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Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why...

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Our society worships at the fountain of youth. Each year, we try to delay the arrival of old age, using everything at our disposal, from extreme ex...

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The remarkable story of the most influential book in human history.The Bible is the world's best-known text. Yet, it is a book that never was - its...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted...