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Catalogue of publications and excerpts of Dr. William Harwood. PRAISE FOR WILLIAM HARWOOD'S BOOKS: THE FULLY TRANSLATED BIBLE: "As if translating a bible bigger than any now in use were not a great enough achievement in its own right, Harwood has rendered serious students and critics of Christian scripture a magnificent further service: he has scrupulously avoided the deliberate mistranslations that have prevented readers from perceiving the true nature of the documents underlying the English prose." Frank Zindler, American Atheist. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOD: "It covers a surprising amount of ground, and does so remarkably fleetly. It will offend and annoy all religionists and, I suspect, a good number of humanists too. It is clever, tricky, learned, frequently foul-mouthed (mainly down to Yahweh), and very full of ideas, many of which are, to say the least, highly controversial." Norman Pridmore, Freethinker. UNCLE YESHU, MESSIAH: "Uncle Yeshu is not an admirable, or even a likeable person.... The story itself, however, is only a fraction of the wealth of information concerning the conditions, beliefs, and people of that long ago seething cauldron of ignorance, superstition, racism, hate, and fears." Jack Truett, Pagan Palaver.

On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened. The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and America's space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-flight failure. Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years earlier, Columbia's destruction left the nation one failure away from the potential abandonment of human space exploration. Media coverage in the immediate aftermath focused on the possible cause of the disaster, and on the nation's grief. But the full human story, and the shocking details of NASA's crucial mistakes, have never been told -- until now. Based on dozens of exclusive interviews, never-before-published documents and recordings of key meetings obtained by the authors, Comm Check takes the reader inside the conference rooms and offices where NASA's best and brightest managed the nation's multi-billion-dollar shuttle program -- and where they failed to recognize the signs of an impending disaster. It is the story of a space program pushed to the brink of failure by relentless political pressure, shrinking budgets and flawed decision making. The independent investigation into the disaster uncovered why Columbia broke apart in the sky above Texas. Comm Check brings that story to life with the human drama behind the tragedy. Michael Cabbage and William Harwood, two of America's most respected space journalists, are veterans of all but a handful of NASA's 113 shuttle missions. Tapping a network of sources and bringing a combined three decades of experience to bear, the authors provide a rare glimpse into NASA's inner circles, chronicling the agency's most devastating failure and the challenges that face NASA as it struggles to return America to space.

There has long been a need for a translation of the Judaeo-Christian Bible that did not deliberately mistranslate certain words and sentences for the purpose of concealing that the biblical authors' beliefs were quite different from those of modern Jews, Christians and Muslims. For example, "The LORD" is a falsification of the proper name Yahweh, a god like Zeus or Jupiter. But the most blatant fraud has been the rendering of the Hebrew word allahiym as the male proper name, "God." Allahiym is neither a proper name nor singular nor unisexual. Al means a god. The suffix -ah is a feminine singular inflection, so that allah means "goddess." The suffix -iym is a masculine plural inflection, making allahiym a dual-sex, generic plural, "male and female gods," or, in the common gender, "gods." This translation corrects such falsifications. For extra copies contact: www.worldaudience.org

William Harwood is the author of over 800 journal articles published in ten countries. This is his 50th book. He is, as Isaac Asimov used to say, in his late youth. He has retired from gainful employment, and since 2000 has been living on Canada Pension Plan with Guaranteed Income Supplement. (Canadians can afford to do that.)

God, Jesus, and the Bible is a comprehensive history of the origins and development of the Jewish and Christian religions. It traces the origin of the "god" concept, the evolution of monotheism, the development of Judaism through the first century CE, and the evolution of Christianity. God, Jesus, and the Bible utilizes the methodology of history, in which, as in every scientific discipline, conclusions must conform to the evidence, not the methodology of theology, in which evidence is manipulated to whatever degree is necessary in order to make it conform to predetermined conclusions. God, Jesus, and the Bible falsifies religion as totally and permanently as the first photographs of the Martian surface falsified the "canals" myth.

