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Men

Blue Bottle Books
0 | 192113786X | 163pp
Size: 150(w) x 225(h) mm
Out of stock
£9.00
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'The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.'
- Henry David Thoreau

If he was right 150 years ago in his assessment of how many of us live, it's surely even truer today. Why does this happen to us? Does it have to be this way? Are there any answers?

This is a book for men asking questions...

What is life all about? How did I get here? What do I do with the rest of my life? Where exactly did my 30's or 40's go? How come every day seems the same?

Questions about marriage and family, and jobs, and success and failure, and God, are the ones that life has a tendency to throw up at us, sometimes unexpectedly.

Asking the questions is a good thing, but how about the answers. Sometimes the wrong reactions to life's questions have disastrous results for our lives and for the lives of others.

This is a book for men who want to fix something.

Al Stewart has written a book that talks about problems and offers solutions. Some of them are just suggestions from a very ordinary middle-aged punter, but some of the advice will come with a lot more weight, wisdom and authority, becuase it comes from the Bible.
Table of Contents
Introduction: One day in autumn

Section 1: Groundhog Day
1. Midlife - the good news
2. The midlife train arrives
3. The conspiracy
4. What hasn't happened
5. The bricks in the wall
6. Some more bricks
7. Ancient wisdom

Section 2: The search for answers
8. Pleasure, partying and possessions
9. Money
10. Sex, pornography and withdrawal
11. A frustrated universe

A radical solution
12. Eternity in our hearts
13. The punch line that changes everything
14. The biggest life
15. A revolution lived out
16. Revolution 2 - Service not selfishness
17. Revolution 3 - Faith in action
18. The revolution on the ground
19. Midlife (and beyond) worth living
20. Surviving and thriving

Conclusion

Appendix A: Men and midlife - Exercise and the physical
Appendix B: Middle-aged men and sex

Customer Reviews

Superb and fun read
Review by Chris | 09.06.2008

I heard Al speak at the London Men's Convention 2008, and this book follows similar themes. He's an engaging writer, and doesn't shirk the difficult questions. This book is quite short (I read it in just over a day) but is worth the purchase. Al's a funny guy, but a deep thinker too.

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