{"product_id":"man-made-in-which-a-dad-learns-to-be-a-man-for-his-son-paperback","title":"Man Made: In Which a Dad Learns to Be a Man for His Son - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 sad or happy about the results of said football throwing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins his quest to confront his effete nature whether he likes it or not (he doesn't), by doing a twenty-four-hour shift with L.A. firefighters, going hunting, rebuilding a house, driving a Lamborghini, enduring three days of boot camp with the U.S. Army, day-trading with $100,000, and going into the ring with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. Seeking help from a panel of experts, including his manly father-in-law, Boy Scouts, former NFL star Warren Sapp, former MLB All-Star Shawn Green, Adam Carolla, and a pit bull named Hercules, he expects to learn that masculinity is defined not by the size of his muscles, but by the size of his heart (also, technically, a muscle). This is not at all what he learns.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Stein\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Edison, N.J., and went to Stanford. From 1997-2017 he was a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, writing a regular humor column and more than a dozen cover stories; he was also the back page columnist for \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and the opinion section of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has contributed to \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek, GQ, Esquire, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Food \u0026amp; Wine, Travel + Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Elle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen's Health\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stein was a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton and has appeared as a talking head on television shows such as \u003ci\u003eReal Time with Bill Maher, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, \u003c\/i\u003e and VH1's \u003ci\u003eI Love The '80s\u003c\/i\u003e. He's interviewed celebrities for HBO, Cinemax, and Comedy Central. In addition to writing on staff for two television shows, he created an animated show for VH1 (\u003ci\u003eHey Joel\u003c\/i\u003e) and wrote six network pilots. His 2012 book, \u003ci\u003eMan Made: A Stupid Quest For Masculinity\u003c\/i\u003e, was a bestseller, and Fox hired him to adapt it as a film script. He has also written for the show \u003ci\u003eAmerican Princess\u003c\/i\u003e produced by Jenji Kohan -- best known as the creator of Showtime comedy-drama series \u003ci\u003eWeeds\u003c\/i\u003e and the Netflix series \u003ci\u003eOrange is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468164907261,"sku":"9780446573115","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/SXk5QmgxUHBzQmp3UklCSDBuK0tndz09.webp?v=1777285650","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/man-made-in-which-a-dad-learns-to-be-a-man-for-his-son-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}