false 1566053 3 Christopher Hitchens, the acclaimed journalist and best-selling author of <I>God Is Not Great</I>, selects and introduces an illuminating collection of the most essential and influential writings for the non-believer, including selections from Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Karl Marx, Richard Dawkins, H.L. Mencken, Sam Harris, and more. 1558637 5 11 2007 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-believer total:510|5:148|4:196|3:123|2:34|1:9| 510 1970 1393 86 5 1 false false Wed Sep 24 23:26:01 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 23:32:17 -0700 2008
I love reading essays and short pieces, but it becomes a problem when I find collections that I don't particularly like, because I don't want to buy a collection for a single essay.

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It attracted my attention because the list of essays include so many of my favorite authors- Mark Twain, George Elliot, Bertram Russel, Salman Rushdie and so many others.

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1. At 500 pages and a few pounds, this is anything but "portable"
2. For people who don't believe in a God, they spend an awful lot of time and energy talking about Him.
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