Men's Studies

London may have Savile Row and Paris its luxury houses, but nowhere can compete with the essence of Italy's nonchalant elegance: sprezzatura. This book presents the most in-depth look at the designers, tailors and artisans who for generations have...

This groundbreaking and empowering book examines the impact of growing up and surviving as a gay man in a society still learning to accept all identities.In The Velvet Rage, psychologist Alan Downs draws on his own struggle with shame and anger,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919123649Author James HollisFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Inner City BooksPublisher Inner City BooksWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985452308Author Jack DonovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dissonant HumPublisher Dissonant HumWeight(grams) 225gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553380422Author Bernie ZilbergeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

An accessible, practical guide for the father-to-be, about pregnancy, the birth and what to expect during the first 6 weeks from a man who has been through it all, multiple times. For every man who has heard those two magic words: 'I'm pregnant' ... and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593189085Author Michael C. ReichertFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

"True friends are always there, even when times are tough." - Rob BurrowThe moving affection between rugby legends, fundraising heroes and best friends Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield has inspired and uplifted the nation. With You Every Step is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250757203Author Liz PlankFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684835396Author Terrence RealFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)Weight(grams)...

"Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute...

Beyond the sports and weather chatter and silence that characterize many male conversations, there is often brokenness. Emptiness. Shame. Have you ever been pushed into a men's group because someone said it was the right thing to do?In Bond of Brothers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451467096Author Nick OffermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 269g

A landmark study of the history of male-male sex in early modern Europe, including the European colonies and the Ottoman world. Until quite recently, the history of male-male sexual relations was a taboo topic. But when historians eventually explored...

'A must-read eye-opener that makes you laugh, cry, get angry and get happy on every page. It's magnificent' Bob Mortimer'I fall passionately in love with absolutely every single thing Caitlin Moran writes - and I've fallen very hard for this book.....

Robert Bly writes that it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out, that a man can no longer depend on them. Iron John searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology,...

IS THE WHITE WORKING CLASS RIGHT-WING? AND IS IT RIGHT-WING TO EVEN SPEAK OF A "WHITE WORKING CLASS"? In recent decades, as class consciousness has been suppressed and eroded, many white working-class men have turned their backs on the left in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578824000Author Jack DonovanFormat HardbackPage Count 298Imprint Dissonant HumPublisher Dissonant HumWeight(grams) 608gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

'I laughed a lot and now understand blokes a lot more than I ever wanted to' - Katherine Ryan'Geoff is one of the funniest intelligent thinkers in comedy and this book reflects that perfectly' - Romesh Ranganathan'Geoff's examination of blokeness is...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - AND THE GIFT THAT WILL BE ON EVERY BRUCE AND BARACK FAN'S WISH LIST THIS CHRISTMAS!Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800183148Author Iqbal HussainFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint UnboundPublisher Unbound

"I am so grateful for this book. There is palpable love in it. Love with eyes wide open to the dangers our boys face in today's world, and love leading to a better, kinder place. Uju Asika has done a lot of homework, culturally and historically, and...

'A breeze of a read, makes you see our male-manufactured world a little differently' Matt Haig'GRAYSON PERRY FOR KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Imagine how BRILLIANT our country would look if he was' Caitlin MoranGrayson Perry has been thinking about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385484565Author Veronica VeraFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385484565Author Veronica VeraFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different 2, Oliver Sacks, the Jamaican Bobsled team, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Carlos Acosta... all dared to be different.This is the follow-up to the much loved and hugely successful Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different, the...

Lyon's book is designed specifically with men in mind, at a time when the number of male Pilates practitioners has rocketed to about three million and will likely continue to grow at an exponential rate. "The Complete Book of Pilates for Men" offers an...

'A must-read eye-opener that makes you laugh, cry, get angry and get happy on every page. It's magnificent' Bob Mortimer'Our greatest modern writer on women turns her eyes on men - and it's all good' David BaddielAs any feminist who talks about the...

From the author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Female Brain comes this eagerly awaited follow-up.Did you know that the male brain...*is a lean, mean problem-solving machine that uses analytical brain structures, not emotional ones,...

This is an exciting new edition of R. W. Connell's ground-breaking text, which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. Connell argues that there is not one masculinity, but many different masculinities, each...

'Most men are not fully alive' is the dramatic opening to Steve Biddulph's bestseller, Manhood, which has now been fully revised and updated in this 2015 edition. Exploring two critical social issues: how to establish a healthy masculinity and how men...

There are lots of books about parenthood. But if you look closely most of them are about motherhood. Fathers get brief paragraphs about needing the odd cuddle themselves and being helpful for carrying the heavier elements of baby kit, but that's it...

'I laughed a lot and now understand blokes a lot more than I ever wanted to' - Katherine Ryan'Geoff is one of the funniest intelligent thinkers in comedy and this book reflects that perfectly' - Romesh Ranganathan'Funny and insightful, it makes serious...

For men who reject toxic ideals of conquest and oppression that once defined masculinity, what comes next? How do we define the new paradigm that is wanting to emerge? "Authentic masculinity is a transmission of love and freedom, not dominance," teaches...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425215364Author Frank VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

What does it mean to "be a man" in different cultures around the world? Anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores this question in "a provocative, rewarding cross-cultural survey." (Publishers Weekly) In the first cross-cultural study of manhood as an...

The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production AwardsIn the wake of the #MeToo movement and the upsurge in feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become a topic of impassioned debate. But what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553351378Author Sam KeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, with deadly gun violence, male suicide rates and incels on Reddit, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'. In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that...

'A brilliant writer.' Russell Tovey 'Thoroughly entertaining.' OTEGHA UWAGBA 'Funny and...