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  • 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

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    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

  • 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

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    Holocaust Survivor True Stories: Ten Voices of Courage, Loss, and Quiet Defiance

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    Narrated by Michael Steinberg ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 28 min

    Experience an intimate oral history of harrowing survival against all odds as ordinary people endure the Holocaust. Whether you are seeking a deeply emotional connection to our past during a thoughtful commute or reflecting on the resilience of the human spirit, these gripping testimonies capture the sudden, shattering reality of a world descending into darkness.Listen to the haunting yet ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Environmental Knowledge Commons

    Cases and Lessons for Knowledge Sharing

    Edited by Anjanette Raymond, Scott J. Shackelford, Jessica Steinberg, Michael Mattioli ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies on Governing Knowledge Commons
    Our natural environment constitutes a complex and dynamic global ecosystem that provides essential resources for well-being and survival. Yet the environment is also subject to unprecedented threats from human activities, such as climate change, pollution, habitat loss, biodiversity decline, and the overexploitation of natural resources. This volume argues that such complex, multidimensional ... Read more

    $36.89 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

  • Still Pitching

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    Still Pitching is the coming-of-age story of growing up in New York in the ’50s revolving around Steinberg’s passion for baseball. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • 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

    $46.79 USD

  • Dangerous Harvest

    Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes

    Edited by Michael K. Steinberg, Joseph J. Hobbs, Kent Mathewson ...
    The global drug trade and its associated violence, corruption, and human suffering create global problems that include political and military conflicts, ethnic minority human rights violations, and stresses on economic development. Drug production and eradication affects the stability of many states, shaping and sometimes distorting their foreign policies. External demand for drugs has transformed ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Afterlife of Moses

    Exile, Democracy, Renewal

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    In this elegant and personal new work, Michael P. Steinberg reflects on the story of Moses and the Exodus as a foundational myth of politics—of the formation not of a nation but of a political community grounded in universal law.Modern renderings of the story of Moses, from Michelangelo to Spinoza to Freud to Schoenberg to Derrida, have seized on the story's ambivalences, its critical and self ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Beethoven and His World

    Edited by Scott Burnham, Michael P. Steinberg ...
    Series series The Bard Music Festival
    Few composers even begin to approach Beethoven's pervasive presence in modern Western culture, from the concert hall to the comic strip. Edited by a cultural historian and a music theorist, Beethoven and His World gathers eminent scholars from several disciplines who collectively speak to the range of Beethoven's importance and of our perennial fascination with him.The contributors address ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • A New Biology of Religion

    Spiritual Practice and the Life of the Body

    by Michael Steinberg ...
    This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma.This book is unique in its focus on bodily experience as an independent source of knowledge and insight, an ... Read more

    $55.99 USD