Watford Area Humanists Promoting Humanism in Watford and surrounding areas.
  • 7. Books & DVDs

    Books, DVDs and useful material

    Resources

    Books, teaching resources and DVDs available to Watford Area Humanists members.

    Photo: Cassiobury Park via Wikimedia Commons

    How loans work

    To request a loan, email Brian at g3ykb@yahoo.co.uk.

    Members with suitable books to loan or donate are encouraged to get in touch.

    Good first reads

    • Humanism: A Very Short Introduction for a concise overview.
    • What is Humanism? for younger readers and schools.
    • Secularism for public-life questions.

    Introductory humanism

    Humanism: A Very Short Introduction

    Stephen Law, 141pp, 2011

    Humanism: Beginners Guide

    Peter Cave, 170pp, 2009

    Humanism

    Barbara Smoker, 64pp, 1998

    Humanism: A Short Course

    BHA, 56 A5 pages, 2013

    A Short Course on Humanism

    Marilyn Mason, 23 A4 pages, 2006

    Secularism and public life

    Secularism

    Andrew Copson, 142pp, 2017

    The First 150 Years

    National Secular Society, 28pp, 2016

    God Is Not Great

    Christopher Hitchens, 283pp, 2007

    Science, reason and evolution

    Sapiens

    Yuval Harari, 416pp, 2014

    Homo Deus

    Yuval Harari, 462pp, 2015

    The Greatest Story Ever Told… So Far

    Lawrence Krauss, 305pp, 2017

    Darwin for Beginners

    Jonathan Miller, 176pp, 1986

    The Language of Genes

    Steve Jones, 318pp, 1994

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins, 332pp, 1989

    The Magic of Reality

    Richard Dawkins, 257pp, 2012

    The God Delusion

    Richard Dawkins, 174pp, 2006

    River Out of Eden

    Richard Dawkins, 188pp, 1996

    Down House guide book

    English Heritage, 52pp

    Children and education resources

    What is Humanism?

    Michael Rosen & Annemarie Young, 48pp, 2015

    Humanist Perspectives 1

    Resources for Primary Teachers, Marilyn Mason, 2005

    Humanist Perspectives 2

    Resources for Secondary Teachers, Marilyn Mason, 2005

    DVDs

    The Voyage of Charles Darwin

    Three DVD discs, 400 minutes total

    Creation

    How Darwin saw the world and changed it forever, 104 minutes

    Have a book to add?

    Loan or donate suitable books to help keep the group library useful.