A clear-eyed critique of current climate policy that argues we must be realistic about costs, trade-offs and technologies if we are to actually eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions: it calls for honest accounting rather than optimistic promises, market-based mechanisms (not endless subsidies), prioritizing proven low‑carbon options including nuclear and carbon capture where appropriate, caution about overreliance on offsets and unproven solutions, and stronger, more pragmatic government planning to achieve emissions reductions while protecting energy security and consumers.

A lively, accessible account of how human technologies—from tracking devices and drones to plastics and large-scale infrastructure—reshape wild animals’ lives, sometimes aiding conservation and sometimes causing new harms; through engaging case studies and clear science writing it highlights unexpected consequences, animal ingenuity, and the need for humility and better-designed solutions.

A brisk, aphoristic polemic that demolishes the prevailing moral, philosophical, and religious 'idols' of modern life, arguing they stem from decadence, resentment, and a denial of instinct and vitality; it attacks Socratic rationalism, Christian morality, metaphysical abstractions, and contemporary culture while urging a revaluation of values in favor of life-affirmation, strength, and the cultivation of higher types of human excellence.

A blistering polemic that denounces Christianity as a decadent, life-denying system that inverts aristocratic, life-affirming values into a reactive ‘slave morality’; it argues that Christian pity, humility, and ascetic ideals arise from weakness and resentment, calls for a radical revaluation of values grounded in strength, health, and the affirmation of life, and attacks modern humanitarianism and moral softness as causes of cultural decline while urging a renewal that celebrates vitality, excellence, and the creative instincts of strong individuals.

A fierce, lyrical memoir chronicling a young woman's audacious decision to enter the world’s longest horse race, a thousand-mile Mongolian endurance run, where inadequate preparation, brutal terrain and extreme weather force raw survival and an urgent, intimate bond with the horses she rides. Through wild landscapes, rough encounters with fellow riders and local herders, and episodes of injury, hallucination and reckoning, the journey becomes a crucible that strips away romanticism and reveals depths of resilience, loneliness and fierce self-discovery. The narrative blends humor, brutality and tenderness to probe the limits of risk, the nature of freedom and the strange, sustaining solace of animals.

A practical, approachable guide that reframes beauty as simple, low-effort rituals for busy people, offering straightforward skincare, haircare and makeup tips alongside gentle self-care practices; it emphasizes sustainable, time-friendly routines and small habits that boost confidence, calm and everyday wellbeing rather than chasing perfection.

A hybrid, multilingual poetic meditation that maps linguistic and bodily drift across seas and histories, assembling fragments—from Old Norse echoes and archival traces to contemporary reportage and spoken rhythms—into a collage about migration, memory, climate and the erosion of language and borders; through translation, repetition and sonic play it traces how words and people are carried, transformed and lost by currents of time, water and political movement.

A bracing, candid collection that brings together earlier work and new poems to map a restless, autobiographical voice across love, desire, gender, and urban life. The pieces mix fierce political critique, wry humor, and intimate confession, using conversational diction and sharp imagery to interrogate fame, family, sexuality, and the craft of writing. Ranging from tender observation to outraged manifesto, the poems continually search for selfhood and belonging, transforming ordinary moments into luminous, unsparing lyric statements.

An immersive blend of reportage, memoir, and cultural history that follows thoroughbred horses and the people who breed, train, and race them, tracing bloodlines, racetracks, and the everyday labor behind the spectacle; intimate portraits of jockeys, trainers, and owners are woven with meditations on obsession, gambling, beauty, and the often brutal realities of an industry that elevates animals to mythic status while exposing its moral contradictions.

A lyrical, elegiac meditation on a city of canals that uses precise, observant detail—light on stone, the sounds of water, gondolas, churches and cemeteries—to explore memory, time, exile and mortality; part travelogue, part essay, it layers personal recollection and literary and historical reflection into compact, poetic prose that treats the landscape as both living archive and mirror for the writer’s own inner life.

A wide-ranging collection that examines how modern technologies — from computing and artificial intelligence to biotechnology and virtual reality — intersect with religious belief, practice, and theology; contributors mix historical overview, philosophical reflection, and contemporary case studies to show how technological change reshapes ideas of the sacred, embodiment, community, and moral responsibility, and to prompt dialogue between theologians, ethicists, and technologists about the promises and perils of a technologically mediated spiritual life.

Addiction by Keith Humphreys examines how addiction affects individuals and society, and its intersections with criminal justice, family, social, and medical responses. It explains what addiction is, how it develops, and how it is treated, and covers addictions to illicit and licit substances such as alcohol as well as behaviors like compulsive gambling. Humphreys summarizes evidence on treatment outcomes and the effects of laws and public policy, and he outlines the personal experience of addiction and recovery.

