Bernstein: 367 books
The Children's Table
Childhood Studies and the Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Like the occupants of the children's table at a family dinner, scholars working in childhood studies can seem sidelined from the "adult" labor of humanities scholarship. The Children's Table brings together scholars from architecture, philosophy, law, and literary and cultural criticism to provide...
by Howard Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Bernstein follows his mythic hero Norgoods (also known as N. G. Flake) travels in the old world and new. Whether Norgood visits the classical Greek and Roman gods of wine or our present moment in time of Twitter and tweets, he woos his dreams. Though often wooed and seldom won, they excite his continued journey.
Beyond Objectivism and Relativism
Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Drawing freely and expertly from Continental and analytic traditions, Richard Bernstein examines a number of debates and controversies exemplified in the works of Gadamer, Habermas, Rorty, and Arendt. He argues that a "new conversation" is emerging about human rationality—a new understanding...
Lawless
The Obama Administration's Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein provides a lively, scholarly account of how the Obama administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law.
Lawless documents how President Barack Obama has presided over one constitutional debacle after another-Obamacare;...
by David Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Published a year after the Philippines proclaimed independence in July 1946, the chief permanent value of this book lies in its survey of the history of the American experiment in the Philippines. The Philippine Story is a concise, inclusive analysis of the background, failure, achievements and implications...
Pretty In Pink
The Golden Age of Teenage Movies
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Jon Bernstein, film critic for Spin magazine critiques his favorite teen movies from the golden age of the'80s. The Brat Pack and their contemporaries have grown up, but celluloid has them flickering forever, angst-ridden, haunted, guileless, cocky, stripped to their briefs, and all dressed up "pretty...
Brewed Awakening
Behind the Beers and Brewers Leading the World's Craft Brewing Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Fine wine has always had its expert guides to taste and terroir. Why not beer? Funky, young, and smart, this is the ultimate beer geek's companion, covering everything from the homebrew renaissance to nanobreweries to many of America's preeminent beer events and festivals. There's a revolution brewing...
by Richard J. Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Richard J. Bernstein is a leading exponent of American pragmatism and one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century. In this collection he takes a pragmatic approach to specific problems and issues to demonstrate the ongoing importance of this philosophical tradition. Topics under discussion...
by Herman Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Classic in the history of anti-semitism. First published in 1921. According to the Foreword: "This is the history of a Lie--of a cruel and terrible Lie invented for the purpose of defaming the entire Jewish people. Given out as fiction, by a German anti-Semitic writer, involved in the Waldeck...
by George Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
A tragic surgical accident, resulting from an auto crash, leaves beautiful, vibrant Jackee Maren in “Locked-in Syndrome,” completely paralyzed, able to move only her eyes. Jackee’s physical therapist, Kevin, seems more invested in her well-being than her husband, Phil, and teaches her to communicate...
In the Image of the Ancestors
Narratives of Kinship in Flavian Epic
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2008
Only four Roman epic poems survive from the Flavian period (69-96 AD): Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica, Statius's Thebaid and Achilleid, and Silius Italicus's Punica. Neil W. Bernstein argues that these poems contain depictions of kinship that are significantly different from earlier epic and examines...
Stressed Out! For Teens
How to Be Calm, Confident & Focused
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
The world’s teenagers have never been so challenged as they are today. The constant demands of parents, school, work, peers, social media, athletics, music, etc. has created a generation who, while tremendously capable, are also tremendously stressed. Today’s teens are expected to not only do...
Weird Hikes
A Collection of Bizarre, Funny, and Absolutely True Hiking Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Art Bernstein offers sixteen engaging stories of strange-but-true events that occurred while he was hiking.
Hell and Its Rivals
Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The idea of punishment after death—whereby the souls of the wicked are consigned to Hell (Gehenna, Gehinnom, or Jahannam)—emerged out of beliefs found across the Mediterranean, from ancient Egypt to Zoroastrian Persia, and became fundamental to the Abrahamic religions. Once Hell achieved doctrinal...