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Gioia tells a 4,000-year history of music as a global source of power, change, and upheaval. He shows how social outcasts have repeatedly become trailblazers of musical expression.

A "radiantly accomplished" ( Wall Street Journal ) music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz In How to Listen to Jazz , award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of...

National Book Critics Circle Award--2017 Nonfiction Finalist " Nothing less than a tour de force--a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling."-- The New York Times Book...

"From Fall 2016 to Fall 2019 Marcelo Gleiser conducted a series of nine public dialogues between eminent scientists and humanists on challenging topics and ideas whose very definitions and meanings are disputed. Sponsored by the Institute for...

National Book Critics Circle Award--2017 Nonfiction Finalist " Nothing less than a tour de force--a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling."-- The New York Times Book...