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Cave Art

Author: Clottes, Jean

$ 59.95

Takes you on a tour of prehistoric caves, and explores the origins of art and creativity. This title features 85 caves and rock shelters, revealing the works of art within them. It also includes over 300 works from the Paleolithic period, made between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago.

Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The

Author: Skloot, Rebecca

$ 34.99

In 1951, doctors took a small tissue sample from a black woman named Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent. A scientist put that sample into a test tube, and though Henrietta died a few months later, her cells - known worldwide as....
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MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11

Author: Norman Mailer; Colum McCann

$ 99.00

Apollo 11 Moon landing is called the single most historic event of the 20th century: On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins met John F Kennedy's call for a manned Moon landing by the end of the 1960s. This title covers the moon shot and provides insights into this epoch-making event. It features photographs of the event.

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this months featured author

Russell Blackford: The Culture Wars

“Why is secularism not enough?Why don't we just argue for separation of church and state? If the religious aren't trying to impose their religion on us, why are we concerned?”

Russell Blackford’s excellent talk at Embiggen Books a couple of weeks ago is now online for your viewing pleasure. Russell is an author, philosopher and literary critic. He is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Evolution and Technology, and co-editor (with Udo Schuklenk) of 50 Voices of Disbelief:Why We Are Atheists. He blogs at Metamagician and the Hellfire Club, where he can be regularly engaged.

Russell’s talk focuses on why it is necessary to critique belief systems if we are to maintain the health of a secular society. Indeed some time is given to the notion that secularism has being given only lip-service recently under the current leadership of Kevin Rudd, following in the anti-secular footsteps of John Howard. He puts the continuing culture wars into an historical perspective delving deep into religious moralism and intolerance through the ages.