Last week was weak on non-fiction titles. This week the spotlight's on some interesting books in science, religion, history, health, biography, and more.

NON-FICTION:

God: The Failed Hypothesis by Victor J. Stenger
The subtitle is How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist and the author also wrote Has Science Found God?, The Comprehensible Cosmos, Physics and Psychics, and Not by Design. So he’s been thinking about this topic for a while, and garnering arguments for the primacy of reason from such fields as physics, astronomy, biology, and philosophy. In addition to taking a close look at human behavior in regards to the notions of prayer and the afterlife, Stenger is, in the pages of God, also thorough in religious realms with his consideration of the issue of Intelligent Design, and the concept of God as conventionally presented in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions.

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief by Lewis Wolpert
Taking a different tack than Victor J. Stenger in the previously listed book, God: The Failed Hypothesis, Wolpert's science-based book considers the issue of religious and supernatural belief from more of a human perspective. Citing evolutionary science, Wolpert maintains a connection exists between early human language and tool making and the development of cause-and-effect beliefs. And bringing a more modern bent to the subject, he discusses how brain abnormalities, hypnosis, and psychedelic drugs can lead to false beliefs, and concludes that faith sometimes falls into this category - though he doesn't discount religious belief altogether.

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier - Oprah's Book Club Edition
Stenger and Wolpert above might think they have all the answers, but in reality it’s Oprah’s world - you’re just reading books in it. This time you’re reading a new edition of Sidney Poitier’s memoir.

Also new in Non-Fiction:

The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life by Timothy Brantley

Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship That Saved the Revolution by David A. Clary

Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows by Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neill, Julia Stone

The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts by Milan Kundera, Linda Asher (Translator), Linda Asher (Translator)

All American: Why I Believe in Football, God, and the War in Iraq by Robert McGovern

The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work by Terrence Real

FICTION:

Alexandria Link by Steve Berry

Deep Storm by Lincoln Child

Hurricane Punch: A Novel by Tim Dorsey

Hide by Lisa Gardner

The Knitting Circle: A Novel by Ann Hood

Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Surveillance by Jonathan Raban

Love and Lies by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Star Wars Allegiance by Timothy Zahn