A controversial, practical manual originally published in the 1970s that compiles recipes and instructions—ranging from improvised explosives and weaponry to drug production, sabotage techniques, and basic guerrilla tactics—interspersed with anti-establishment commentary; its publication provoked widespread debate and legal, ethical, and safety concerns because of the detailed, potentially dangerous information it contains.

An engaging narrative that traces the birth of modern forensic toxicology in early 20th-century New York City, following pioneering medical examiners who used chemistry and ingenuity to detect poisons, solve high-profile murder cases, and confront legal and social resistance; through vivid case studies and explanations of analytical techniques, it shows how advances in toxicology reshaped public health, criminal investigations, and the courts.

A lively, practical guide for home bartenders and curious drinkers that blends classic cocktail recipes with contemporary twists, clear technique instruction, spirit and style primers, and tips for stocking a home bar and hosting; illustrated with helpful photography and organized to make mixing drinks — from simple highballs to more elaborate stirred and shaken cocktails — approachable, informative, and inspiring.

Using archival evidence and historical analysis, the book argues that much of what became known as Western Marxism was shaped and constrained by covert and overt sponsorship from state and corporate foundations during the Cold War; this funding helped form institutions, journals, and careers that redirected Marxist thought away from revolutionary politics toward cultural, managerial, and academic forms of critique, producing a depoliticized, domesticated Marxism that served to contain and neutralize radical movements. The work calls for a critical reexamination of intellectual history and for reclaiming Marxist theory as a tool for emancipatory political practice rather than institutional accommodation.

Over eight decades Ravi Shankar brought Indian classical music to leading concert halls and festivals worldwide and influenced later musicians. He taught George Harrison sitar, introduced the Sixties generation to Indian music, and performed at Woodstock, Monterey Pop and the Concert for Bangladesh. He reshaped jazz and Western classical music, composed film scores including Pather Panchali and Gandhi, and Indian Sun uses family archives to trace his life from childhood in his brother's dance troupe to a pioneering international career.

A wide-ranging, reportage-driven exploration of contemporary queer life and politics across the globe, blending personal stories of activists and ordinary people with analysis of the legal, religious and cultural forces that shape struggles for recognition and safety; the book traces how globalization, colonial history and local traditions produce divergent trajectories of progress and backlash, showing both the gains of increased visibility and the persistent, sometimes violent, resistance to change, and argues for nuanced, place-specific solidarities rather than a single universal model of LGBTQ rights.

Fifteen-year-old Willa Rahv is terrified of growing up and of confronting her femininity and the prospect of independence. She is the sensitive daughter of an artistic, affluent Manhattan couple, and their life provides the setting. Her anxieties center on becoming an adult and on what her femininity and the prospect of independence will mean. In response she embarks on a desperate course of self-starvation.

A razor-sharp collection of witty, self-deprecating essays that chronicle a young woman's misadventures in modern urban life—from awkward job interviews and disastrous relationships to celebrity encounters and travel mishaps. Combining observational humor with candid vulnerability, the pieces examine social anxiety, pop-culture obsessions, and the absurdities of adulthood with brisk pacing and comedic timing. The voice is conversational, irreverent, and empathetic, turning everyday embarrassments into sharply observed, laugh-out-loud storytelling.

A thoughtful, accessible interpretation of the biblical story that treats one man’s catastrophic losses as a challenge to simplistic theodicies, rejecting the idea that suffering is divine punishment and instead emphasizing the limits of human understanding and the mystery of God; it follows his endurance and debates with well-meaning but wrongheaded friends, records his anguished protest before God, and draws practical lessons about preserving integrity, accepting uncertainty, and meeting suffering with compassion, solidarity, and moral courage rather than neat answers.

A vigorous, verse-by-verse exposition of the book of Revelation that reads the visions as a sweeping, historically rooted panorama of divine judgment and redemption; it traces symbolic images and prophetic sequences onto the rise and persecution of false powers throughout church history, warns believers about coming trials and apostasy, and insists on repentance, doctrinal clarity, and spiritual readiness while emphasizing God’s sovereign control and the ultimate vindication and triumph of Christ and his people.

The book argues that contemporary Islamist militancy should be understood as a product of modernity rather than a throwback to premodern religious violence: its aims, methods and nihilism are shaped by modern political ideas, technology and disillusionment. It traces parallels between radical Islamism and other twentieth-century utopian movements, contending that resentment of secular modern life and the collapse of traditional certainties help explain the appeal of revolutionary violence. The work critiques simplistic Western responses and urges a more reflective, historically informed realism about the limits of political projects and the conditions that give rise to such movements.