men

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men

About a boy

Will, a thirty-six-year-old London bachelor, undergoes a change in his outlook about marriage and children when he lies to join a single parents group in order to meet women, and becomes friends with a needy twelve-year-old named Marcus.
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The inheritance of loss

While exploring the facets of romance with her Napali tutor, the Indian-Nepali insurgency reaches a frenzy, forcing Sai to revist her past and reconnect with her eccentric grandfather.
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You throw like a girl

the blind spot of masculinity
2019
". . . former Syracuse University quarterback and NFL veteran Don McPherson examines how the narrow definition of masculinity adversely impacts women and creates many 'blind spots' that hinder the healthy development of men Dissecting the strict set of beliefs and behaviors that underpin our understandingof masculinity, he contends that we don't raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women. Using examples from his own life, including his storied football career, McPherson passionately argues that viewing violence against women as a'women's issue' not just ignores men's culpability but conflates the toxicity of men's violence with being male . . . McPherson leads us beyond the blind spots and toward solutions, analyzing how we can engage men in a sustained dialogue, with a new set of terms that are aspirational and more accurately representative of the emotional wholeness of men"--Provided by publisher.
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The man they wanted me to be

toxic masculinity and a crisis of our own making
2019
Alternates between an examination of his working class upbringing and historical, psychological, and sociological sources that examine the genesis of toxic masculinity and its consequences for society.
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Toxic masculinity

2020
"Explores the state of masculinity today, whether toxic masculinity actually exists, how it affects others, and how changes in men's and women's roles may or may not be something to fear"--Amazon.
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Bad boys of fashion

style rebels and renegades through the ages
"Covering everyone from Louis XIV to Prince, Bad Boys of Fashion looks at men across history who have broken the rules both in fashion and in life"--Provided by the publisher.
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Men of the West

life on the American frontier
Examines the lives of men who chose to make their lives in the American frontier, drawing from letters, diaries, and memoirs to illuminate the experiences of homesteaders, outlaws and lawmen, farmers, doctors, Native Americans and others who experienced the challenges of pioneer life.
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Manhood

how to be a better man-- or just live with one
The former NFL player, model, and television actor examines his disadvantaged childhood and long-time marriage to share advice on how to be a responsible family man while maintaining one's masculinity and sense of humor.
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Things fall apart

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.
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