The Little Book of Humanism
Universal lessons on finding purpose, meaning and joy
$39.27
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2020
Summary
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
We all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to religion. But there has been another way to learn how to live well - the humanist way - and in today’s more secular world, it is more relevant than ever.
In THE LITTLE BOOK OF HUMANISM, Alice Roberts and Andrew Copson share over two thousand years of humanist wisdom through an uplifting collection of storie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349425467 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349425469 |
| Author: | Alice Roberts, Andrew Copson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 110mm x 24mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Gorgeous and full of wise quotes and stories that we would all do well to heed in today’s crazy world
Gorgeous and full of wise quotes and stories that we would all do well to heed in today’s crazy world – Jim Al-KhaliliThis beautiful little book is, well, beautiful. The perfect antidote to a great deal of nonsense – Shappi KhorsandiA wonderful source of wisdom and calm – Frank TurnerTHE LITTLE BOOK OF HUMANISM by Andrew Copson & Alice Roberts is a delight. Give it like a bunch of flowers to someone you love. A compendium of uplifting quotations woven together by the two leading figures in today’s Humanists UK – Richard DawkinsThis is a delightful book to dip into, to give comfort, stimulation and guidance. It puts humanism right into the mainstream of enlightened thinking – Janet WhitakerAnytime my head feels heavy this book seems to find me and pick me up … A fantastic introduction to a new way of thinking * GalwayNow *
About The Author
Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts is a writer, broadcaster, and President of Humanists UK. She is the bestselling author of eight popular science books including Evolution: The Human Story, the Incredible Unlikeliness of Being and Tamed: Ten Species that Changed Our World. Making her television debut on Time Team in 2001, she has become one of Britain’s best-known broadcasters and has written and presented a huge range of television series for BBC2, BBC4 and Channel 4, including The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us and Ice Age Giants, and several Horizon programmes. Her humanist ‘mini-sermons’ on Twitter have been liked and shared many thousands of times.
Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK and President of Humanists International. He has provided a humanist voice on many television and radio programmes and written on humanism for publications including The Economist, New Statesman, Guardian, Prospect, The Times and Buzzfeed. With AC Grayling, he edited the Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism and his most recent book is Secularism: A Very Short Introduction. He has been the humanist contributor to many compendiums and anthologies of quotations such as Wisdom for Life and numerous resources for schools.
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