The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
This is a British project, and if you buy the book the money they make goes to charity (UK HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust). It is an anthology with writings by a wide range of authors, including Richard Dawkins, Derren Brown, Charlie Brooker, David Baddiel, Ben Goldacre, Josie Long, Richard Herring, Simon Singh, Brian Cox, Jenny Colgan, AC Grayling, Simon Le Bon, Claire Rayner, Robin Ince, Jon Holmes, Zoe Margolis, Phil Plait, Mitch Benn, Lucy Porter, and Adam Rutherford.
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“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.” -Chinua Achebe
"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity." -Marie Curie
For the past few months I've been following The Givewell Blog. Here's a recent post, Why are we always criticizing charities?:
Phillip Reese and Andrew McIntosh of the Sacramento Bee report:
This is only available from Amazon UK right now. For the rest of us, its is avaliable at http://www.bookdepository.co.uk for $19 US, with free international shipping.