Joel Best

23 books

American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World by Joel Best

American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World

Joel Best

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists by Joel Best

Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists

Joel Best

199 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics politics science challenging informative medium-paced
Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads by Joel Best

Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads

Joel Best

201 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology sociology informative medium-paced
How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems by Joel Best

How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems

Social Problems & Social Issues

Joel Best

306 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Queer Dimensions by Mallory Path, Trent Roman, Fiona Glass, Jacques L. Condor, R.J. Astruc, Logan Zachary, David Edison, Angelia Sparrow, Michael Itig, Inga Gorslar, Erastes, Joel Best, Naomi Brooks, C.S. Fuqua, R.J. Bradshaw, James E.M. Rasmussen, John Randall Williams, Lacey Louwagie

Queer Dimensions

Mallory Path, Trent Roman, Fiona Glass, Jacques L. Condor, R.J. Astruc, Logan Zachary, David Edison, Angelia Sparrow, Michael Itig, Inga Gorslar, Erastes, Joel Best, Naomi Brooks, C.S. Fuqua, R.J. Bradshaw, James E.M. Rasmussen, John Randall Williams, Lacey Louwagie

254 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging slow-paced
Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims by Joel Best

Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims

Joel Best

237 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction crime sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Satanism Scare by Joel Best

The Satanism Scare

Social Institutions and Social Change

Joel Best

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion sociology informative medium-paced
Social Problems by Joel Best

Social Problems

Joel Best

369 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data by Joel Best

Stat-Spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data

Joel Best

144 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction economics mathematics politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883 by Joel Best

Controlling Vice: Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865-1883

Joel Best

184 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

informative medium-paced