Provocative, progressive and independent, Prometheus Books is committed to testing the boundaries of established thought and providing readers with thoughtful and authoritative books in a wide variety of categories.
Publishing intelligent nonfiction for the thoughtful lay reader, Prometheus Books is a leading publisher of the areas of popular science, philosophy, atheism, humanism, and critical thinking. Prometheus Books also publishes books in social science, current events, true crime, history, Islamic studies, religion, psychology, health and medicine, self-help, and other categories, as well as established classics in literature, philosophy, and the sciences.
Taking its name from the courageous Greek god who gave fire to humans—lighting the way to reason, intelligence, and independence—Prometheus Books was founded in 1969 by philosopher Paul Kurtz and is headquartered in Amherst, New York.
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