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I’ve never been much of a non-fiction fan, I could never see the point of paging through reams of trivial story lines featuring humdrum characters, in mundane locations, going on about their everyday waffle - crafted and put to paper by some pencil-pushing keyboard-jockey, hopped up on a enough Union Roast coffee to make a Hanoverian Warmblood slightly woozy. Shouldn’t one be putting such time to good use, like reading a macho title along the lines of “Feats of Engineering in the 21st Century”, or “How To Profile People Like an Undercover CIA Operative”; hang on that one actually sounds quite interesting - but you get the point.  But all this self-induced fictional abstinence was a completely unfounded and a grossly unjust perception I bestowed upon this genre of writing. I can almost hear the snarky cliche “never judge a book by its cover.”

So I set about researching, finding (and reading) a few titles that fit a set of predefined criteria. And low and behold I hit the nail on the head and found precisely the genre of titles and authors I was looking for. And loads of ‘em too. Read the rest of this entry »

As far as relationship advice for men goes, us poor fellas are left in the dark somewhat. Books are few and far between and Hollywood’s portrayal of the ideal boyfriend/husband only accentuates what an unreliable horde of sex-craved Neanderthals we are - an endearment we’ve work hard to achieve.

Trawl the sex and relationship aisles of any book shop and you’re sure to find a slew of titles for women harping on about what schmucks men are and that they’re from an entirely different ‘planet’ (Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) or how men are only looking for emotionally unavailable, fire-breathing ice queens, who should find girly delight and merriment in placing their man’s (physical and) emotional nuts in a bench vice and squeezing the beejezus out them day in and day out, in sickness and in health till death do they part (Why Men Marry Bitches).

David Deida’s: The Way of the Superior Man is a refreshingly new read that gives the sex-craved Neanderthals some real advice and guidance for a change, exploring some interesting concepts such as sexual energies, a man’s meaning and purpose, rape and dominance (and the common women’s fantasy of being overpowered), emotion etc.

I “read” this as an audio book (some food for thought whilst working out in the mornings) and as a whole found it quite interesting and enlightening. I would certainly recommend it to those looking for more of an explanation into the reasons why attraction and relationships don’t always run as smoothly as one would hope. Read the rest of this entry »