The book argues that the planet’s ecosystems and the services they provide are being systematically undervalued, leading to environmental degradation, and that modern economies must explicitly recognise and price ‘natural capital’ to avert collapse. It critiques current measures like GDP and perverse subsidies, explains how markets and institutions fail to account for ecosystem services, and sets out a practical policy framework—natural capital accounting, stronger regulation, reform of taxes and subsidies, carbon pricing, tradable pollution rights, and new governance bodies—to align incentives, restore habitats and sustain long-term prosperity.

A pragmatic, policy-focused roadmap for rapidly cutting greenhouse gas emissions that emphasizes scalable, politically realistic steps rather than technological idealism. The authors outline practical measures — including aggressive energy efficiency, widespread electrification powered by low‑carbon electricity, cleaner fuels and industrial processes, carbon pricing and smart regulation, accelerated innovation, and international cooperation — and explain how governments, businesses, and communities can deploy existing solutions quickly to blunt climate change while keeping economies strong.

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 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.

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.

Wolf Wagner offers an introduction to the foundations and design of politics. He explores questions such as which form of society is fairest, how truth relates to politics, the limits of individual freedom and of power, the art of governing, and the difference between symbolic and practical politics. Using clear examples he explains how democratic systems function and outlines concrete ways to participate, arguing that politics should be a continually reviewed basis of coexistence.

Combining existential analysis with clinical insight, the work argues that a hidden, transcendent dimension—the "unconscious God"—shapes human striving for meaning and must be acknowledged in psychotherapy. It defends logotherapy's emphasis on the will to meaning, views many symptoms as arising from an existential vacuum or loss of spiritual orientation, and insists that religious experience often reflects a genuine noetic need rather than pathology. Therapeutic practice, the author maintains, should therefore respect conscience, responsibility, and the search for ultimate values, helping patients discover meaning even amid suffering.

A collection of essays arguing that when evidence cannot settle a genuine, forced, and momentous choice, it is permissible — and sometimes necessary — to decide on the basis of one’s passional nature; the book blends psychology, ethics, and pragmatist philosophy to defend faith, moral commitment, and free will against strict evidentialism and determinism, while exploring how belief shapes experience and guides action in human life.