Books

THE GOD DELUSION, by Richard Dawkins. Houghton Mifflin, $27.) An Oxford scientist asserts that belief in God is irrational and that religion has done great harm in the world.

STATE OF DENIAL, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) The third "Bush at War" volume by the longtime Washington Post reporter and editor describes a dysfunctional administration's inept conduct of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O'Reilly. (Broadway, $26.) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" describes a culture war between traditionalists and secular-progressives.

Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs by Madeleine Albright, William Woodward, Bill Woodward, Bill Woodward (With), Bill Clinton (Introduction)

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins, 1986

Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins, 1996. Illustrations by Lalla Ward

The Selfish Gene: Second Edition by Richard Dawkins, 1989 (First Edition was 1976)