your books. They are fantastic. They are simple and easy to follow, yet rigorous. Being a mathematician, I have always had an interest in

infinity

RDFRS Review of 'Dot Dot Dot : Infinity Plus God Equals Folly'

Great news: The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has just published a review of Dot, Dot, Dot. Can you find God in numbers? Christian apologists like William Lane Craig say yes. Since God is infinite, we can study him through the mathematics of infinity

John W. Loftus

Christianity is Not Great update

Below is the latest chapter outline for John Loftus' new book Christianity is Not Great for which I am contributing a chapter on morality. I have finished it and it has now been sliced and diced for size (aah, the joy of editing).   Christianity is Not Great, edited by

Arts

What book should I get?

I have a reading list as long as my arm. But I also have a small amount of amazon gift vouchers. What suggestion do you merry lot have for a book or a DVD that I should buy?

Book Reviews

Cracking review of The Nativity: A Critical Examination

I’ve never written a book review before. Occasionally I’ve considered reviewing books and essays I found to be not only interesting, but enjoyable and enlightening. So I’ve decided that once in a while, when I’ve read something I consider really well done, I would write about it here that I might

Aaron Adair

Vincent Torley replies to Adair and Lindsay, and gets earful

So I posted on John Loftus' DC the other day in plugging Aaron Adair's The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View and James A. Lindsay's Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus god Equals Folly. Vincent Torley, about whom I have written a series of posts, and who writes at Uncommon Descent, looked to critique the

Jesus

The historicity of the Nativity

Just to topically remind people of my last authored book, on the Nativity, called The Nativity: A Critical Examination. I recently cleared the book up of a few typographical errors and whatnot so that it is looking better than ever. The book is a concise yet comprehensive look at the