The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - by Robin Harvie & Stephanie Meyers (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Atheist's Guide to Christmas" is a funny, thoughtful handbook all about enjoying Christmas, from 42 of the world's most entertaining atheists. It features everything from an atheist Christmas miracle to a guide to the best Christmas pop hits.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>So, what do you get an atheist for Christmas? This collection of smart, funny essays, of course--short works by 42 resolutely secular-minded geniuses about how to survive (and even enjoy) the holiday season...without feeling the Christmas Spirit move you. Editors Robin Harvie and Stephanie Meyers have gathered writers, celebrities, comedians, and scientists to deliver essays ranging from the hilarious to the reflective to the charmingly absurd in <em>The Atheist's Guide to Christmas</em>, a perfect gift for the Pastafarian who has everything, the Scrooge who wants nothing, and anyone else interested in the diverse meanings that Christmas can hold.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>What <em>do</em> you get an atheist for Christmas?</p><p>If you're an atheist, you don't believe in the three wise men, so this Christmas, we bring you not three, but forty-two wise men and women, bearing gifts of comedy, science, philosophy, the arts, and knowledge. What does it feel like to be born on Christmas day? How can you most effectively use lights to make your house visible from space? And where can you listen to the echoes of the Big Bang on December 25? <em>The Atheist's Guide to Christmas</em> answers all these questions and more: </p><ul><li>Richard Dawkins tells an original Christmas story.</li><li>Phil Plait fact-checks the Star of Bethlehem.</li><li>Neal Pollack teaches his family a lesson on holiday spirit.</li><li>Simon Singh offers a very special scientific experiment.</li><li>Simon le Bon loses his faith (but keeps church music).</li><li>AC Grayling explains how to have a truly happy Christmas.</li></ul><p>Plus thirty-six other brilliant, funny, free-thinking pieces perfect for anyone who doesn't think of holidays as holy days.</p><p>All author advances and royalties for <em>The Atheist's Guide to Christmas</em> will go to Terrence Higgins Trust.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[E]ntertaining and enlightening... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas is not only for atheists...nor is it an anti-religious rant or deep philosophical treatise. In essence... a good gift for anyone with a sense of humor."--Technorati.com<br><br>"Stuck on a holiday gift for your favorite atheist? This book will fill him with Christmas-like cheer.... If there's one overarching takeaway...it's that atheists have a sense of humor."--Penthouse<br>
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