Atticus Aristotle, "Success and Happiness: Quotes to motivate, inspire, and live by." The book contains inspirational quotations on topics like honesty, truth, ethics, morality, integrity, fairness, etc. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store. Available in paperback and Kindle formats.

"Spiritual enlightenment is an advanced state of awareness that reveals the true nature of the world around you- this enlightened awareness helps you make the world a better place for you and all other living creatures. Be Enlightened! explains how enlightenment originated in early human history, how it became obscured during the evolution of the human mind, and how you can regain this enlightened awareness that was lost to our ancestors so many years ago. Be Enlightened! reveals the modern psychology and biology underlying the enlightenment experience and provides you with step-by-step instructions to attain your own enlightenment as soon as possible. The spiritual center of Be Enlightened! is a new annotated interpretation of the 2500-year-old Tao Te Ching that makes it easy to understand and use as a tool to attain your enlightenment. Be Enlightened! also teaches an ancient form of Taoist meditation described by Lao Tse in the Tao Te Ching. This combination has been tested in my work with thousands of individuals. I have organized everything for you into a six-month journey that will shift your personal growth into high gear. Regardless of your own preferred type of spirituality, Be Enlightened! will help bring you closer to your own highest spiritual power. You can possess the great treasure that wise men and women have been searching for throughout history. This will be the greatest journey of your life. Let's get started now!"

"... to reflect the crimes of humanity that were done and continue to be done unto my people and to the entire world, perpetuated through the conquering Christian nations and churches with their false teachings and false religion© their fraud!"

He attempts to

"... show that the judgment that the Christians teach as coming soon, was a judgment that was already fulfilled upon Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, and therefore never had, nor does it have anything to do with my Aborigine people of Australia or any person within this world, except the Jewish people to which this judgment came upon 2,000 years ago.

A description of the book can be seen at: http://www.poseidonbooks.com/ On 2007-APR-16, the book was listed for $27.00 Australian dollars, shipping included. This is about U.S. $23.00.

"Is it time to replace most of the religious commandments and codes of the past with reason and secular thinking? In modern terms, what are the purposes of life? What are the purposes of schooling? What are the implied contracts between any citizen of the world and his/her government? What are the duties and responsibilities of all persons who are members of the human race? These are but a few of the BIG questions raised by Stirling. He attempts to look at the great ideas of mankind and to view them as objectively as possible. He is not attempting to indoctrinate, nor to defend any particular "box." He is not a member of any church, political party or social group.

Nothing he states is to be viewed as chiseled in stone or as being found on tablets of gold. However, he hopes his ideas will provoke some new thinking aimed at reducing wars and other forms of madness of our age. He also hopes that readers will look inwardly and try to improve their own lives through major changes in how they think and act. He thinks new philosophic positions can be found and used to make better human beings! This is a book for thinkers - for the curious - for the mentally brave. Stirling challenges you - and dares you - to step outside the boxes which govern your life." Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

Tom Crawford, "The Human Handbook: Your extraordinary story,"

Booklocker, (2007-OCT-31). Read a book review and/or order.

From Amazon.com's customer/reviewer R. Saenz: "Whether you follow science, religion, or are simply going about your life in a passive manner; this friendly read touches on all dynamics of life from an unbiased perspective. Simply to enlighten the reader's mind, this book will not only leave you with a more thorough knowledge of where we are in humanity but where we've been and allows you to take the material and determine where you believe humanity to be headed. The author's analogies make the understanding of the material simple enough for anyone who is a novice trying to read something new and exciting. It's refreshing to see that some of us are not afraid to take bold leaps, not to influence the reader, but simply get their mind roaming with endless possibilities. I recommend this to anyone trying to get their foot in the door and catch up to the rapidly developing theories and findings so that you may develop your own educated opinion with an understanding of the information at hand. And it's affordable!" Read reviews or order this book in paperback format safely from Amazon.com online book store  Rated 4.5 stars by Amazon reviewers out of a maximum of 5. Also available as an eBook in PDF format for $6.95 from BookLocker. Free excerpt can be also be downloaded from BookLocker. The author can be contacted via his blog at: TheHumanHandbook.blogspot.com

Jimmy Creech, "Adam's Gift: A Memoir of a Pastor’s Calling to Defy the Church's Persecution of Lesbians and Gay,"

Duke University Press Books, (2011-MAR-11). Read a book review and/or order.

