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Back in my law school days, i was taking a break from studying one saturday to do some mindless tv watching. Its a library that centers not on sheer enjoyment though youll find that too, but on the books that expand mind and soul, build new mental models, and allow you to become more culturally literate and thus better able to participate in the great conversation. Whether in the form of a bedtime story read to young boys or a nail biting page turner that keeps you up at night, the adventure story is one genre of literature that stays with you for a lifetime. The art of manliness suggests that there is a crisis of manhood, that men need to return to a definition of manliness that is rooted in a firm and immovable foundation. Classic skills and manners for the modern man 01 by mckay, brett, mckay, kate isbn. Classic skills and manners for the modern man mckay, brett.
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