"This first paperback edition of the Koch-Peden selection of [Thomas Jefferson's] writings, published during the 250th anniversary of his birth, provides an engaging and timely representation of his thoughts. Included in this volume are the autobiography (including the Declaration of Independence), travel journals, biographical sketches of some of his notable contemporaries, important public papers, Notes on Virginia--his only published book--and a generous selection of his letters on both public and private matters." --

PRAISE FOR WILLIAM HARWOOD'S BOOKS God, Jesus and the Bible: The Origin and Evolution of Religion God, Jesus and the Bible is like eating your favorite fruit all over again-only with the addition of new insightful material in the endnotes. Like his former book, he treats both Judaism and Christianity with a wholly skeptical and scholarly perspective. Bernard Katz, American Rationalist The Protestant Bible Correctly Translated Harwood's translations are always provocative, and occasionally he could not resist making them satirical. The example I like the best is Colossians 4:18: "May the force be with you." Translating the verse as the most famous saying in the Star Wars movies serves to remind the reader that believing the Bible's fairy tales actually happened outside human brains is as silly as believing the people in Star Wars actually did exist in a galaxy far, far away. Richard Bozarth, Secular Humanist Press The Autobiography of God If books were beasts, this odd, hybrid volume would count among the stranger ones, up there with such wonders as the platypus and the golden mole. Why? Well, this animal runs on three legs. The first leg is that of postmodernism, a compound of such devices as multiple points of view and unreliable narration. The second is an intriguing mixture of history, theology and anthropology. The third is science fiction, which provides an imaginative and curious background as well as much of the book's narrative energy. Given its strange method of locomotion it covers a surprising amount of ground, and does so remarkably fleetly. Norman Pridmore, Freethinker Tales of Two Hypnotists This book contains two separate novels of hypnotists and their use of the pseudo-scientific method of hypnotism for economic gain. The author writes from a perspective that makes it evident that he has an extensive knowledge of hypnotism and those involved in this profession on a daily basis. Leland Ruble, Freethought Perspective Pope Ratzinazi and the Faux News Gestapo Harwood's latest collection of his many essays used to be called a "straphanger's book" because each of his essays is short enough, terse enough, and enlightened enough to be easily read and enjoyed while hanging onto a strap of a bus, trolley or elevated train as you rode to your destination. Harwood's "straphanger's" book has it all: satire, irony, sarcasm, cynicism, acrimony-and great insights. By all means you must own this one. Bernard Katz, Midwest Book Review Uncle Yeshu, Messiah One of the tragic problems grimly threatening our society and our freedoms today is the inescapable reality that most people do NOT want to be informed; they want to be entertained. Thus in many respects we are little different from the swarms of uninformed, childishly minded dupes for the Yeshus of those centuries ago. Pomp, pageantry, and glittering ritual do not a God create, nor fables a Savior. Do yourself favor. Get your copy of Uncle Yeshu, Messiah today. Jack Truett, Pagan Palaver Catalogue of Publications and Excerpts There are numerous letters to the media that expose the author as most likely one of the foremost freethought writers in this current era. His unlimited knowledge of almost any subject he chooses to discuss, criticize, or expose, is a pleasure to read. Leland Ruble, Freethought Perspective The Complete Mycenaean Chronicle The book's commentary spans far more than the Trojan War. Sly integration of American slogans and Christian verse make the novel an absolutely scathing criticism and condemnation of American policy, right-wing conservatism, and Christianity. This novel is profane, raucous, bawdy, at times obscene, and definitely not for the prudish, but it is a thought provoking and entertaining read for anyone with an open mind. Amanda Speight, Historicalnovelsociety.org

Hold it! Sit! Stay! That’s better. No, I am not suggesting that you go to the New York Times and tell them, “I have a book, written by the devil. Only he’s not really the devil. He’s an extra-terrestrial. And he’s not evil. He’s God’s good brother. It’s God who is evil.” Do you think I came to you to have you put in a funny farm? You’re to publish my manuscript under your own name, as science fiction. Isn’t science fiction the only format under which any sane moral philosophy could be published for the past fifty years? You agree? I am so glad. I have to go now. The Overlords are waiting to take me home.

America has long been perceived as a bully, imposing its will on friend and foe alike. But hitherto America's bullying has been done in the belief that what was good for America was good for planet earth-and a lot of the time it really was. Not any more George W. Bush has taken bullying to a dimension previously achieved only by Hitler, Stalin and successors, Mao and successors, Attila, Genghis Khan, Ferdinand and Isabella, Napoleon, King David, the homicidal maniac Joshua, and Pope Pius IX. And his motivation is identical to theirs: pursuit of the absolute power that corrupts absolutely. Dr. Harwood's excellent collection of essays and related book reviews will help to set the record of a failed president and a failed man straight.