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  • Superman Is Jewish?

    How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way

    by Harry Brod ...
    From a brilliant and witty comic book aficionado, this “scholarly but lively narrative” (Kirkus Reviews) reveals the links between Jews and the iconic superheroes of Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby.Many of us know that thesuperheroes at the heart of the American comic book industry were created by Jews. But you’d be surprised to learn how much these beloved characters were ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Superman Is Jewish?

    How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way

    by Harry Brod ...
    Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    Zeddy Lawrence once said, "It may not be true in all cases, but it's a pretty good rule of thumb. If the word 'man' appears at the end of someone's name you can draw one of two conclusions: a) they're Jewish, as in Goldman, Feldman, or Lipman; or b) they're a superhero, as in Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man."In Superman Is Jewish? Harry Brod reveals the links between Jews and superheroes in a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Theorizing Masculinities

    Edited by Michael Kaufman, Harry W. Brod ...
    Series series SAGE Series on Men and Masculinity
    A new field of inquiry and growing interdisciplinary area, men′s studies, is just now beginning to develop its own distinctive methodologies and perspectives as demonstrated in the pages of Theorizing Masculinities. This first major compilation of new theoretical work on men begins by presenting ideas borrowed from the disciplines that have fostered the study of masculinities: sociology, ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Rethinking Masculinity

    Philosophical Explorations in Light of Feminism

    by Kenneth Clatterbaugh, J Glenn Gray, Leonard Harris, Patrick Hopkins, Hugh LaFollette, Thomas Laqueur, Charles Mills, Richard Schmitt, Victor Seidler, Robert Stuffelbeam, Harry Brod, Daniel Callahan, Patrick Grim, Larry May, Laurence Thomas ...
    Series series New Feminist Perspectives
    The new edition of this popular book is reorganized to present pairs of contrasting views on what it means to be a man in contemporary Western culture. Addressing such issues as sex differences, fatherhood, intimacy, homosexuality, and oppression; the collection also includes new discussions of paternity, pornography, mixed-race marriage, impotence, and violence. Rethinking Masculinity is an ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • White Men Challenging Racism

    35 Personal Stories

    by James W. Loewen ...
    White Men Challenging Racism is a collection of first-person narratives chronicling the compelling experiences of thirty-five white men whose efforts to combat racism and fight for social justice are central to their lives. Based on interviews conducted by Cooper Thompson, Emmett Schaefer, and Harry Brod, these engaging oral histories tell the stories of the men’s antiracist work. While these men ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    by William English ...
    For almost a century, the world has relied on two major heavyweights for mass production of comic books; of which their iconic characters are a result of. DC and Marvel Comics have fought it out ever since their inceptions in the 1930s to become the most globally recognisable brand and produce the most commercial success. This eBook takes a look at the origins of DC Comics, their characters such ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Patrimony

    A True Story

    by Philip Roth ...
    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD"A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir" (San Francisco Chronicle) from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral, Patrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son.Philip Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father, famous for his vigor, his charm and his skill as a raconteur - lovingly called 'the Bard ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • He-Motions

    Even Strong Men Struggle

    by T. D. Jakes ...
    From T.D. Jakes, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power, comes straight talk and strong spiritual guidance for men—and the women who love them…AS A MAN you may often feel the pressure of fulfilling many roles in life: husband, father, son, businessman, member of the church community. Now T. D. Jakes comes to your aid with a guidebook to help you ... Read more

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  • The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

    A Novel

    by Jonas Jonasson, Rachel Willson-Broyles ...
    A picaresque novel of how one person's actions can have far-reaching—even global—consequences, from a #1 international bestselling author."A funny and completely implausible farce about a woman, a bomb and a man's frustrated ambition to overthrow the king of Sweden. . . . The rest of the world will chuckle all the way through it." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In a tiny shack in the largest ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • What's Not to Love?

    The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer

    by Jonathan Ames ...
    Perhaps all of Jonathan Ames’ problems–and the genesis of this hilarious book–can be traced back to the late onset of his puberty. After all it can’t be easy to be sixteen with a hairless “undistinguishable from that of a five year old’s.”This wonderfully entertaining memoir is a touching and humorous look at life in New York City. But this is life for an author who can proclaim “my first sexual ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Common Sense

    by Thomas Paine ...
    First published on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was an immediate sensation. In clear simple language it explained to the people of the Thirteen Colonies why they needed to fight for independence from Great Britain.Common Sense has been called "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era." ... Read more

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  • The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

    by Mark Twain ...
    There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD