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The Bottom of the Heap | Books for Dudes
I don’t know about you, but for me the seasonal change foretells an autumnal slouch into semi-hibernation—and I love it. Lounging around in my smoking jacket reading books all day is what the darker...
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Halloween Reads, Bookovers, and James Brotherton | Books for Dudes
There should be a term for that suffering unique to readers, what we experience when we crack open a book at sleepy time and it winds up being so good that we stay up for another five hours reading,...
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“I ponder questions such as: At what point does a musician say, “I’m going to start a cover band.” And who are these people who say, “Guess what, Honey? There’s a Beatles cover band playing at the...
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The Uninvited, The Bookseller, Brain on Fire, and a Few Colorful Lies | Books...
It’s December with temps in the 30s; I guess autumn really is over. I had fun extending my triathlon season into October, but all good things must end, including the only book I really sat down with...
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Books For a Right and Happy Dude | Books for Dudes
Well chums, things were looking down. I had just lost a week’s worth of magnificent review work due to a computer crash. I called Tech Support, aka the Voice of Reason, to see wtf. “Jesus saves,” said...
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Conspiracies, Demon Purging, and Cincinnati Fire Kites! | Books for Dudes
Ah, February, mother of all transitional periods, when the post New Year/pre-springtime chill keeps us indoors reading. Reading about what, you ask? Murder, conspiracies, demon purging, and Cincinnati...
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Ten Books to Lure Hibernating Athletes Out of Their Lairs | Books for Dudes
Riding my bike along a field in mid February, I saw a bobcat. I waved at him, but he didn’t wave back. I wondered why he wasn’t hibernating, all snuggled up with his ladycat, but according to Phyllis...
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A Simple Murder, Wool, and The Human Division | Books for Dudes
I was at the local auction house with the missus one recent Saturday night when she began explaining some deep thing about some damned thing; with the auction in full swing, her enthusiastic hand...
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Because Life’s Too Short | Books for Dudes
BFD feels that life is too short for chick lit, and that there’s all manner of things to read. From older titles that never really get old, such as Jack London’s Call of the Wild, or anything to do...
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BFD at BEA | Books for Dudes
Last month was BookExpo America (BEA), where I had a great time. Crowds parted for me, though that may have something to do with my quarterly bathing schedule; actress/author Jessica Lange waved at me;...
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Summertime Dispatch | Books for Dudes, July 2013
Don’t freak out over the plethora of summer 2013 titles out there, peeps. I have Books for Dudes staffers working overtime sifting through books, considering pros and cons, and separating the wheat...
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Books for Dudes | August 2013
There’s nothing like getting to know a character and watching him change, is there? While some of this month’s selections don’t offer much protagonistic development (I’m not naming any names except...
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Not the Hair Club for Men | Books for Dudes
Recently a female colleague asked me what I was reading. After I told her about this column, she replied, “Well, why would I read it? I’m not a dude.” Her comment made me think—and not just about our...
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Q&A with Megan Doherty, author of How Not to Be a Dick | Books for Dudes
I read the 100% Win! that is, How Not to be a Dick and was fortunate enough to score some As to my Qs from the book’s author, Meghan Doherty. How Not to be a Dick is manageable, fun, and engaging—in...
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How Not to Be a Dick, and More | Books for Dudes
For the last triathlon of the season my buddy Ray and I rented a little 280 square foot cabin in the Alleghenies. I loved it, and said so. “I love it,” I said. With a nod to the simple construction, I...
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Reads for When Autumn Leaves | Books for Dudes
November can really suck, you know? Things that are officially over this month include glorious Autumn and its happy colors, Halloween and its happy sugar rush, Octoberfest and its happy drunkeness,...
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Living Large and Defying Death | Books for Dudes
Death is part of life—usually the last part. And while it plays a pretty big role in a full three-quarters of this month’s titles, death doesn’t define dudes—we’re defined by life. How? Shoot—in a...
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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Books for Dudes
It’s that special time of year when your New Year’s resolutions are either starting to shape up nicely or have suffered complete annihilation. If it’s the former, congratulations! Your success and...
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Perfect 289s | Books for Dudes
At first glance, you’d think that the number 289 isn’t anything special. What can it signify? The area code for Southern Ontario? An engine block size? DDC for “Other denominations & sects” under...
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Beatles Freaks, A Manhood Manual, and the Tour de France | Books for Dudes
Did curiosity kill the cat? It might have— it’s taking the fifth. But everyone tends to forget the rest of the aphorism: “And satisfaction brought it back.” In Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin...
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