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A meditation on the trauma and possibility of searching for connection in a world that enforces bland norms of gender, sexual, and social conformity.
When you turn the music off, and suddenly you feel an unbearable sadness, that means turn the music back on, right? When you still feel the sadness, even with the music, that means there's something wrong with this music. Sometimes I feel like sex without context isn't sex at all. And sometimes...
When you turn the music off, and suddenly you feel an unbearable sadness, that means turn the music back on, right? When you still feel the sadness, even with the music, that means there's something wrong with this music. Sometimes I feel like sex without context isn't sex at all. And sometimes...
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A lovable loser tries to get his life in order. He is Barnaby Gaitlin, 30, the black sheep of a rich Baltimore family, ex-juvenile delinquent who specialized in housebreaking for kicks. He works for Rent-a-Back, moving furniture for old people, and dreams of having a future.
3) Quiérete mucho, maricón, ¡exprés!: un manual de bolsillo para dejar atrás la homofobia interiorizada
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Roca Editorial de Libros
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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"«Quiérete mucho, maricón» es la expresión con la que el autor se despide de los lectores en cada uno de sus artículos sobre psicología afirmativa gay. En este libro, el autor explica de manera rigurosamente científica cómo la homosexualidad es una más de todas las posibles manifestaciones de la diversidad sexoafectiva del ser humano y cómo, si superamos las secuelas que nos ha dejado la homofobia, puede vivirse de forma plena, asertiva...
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"Ever since she can remember, Aly has been fixing everything around her: her parents' marriage, her colleagues' work problems, and her friends' love lives. After a chance meeting with an ex who has gone from a living in his parents' basement to a married project manager in three years, she realizes she's been fixing her boyfriends, too... So, Aly decides to put her talents to good use and, alongside two work friends, sets up The Fixer Upper, an exclusive,...
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Worthy
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Kevan is just one of the guys. It's impossible to know him and not become a little more excited about life. He is an inspiring man permeated by joy, unafraid of sorrow, full of vitality and life! His sense of humor is infectious and so is his story. He grew up, he says, at "belt-buckle level" and stayed there until Kevan's beloved posse decided to leave his wheelchair at the Atlanta airport, board a plane for France, and have his friends carry him...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Explores the life of men in various contexts: work, play, prayer, war, home, and friendship. Using essays, stories, myths, and history to bring life to the subject, Bennett defines what a man should be, how he should live, and to what he should aspire.
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Tiller Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
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English
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"Peter Wyatt falls asleep in 2020 as a 65-year-old man, only to wake up back in his life as a 15-year-old. After unsuccessful attempts to wake himself from what he can only perceive as a dream, he tries to figure out how he's going to find his way back to his life, and his family, in 2020. As his parents, his therapist, and others around him try to figuve out the change that came over Peter overnight, and what they see as his delusions, Peter tries...
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Rodale
Pub. Date
©2015.
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English
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Based on the wildly popular monthly feature, Uncommon Knowledge, in Men's Health magazine, this book is the ultimate reference guide for the man who wants to know how to do everything better.It's a treasure trove of tips, advice, secrets, and wisdom.
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Lanternfish Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Jude and Lyle's newlywed life is shattered when a vicious attack leaves Lyle infected with a disease that transforms him into a violent and often incomprehensible person. With no cure for the "zombie" virus in sight, the young husbands begin to face the last months they have together before Lyle loses himself completely. Fond remembrances of young love meet the challenges of navigating a partner's terminal illness in this bittersweet tale that explores...
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Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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" A boy doesn't automatically become a man at age 18. What differentiates a man from a boy is the way he lives. A boylives day to day, wants to be MVP, plays, wants the reassurance of the crowd, and is a predator. A man has a vision for his life, is a team player, works, has the courage to take a minority position, and is a protector. These are the five marks of a man. It's not enough to just know them. A real man aggressively pursues them on a daily...
15) The big picture
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Distributed by MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
c2013
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Français
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Paul Exben is a handsome and successful Parisian lawyer with a perfect family and a glimmering future in the firm he co-owns with his mentor. But behind this perfect facade lies a restless spirit who's uncomfortable in his life and envies the freedom of his neighbor, Greg, an uncompromising photojournalist. After Greg's unexpected death throws his life into chaos, Paul embarks on a cross-continent odyssey of self-discovery and reinvention.
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Rodale Books
Pub. Date
©2020.
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English
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This is the tough love that boys need to hear today: a candid and whipsmart guide to being a good guy in a world full of assh*les. In this frank, funny, and necessary guidebook, Kara Kinney Cartwright, a mom who has raised two teenage boys, compiles all the unwritten rules of being a good guy. As it turns out, everyone needs to learn one major lesson to safely avoid assh*le territory: other people are also humans. (Whoa, right?) This book contains...
17) Black Dynamite
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend called Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House. Black Dynamite is ready to seek his revenge and take The Man down.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author, a romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and misadventures of a 19th-century zelig. One man, many lives . . . Cashel Greville Ross experiences more of everything than most, from the rapturous to the devastating, from surprising good luck to unexpected loss. Born in 1799, Cashel seeks his fortune across the turbulence of multiple continents, from County Cork...
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Tiller Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Here are a few self-evident truths: Predatory men need to go, sexual assault is wrong, and women and men should be equal. If you're a man and disagree with any of the aforementioned, then this book isn't for you. But if you agree, you're probably one of the "good guys." That said, you might also be feeling frustrated, exasperated, and perhaps even skeptical about the current national conversation surrounding #MeToo (among many other things). You've...
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BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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James Breakwell should know. He's tried just about all of them. Journalism. Pig ownership. Felony lawn gnome theft. Whatever masculinity is supposed to be, this can't be it. But can you really fail at something no one can quite define? Apparently. Now, in a series of funny, sharply observed, and occasionally poignant essays, everyone's favorite internet-famous father of four daughters lays down a lifetime of lessons in what it means to be a man. You'll...
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