Joel Stein: 10 books

Book cover of In Defense of Elitism

In Defense of Elitism

Why I'm Better Than You and You're Better Than Someone Who Didn't Buy This Book

by Joel Stein
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019

The night Donald Trump won the presidency, our author Joel Stein, Thurber Prize finalist and former staff writer for Time Magazine, instantly knew why. The main reason wasn't economic anxiety or racism. It was that he was anti-elitist. Hillary Clinton represented Wall Street, academics, policy papers,...
Book cover of Man Made

Man Made

In Which a Dad Learns to Be a Man for His Son

by Joel Stein
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012

The smudge looked suspiciously penis- like. The doctor confirmed: "That's the baby's penis!" which caused not celebration, but panic. Joel pictured having to go camping and fix a car and use a hammer and throw a football and watch professionals throw footballs and figure out whether to be...
Book cover of Martial Arts in the Arts

Martial Arts in the Arts

An Appreciation of Artifacts

by Michael DeMarco, Anne Manyak, Jim Silvan
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018

        Combative forms of movement meet all the criteria required to be called “arts”. Additionally, items associated with martial art theory and practice can be shown in a variety media and appreciated as objets d’art in their own right. This anthology presents the aesthetic side of the...
Book cover of Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation
by Richard L. Harvey, MD, Richard F. Macko
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008

A Doody's Core Title 2012 Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation is the new gold standard comprehensive guide to the management of stroke patients. Beginning with detailed information on risk factors, epidemiology, prevention, and neurophysiology, the book details the acute and long-term treatment...
Book cover of Tai Chi Odyssey, Vol. 2

Tai Chi Odyssey, Vol. 2

History and Practice Methods

by Peter Lim, John Loupos, Herman Kauz
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017

As a digital edition, this two-volume anthology offers not only a handy historical overview of taijiquan history, but most chapters focus on actual practice. Guidance is provided through discussions on taijiquan classic writings as well as from other highly experienced instructors in their own chapters....
Book cover of Populism in Latin America

Populism in Latin America

Second Edition

by Kenneth Roberts, Jorge Basurto, Michael L. Conniff
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This updated edition of Populism in Latin America discusses new developments in populism as a political phenomenon and the emergence of new populist political figures in Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela in particular.   For more...
Book cover of The Pigeon Man
by Joel Edward Stein, David M. F. Powers
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016

What happens when an unlikely threesome is thrown together by circumstance? Fate intervenes and three lives are changed forever. Danny Simon, a 13 year old Jewish refugee, lost his entire family in Poland to the Holocaust. Now he must adapt to a new life in America -- with an aunt and uncle he never...
Book cover of A Hanukkah with Mazel
by Joel Edward Stein
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! Misha, a poor artist, has no one to celebrate Hanukkah with until he discovers a hungry cat in his barn. The lucky little cat, whom Misha names Mazel, inspires Misha to turn each night...
Book cover of A Hanukkah with Mazel
by Joel Edward Stein
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Misha, a poor artist, has no one to celebrate Hanukkah with until he discovers a hungry cat in his barn. The lucky little cat, whom Misha names Mazel, inspires Misha to turn each night of Hanukkah into something special. He doesn't have money for Hanukkah candles, but he can use his artistic skills to bring light to his home—as Mazel brings good luck to his life.
Book cover of Studies in Culture Contact

Studies in Culture Contact

Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology

by Kathleen Deagan, Prudence M. Rice, Robert L. Schuyler
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015

People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic. Studies in Culture Contact:...
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