{"product_id":"9780802778383","title":"The Good Book: A Humanist Bible","description":"Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the \u003cbr\u003ebreadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to \u003cbr\u003econceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is \u003cbr\u003eexactly what A.C. Grayling has done by creating a non-religious Bible, \u003cbr\u003edrawn from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both \u003cbr\u003eWestern and Eastern traditions, using the same techniques of editing, \u003cbr\u003eredaction, and adaptation that produced the holy books of the \u003cbr\u003eJudaeo-Christian and Islamic religions. \u003ci\u003eThe Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e consciously\u003cbr\u003e takes its design and presentation from the Bible, in its beauty of \u003cbr\u003elanguage and arrangement into short chapters and verses for ease of \u003cbr\u003ereading and quotability, offering to the non-religious seeker all the \u003cbr\u003ewisdom, insight, solace, inspiration, and perspective of secular \u003cbr\u003ehumanist traditions that are older, far richer and more various than \u003cbr\u003eChristianity. Organized in 12 main sections----Genesis, Histories, \u003cbr\u003eWidsom, The Sages, Parables, Consolations, Lamentations, Proverbs, \u003cbr\u003eSongs, Epistles, Acts, and the Good----\u003ci\u003eThe Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e opens with \u003cbr\u003emeditations on the origin and progress of the world and human life in \u003cbr\u003eit, then devotes attention to the question of how life should be lived, \u003cbr\u003ehow we relate to one another, and how vicissitudes are to be faced and \u003cbr\u003ejoys appreciated. Incorporating the writing of Herodotus and Lucretius, \u003cbr\u003eConfucius and Mencius, Seneca and Cicero, Montaigne, Bacon, and so many \u003cbr\u003eothers, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e will fulfill its audacious purpose in every way.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123363496176,"sku":"9780802778383","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802778383_p0.jpg?v=1763666142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802778383","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}