From Amazon.com's product description: "Rev. Creech ... determined that the church was mistaken, that scriptural translations and interpretations had been botched and dangerously distorted. As a Christian, Creech came to believe that discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people was morally wrong. This understanding compelled him to perform same-gender commitment ceremonies, which conflicted with church directives. Creech was tried twice by The United Methodist Church, and, after the second trial, his ordination credentials were revoked. Adam’s Gift is a moving story and an important chapter in the unfinished struggle for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil and human rights."

"Ralph Ellis has discovered and exposed many new perspectives on the life of the biblical Jesus, who was actually a king."

"Contrary to orthodox perceptions, King Jesus and Queen Mary Magdalene were the richest couple in Syrio-Judaea. The Romans wanted to impose taxes on Jesus and Mary, an imposition that provoked the Jewish Rebellion.King Jesus fought and lost that war, and so he was crucified, reprieved and sent into exile in Roman England. In those remote lands, King Jesus became known as Atur-tii (the Egyptian) or 'King Arthur and the twelve disciples of the Last Supper Table'. This identification of Jesus as a wealthy, royal, warrior-hero of first century Judaea may sound bizarre, but that is what the texts say. All research and quotations are from original sources, including the New Testament, Tanakh, Talmud, Josephus, Origen, Eusebius, Irenaeus, Herodian, Suetonius, Tacitus and many others besides." Read reviews or order this book

"She weaves science, art, mysticism and spiritual growth into an enticing drama that combines the joy and the angst of embracing a common destiny for humankind amid grim, present-day realities. Hopefully, this novel will inspire cadres of thoughtful people, when looking towards the future, to say, 'Why not?' and 'Why not now?' " Read reviews or order this book

Guardian Angels Chronicles - "David and Goliath" written by Bryan Hathaway. Here is the famous story of a brave youth who forges his courage through his faith.

C. Houck has written "Time Frames and Taboo Data: A history of mankind's misdirected beliefs" which he describes as: "An unconventional reference system that summarizes time periods in chronicling human evolution from prehistory into the 21st century.  History is shaped by mankind’s beliefs which tend to undermine compassionate interaction. Read reviews or order this book. This is especially true when belief in supernatural beings prevail over rationality to mire man in unnecessary trauma and grief." His blog is at: http://timeframesandtaboodata.wordpress.com/

This is an ebook by G.K. Ingersoll titled "The Atheist Vignettes." It is available in a number of formats for various ebook readers and in HTML and PDF format for computers. A sample can be downloaded for free. The book's description on SmashBooks.com is:

"Highly satirical and humorous while scathingly poking holes in the armor of religious belief, The Atheist Vignettes is an irreverent, sometimes didactic, but always entertaining novella of “associative fiction” that weaves short stories, playlettes, news reports, internet chats and other literary forms into a very human story with an unexpected ending. Even the "author" is a character!"

"This book comes in two parts. The first half looks at how we as a civilization got to where we are now in our physical and spiritual development. The second half allows us to take a long look at ourselves as a people. It examines our beliefs, and the practices of the "priesthood and organized religion," that has made our world here in the twenty first century the way it is! This book has attempted to separate the fact of a "God" from the myths of humanity that have so shaped our lives."

"Our understanding of Plato and our understanding of the nature of philosophy are two sides of a coin. The dominant academic conception of the nature of philosophical thinking vitiates both our understanding of philosophy and our interpretation of Plato. Plato gave us the profoundest truths about ourselves and about Reality in winged myths. Our learned scholars turn the myths into silly dogmata, into transparently erroneous doctrines, and all is lost: the inspirational core, the inspired insight, is dissipated when its housing shell of myth is shattered. No one is entitled to claim a monopoly on understanding Plato's 'true' meaning, and I certainly make no claim. I neither pretend nor intend to arrive at what Plato thought or taught. Plato has left us some thirty pieces of verbal composition, which he created for his own amusement. I enter into living dialogue with the living Plato and offer the understanding I come out with for myself from that dialogue, not claiming any authority or veracity for my interpretation. I do what Plotinus did; I draw from the flowing founts of Plato to water my own garden and offer my version of Platoism for what it may be worth intrinsically." Read reviews or order this book

See also his blog "Let us philosophize" at: http://khashaba.blogspot.com/ and his book announcement at: http://www.back-to-socrates.com/

Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store. Available for U.S. $17.99 plus shipping.