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  • Searching for Home Waters

    A Brook Trout Pilgrimage

    by Michael K. Steinberg ...
    The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is an iconic species among fly anglers and cold-water conservationists in eastern North America. This fish registers as a powerful symbol for its beauty and its imagery in art and literature. Its presence also tells us a great deal about the health of the larger environment. When an angler has a brook trout in hand, there is confidence that the water is ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Stalking the Ghost Bird

    The Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Louisiana

    by Michael K. Steinberg ...
    When a kayaker thought he spotted an ivory-billed woodpecker in 2004, the birding community took notice. Two birders traveled to the bayou where the sighting occurred, well aware that the last confirmed sighting of an ivory-bill had taken place over sixty years ago. Both men caught a glimpse of the bird, and a team began to search the surrounding swamplands. Even after long hours of surveillance ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Philosopher in the Valley

    Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State

    by Michael Steinberger ...
    An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century.Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Enlightenment Interrupted

    The Lost Moment of German Idealism and the Reactionary Present

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    For most of the eighteenth century the best minds in Europe took up the task of providing a foundation for human life and human society in which individual fulfillment was to be achieved within a rational public order. When it became apparent that this task was based on an illusion—the separation of self and world—and was thus doomed to failure, however, that insight and the consequent crisis were ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Choral Masterworks

    A Listener's Guide

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired volumes with Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide, the only such guide available to this most popular of musical forms. Here are more ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Philosopher in the Valley

    Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State

    by Michael Steinberger ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Beville ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 27 min

    An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century.Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Where Do We Go from Here?

    American Democracy and the Renewal of the Radical Imagination

    by Stephen Eric Bronner, Sheila D. Collins, Robert Fitch, Henry A. Giroux, Ron Hayduk, Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols, Anja Rudiger, Claire Snyder-Hall, Stephen Steinberg, Michael J. Thompson ...
    Series series Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture
    Progressive politics has long been in crisis in the United States. As the radical Left realizes the dire consequences of defining themselves solely by what they are against, this collection challenges leading engaged academics and activists to show how radical politics can lead to a more fruitful democracy. Dealing with pressing issues of the day such as health care, race, immigration, religion, ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • For The Love of Music

    Invitations to Listening

    by Michael Steinberg, Larry Rothe ...
    The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery. Now two noted writers on classical music, Michael Steinberg and Larry Rothe, explore the allure of this melodious art--not in the clinical terms of social scientists--but through stories drawn from their own experience. In For the Love of Music, Steinberg and Rothe draw on a lifetime of listening to, living ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape

    A New Generation of Research

    by Jody C Baumgartner, Amy B. Becker, Mark Boukes, Josh Compton, Reagan G. Dye, Stephanie Edgerly, Austin D. Eubanks, Julia R. Fox, Christiane Grill0, S. Robert Lichter1, Sophia A. McClennen2, Jonathan S. Morris3, Julian Mueller-Herbst4, Michael Parkin5, Edo Steinberg6, Patrick A. Stewart7, Don Waisanen8, Michael A. Xenos9, Stephen J. Farnsworth0, Gianpietro Mazzoleni1, Patricia Moy2 ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
    In the past decade various studies have examined how political humor may influence various political attitudes and voting behavior; whether it affects learning, cognition and media literacy, how it might shape political participation; how people process different forms of political humor; and more. This book is devoted to anticipating and addressing where the field of political humor and its ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • The Trouble with Wagner

    by Michael P. Steinberg ...
    In this unique and hybrid book, cultural and music historian Michael P. Steinberg combines a close analysis of Wagnerian music drama with a personal account of his work as a dramaturg on the bicentennial production of The Ring of the Nibelung for the Teatro alla Scala Milan and the Berlin State Opera . Steinberg shows how Wagner uses the power of a modern mythology to heighten music's claims to ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Concerto

    A Listener's Guide

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    Michael Steinberg's 1996 volume The Symphony: A Reader's Guide received glowing reviews across America. It was hailed as "wonderfully clear...recommended warmly to music lovers on all levels" (Washington Post), "informed and thoughtful" (Chicago Tribune), and "composed by a master stylist" (San Francisco Chronicle). Seiji Ozawa wrote that "his beautiful and effortless prose speaks from the heart." ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Agent

    My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game

    by Leigh Steinberg, Michael Arkush ...
    The real-life "Jerry Maguire" shares stories of his game-changing career in the high-stakes world of professional sports in this New York Times bestseller.Leigh Steinberg is renowned as one of the greatest sports agents in history, representing such All-Pro clients as Troy Aikman, Bruce Smith, and Ben Roethlisberger. Over one particular seven-year stretch, Steinberg represented the top NFL Draft ... Read more

    $12.99 USD