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  • Irresistible

    The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

    by Adam Alter ...
    “Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers“One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Drunk Tank Pink

    And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave

    by Adam Alter ...
    **A New York Times bestseller!A revelatory look at how our environment unconsciously yet dramatically shapes the judgments and decisions we make every day**Most of us go through life believing that we are in control of the choices we make—that we think and behave almost independently from the world around us. But as Drunk Tank Pink illustrates, the truth is our environment shapes our thoughts and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Irresistible

    The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

    by Adam Alter ...
    Narrated by Adam Alter ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    “Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers“One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Anatomy of a Breakthrough

    How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

    by Adam Alter ...
    A “captivating…constructive” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again) guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential.Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you’re muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling with writer’s block, trapped in a thankless job, or trying ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Anatomy of a Breakthrough

    How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most

    by Adam Alter ...
    Narrated by Adam Alter ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 52 min

    A “captivating…constructive” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again) guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential.Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you’re muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling with writer’s block, trapped in a thankless job, or trying ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Chris Marker

    by Nora M. Alter ...
    Series series Contemporary Film Directors
    The maverick filmmaker's personal and political relationships with filmBest known in the United States for his visionary short film La Jetée, Chris Marker spearheaded the bourgeoning Nouvelle Vague scene in the late 1950s. His distinctive style and use of still images place him among the postwar era's most influential European filmmakers. His fearless political cinema, meanwhile, provided a bold ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Harun Farocki

    Forms of Intelligence

    by Nora M. Alter ...
    Harun Farocki was one of the world’s most celebrated experimental filmmakers at the time of his death in 2014. In a career spanning over fifty years, the German artist produced more than one hundred works, including political cinema, nonfiction film and video, and art installations, which have been exhibited globally. After his early politically engaged films in Super 8 and 16 mm, Farocki spent ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction

    by Nora M. Alter ...
    Series series Film and Culture Series
    Nora M. Alter reveals the essay film to be a hybrid genre that fuses the categories of feature, art, and documentary film. Like its literary predecessor, the essay film draws on a variety of forms and approaches; in the process, it fundamentally alters the shape of cinema. The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction locates the genre’s origins in early silent cinema and follows its transformation with ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction

    by Nora M. Alter ...
    Series series Film and Culture Series
    Nora M. Alter reveals the essay film to be a hybrid genre that fuses the categories of feature, art, and documentary film. Like its literary predecessor, the essay film draws on a variety of forms and approaches; in the process, it fundamentally alters the shape of cinema. The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction locates the genre’s origins in early silent cinema and follows its transformation with ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Projecting History

    German Nonfiction Cinema, 1967-2000

    by Nora M. Alter ...
    Series series Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
    Between 1967 and 2000, film production in Germany underwent a number of significant transformations, including the birth and death of New German Cinema as well as the emergence of a new transnational cinematic practice. In Projecting History, Nora M. Alter explores the relationship between German cinematic practice and the student protests in both East and West Germany against the backdrop of the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders

    by B. Schaumann, M. Alter ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The skin on the fingertips and palmar and plantar surfaces of man is not smooth. It is grooved by curious ridges, which form a variety of configurations. These ridge configurations have attracted the at tention of laymen for millenia. They have also evoked the serious interest of scientists for more than three centuries. The anatomist Bidloo provided a description of ridge detail in the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Stan Douglas: Abbott and Cordova, 7 August 1971

    by Stan Douglas, Alexander Alberro, Nora M. Alter, Sven Lutticken, Jesse Proudfoot ...
    This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot.The book, which features essays by Alexander Alberro, Serge Guilbaut, and others, addresses various issues raised by Douglas' work, including the ... Read more

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