5.0 out of 5 stars Attention Guys - READ THIS BOOK (especially adolescents!)

W.B. · December 5, 2011

OK, not just adolescents, college men, post college men and every other man should read it too.This book hits the mark on everything it talks about. Thankfully it is not another "sleep with 8 chicks this weekend, how to have an affair, insert cliche here" piece of junk. Quite the opposite. Brett & Kate point out that a REAL man is also a gentleman. It means being able to just handle it - whatever "it" may be. Yes, a real man should know how to braid his daughter's hair - is that what you normally think of when you think manly? probably not, but it is. After all, how manly is it to be a failure in your daughter's eyes - the guy that couldn't handle "it"? Now braiding hair sounds pretty manly doesn't it?It also covers traditional manly things, how to start a fire without matches, how to land a plane in an emergency (no kidding), how to be a gentleman, break up with a girl without being a jerk or coward, how to ask a girl out - sound advice all the way.I wish I would have read this book in high school, I would have been much more confident, and much less shy. I came out of my shell in college, but very slowly - the knowledge in the book would have helped immensely. My parents taught me a lot and I think did an excellent job of raising me - the great thing about this book is that it draws from so many people and experiences that everyone can learn something.I recommend this book specifically for adolescents because of a quote in the book by Frederick Douglass "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." If you are maybe on the wrong path in life, then really reading this book and taking it to heart could save you a lot of heartache later in life. Even if you are on the right path, this book can help you go faster on the right path or maybe change your idea of what the right path is

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading.

J. · October 22, 2009

So far my favourite chapters have been, Chapter One: The Gentleman, which is chock full of the basic stuff that your father should've taught you but serves as a good refresher course, or a solid foundation to build on. Chapter Four: The Lover, I am pretty tight with the chivalry stuff but it was a cool read especially the segments pertaining to marriage, I was hoping this chapter was Kate approved to help me get inside of the female mind and not let anything unimportant slip through. By far my favourite chapter was, Chapter Five: The Father, of course because I am a father and I especially appreciated the segment "Raise Resilient Kids, it reaffirmed many things I already practice in raising my daughter which is good because some of those things can be scary such as "2. Let Them Do Unsafe Things". Plus I was amused at the "Teach Your Kid To Ride A Bike" segment in particularly the old dirty trick of "..let go of the bike's seat. To avoid a possible freak-out and ensuing spill, don't tell him you're letting go." The last two chapters "The Leader" and "The Virtuous Man" could be combined with chapter one as required reading for every young man. The humor peppered into the segments is a nice touch and keeps the writing down to earth and kept the pages turning. The glossary in the back is a nice "The Clockwork Orange" touch, and I know if I adopt too much of it I will sound like I stepped out of a movie (although I do naturally use a few of those). I now count "square-rigged" the newest edition to my vocabulary.It definately sets itself apart from any self-help, lifestyle, fashion, philosophy type of books by means of the honesty of its we-give-a-damn tone that it strikes. A great book for perpetuating the endangered art of manliness.

4.0 out of 5 stars The world would be better if more men read this

A.S.R. · December 30, 2009

I often lament that books like this so seldom make it into the hands of those who most need to read them. But it's good to see so many men endorse "The Art of Manliness" as a worthy gift for sons or other young men. I agree. This book -- as well as the associated blog, podcast, and "community" -- are doing a lot to foster a return to classic, even timeless, ideas of what it means to be a man. "The Art of Manliness" is worth reading by males of most any age ... and probably by quite a few women, too, just for good measure.That's not to say this book is flawless. Some of the lengthier how-to sections, notably those on how to help a woman give birth when no doctor is around and how to land a plane when the pilot is dead, felt not only like padding, but cliched padding at that. I skipped over both of those. On a more personal level, I certainly don't share the authors' evident fascination with Theodore Roosevelt, who shows up in these pages far too often. In fact, I think the line of his quoted on page 208 ("In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.") is not only bad advice to give to young men, but also shows why it's so dangerous to allow "men of action" like TR anywhere near positions of power.That aside, though, the eight archetypes of manliness Brett and Kate McKay describe are well chosen and well explained. For a book that covers both grooming and sartorial basics and how to tie knots, encourages men to "stop 'hanging out' with women and start dating them" and to devise "rites of passage" for their sons, there are remarkably few stumbles while crossing an awful lot of ground. This is a book that deserves to be widely distributed and widely read. I hope it is.

Top-Literatur für jüngere und ältere Kinder

T. · December 5, 2015

Dieses Buch macht vor allem eins: SpaßEs ist in einenem humorvollen angenehmen und lehrreichem Englisch verfasst und manchmal mit Augenzwinkern geschreiben, etwa wenn es um Kneipen-Schlägereien geht. Es ist tatsächlich richtungsweisend für Jungs und Männer, die fühlen, dass Sie Ihrer Rolle nicht so wirklich gerecht werden. Es ist aufbauend und hat mir aus einem emotionalem Loch herausgeholfen. Anweisungen zu einem entsprechend niveauvollem Umgang mit Kindern und Ehefrau oder mit der richtigen Pflege von Freundschaften auch im Internetzeitalter sind ebenso vorzufinden, wie Zitate und heldenhafte Beispiele aus der Geschichte.Für mich ganz klar eine Top-Empfehlung und eine Lektüre für die Badewanne!

tres bien

j. · March 12, 2014

pour tous les amateurs du blog AoM, on y retrouve les plus principaux chapitres développés sur internet mais en copie papierles vielles habitudes ont du bon !!

Simple Amazing

S.E.B. · February 12, 2022

What a treasure if book. I just became Brett and Kate fan. Revela the real truth about manliness. Thank you

Perfectas condiciones

C.d.A. · November 26, 2019

Excelente

MUST READ

A.C. · May 25, 2018

Fantastic book, reccomended this to all men. I have lots of things I want to get to as a result of this book. It is a MUST READ.