Robert L. Woodson stepped out of a difficult background to show how to build a future based on personal responsibility.
Tim Ferriss is the 60-minute man — times four, but we're still waiting for the 'four-hour quickie.'
Odds may be against you ever overcoming the greatest hardships you have encountered, but this book, "The Fifteen Percent", will help you understand how to recognize and change those odds so they work in your favor.
What made the West best, it turns out, is smart dating and solid mating.
Few books stand the test of time. George Gilder’s “Sexual Suicide” is one of them.
Home-ownership is a kind of personal Everest. Here are the five secrets you need to know before starting your climb.
Speaking of race – is a form of social suicide. Yet it must be addressed. But before you open your mouth, open your mind with these books.
What do a Navy SEAL, a best-selling author, a college professor, a fitness guru, a brewery founder and an entrepreneur all have in common? They're all Mark Devine.
Actor Bill Murray has turned being a celebrity into an art-form full of pranks that deliver joy to others around him in his hometown of Charleston SC. And another local celebrity in Charleston named Bob shows how anyone can become a local celebrity.
There are many reasons why we hate self-help books, but one of the biggest is that self-help gurus only seem able to succeed if they prove to you that you suck and they don’t—this guy is the exception.
Think you can avoid opportunities to gamble? A double-sawbuck sez you're wrong.
Sometimes it’s smart to judge people by others who hate them. That’s why we want to make sure you are paying attention to one of our heroes, Jordan Peterson.
Even though Atticus Finch makes this appeal to the jury in the Tom Robinson rape trial, "In the name of God, do your duty," if you watch carefully, you'll realize he's making the same appeal to you.
Kay Hymowitz is a Planned Man’s friend. This brilliant journalist and scholar likes real Men, and is firmly on the side of doing right by them.
What do you do when a super-credentialed research scientist writes a positive book on the pursuit of pleasure? You buy it, hold its words deep in your brain—then exhale. And if you like it, you tell your friends. Dr. Hart is an guide to pursuit of functional pleasure.
Socks during sex? Before you say no, give us a chance to change your mind.
We don’t agree with ‘The New York Times’ very often, but they nailed it in Tucker Max’s case: “Highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible.”
Revenge - The Case for and Against: Would anyone still be talking about "The Princess Bride" if instead of saying "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," he had said "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to be forgiven"?
More of us ought to be like Layng. You need to get to know him, to be like him.
The "Don't Be a Dumbass" Diet: Eat more healthy food. Eat less shitty food. And get a little exercise every day. That's it. Of course, because you're not a dumbass you already knew all that. But if you're like most us, you know it but you don't do it. We're here to help.
It’s easier than ever to be a digital nomad working in paradise instead of in a cubicle.
“...the better measure of ‘Lonesome Dove’s’ import is anecdotal. If you know a Texan named Gus under the age of twenty, odds are he was named after McCrae. I know two such kids—and one is a girl.”
Curiosity is the instinct that prompts us to act, so a book about curiosity should tell us how to act. This is the first to do so with its 12 rules for life.
The best things about the best things in life may not even be those things. If that sounds confusing, read on and discover a great lesson about the art of embracing rituals as an essential part of pleasure.
While "civil rights" may seem like a uniquely American concept dating back to the end of the Civil War, the history of "civil rights" actually begins with Homer. (Not Simpson. That other one.)
Even though he died of an overdose in 1966 at 39, Lenny Bruce's impact on comedy and free speech was profound; even if you find him crude or worse, you have to admire his testicularity.
There are many reasons we hate self-help books. One of the biggest is they’re constantly telling you that if you would just do this one, crucial thing, well, that would just change your whole life. But “the slight edge” is different.
"Best Cocktail Recipes" is subjective of course; for instance, this list doesn't include "Sex on the Beach" or "Sex in the Jungle" because we're trying to act somewhat mature. (But we do include a link to "Dirty, Sexual Cocktails" from Pinterest, just in case you need it.)
A true story: Sigmund Freud's nephew fought discrimination against women by their husbands in 1929; he organized an Easter Sunday protest to force husbands to allow women to smoke. His protest went viral overnight, and soon women could smoke just about any damn place they wanted.
"I love Brian Piccolo, and I'd like all of you to love him, too. And tonight, when you hit your knees, please ask God to love him." - Gale Sayers
What's the best damn dog story ever? Hands down, it's "Old Yeller."
For every Chuck Norris joke you read on the Internet, there’s a true and equally impressive Ernest Hemingway story.
Next time you’re taking a long road trip, stop listening to repeats of Joe Rogan; listen to a classic book-on-tape instead—we’ve three, great, road-trip recommendations to get you started: “Moby Dick,” “Around the World in Eighty Days” and Stephen King’s “The Stand.”
“Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel” is the perfect description of how you thought life would be when you were a young man—a life full of commitment, accomplishment, hard work, friendship, loyalty, humility and pride.
If you want to win, you have to be “Relentless”—and you can learn what it takes here from the championship trainer who worked with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley and many other pro athletes.
If your butt hurts right now from all that sitting you do, we're here to help...grab a tennis ball, get your back against the wall, and let's get started. Caution: You may have to actually stand up to do this.
John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy and music history at Columbia University. He said, “I’ve been black pretty much for 55 years, and I know how black people feel...” You’re going to be very interested in what else he has to say.
In "The Last Samurai," Tom Cruise learns a lesson after getting his butt kicked. We're here to offer you the lesson, minus the butt kicking.
The right book next to the perfect campfire=happiness. The right book in the campfire=woke literary criticism.
Once children’s books taught courage and resilience. In the age of PC, they celebrate victimization. Smart parents know to seek out the classics.
Stress, it turns out, is a lot like the main character in 'Candyman': If you say the name of either five times while looking in a mirror, you will die. PM's solution? Stop looking in the mirror and talking about stress or the Candyman.
“Sometimes Richard would suddenly say, ‘Let’s knock off and go somewhere and fool around!’ The usual place we went was a topless bar in Pasadena, called Gianone’s.”
Episode 1208 of the Joe Rogan Experience is a firehose of brilliance. Give Joe and Jordan three hours or so and they'll give you an incredible ROI.
Whether or not you can place a legal bet depends on where you’re standing. Here’s a guide to the United States of chance.
George Weigel plays Plutarch in his new book, 'Not Forgotten'.
Gay men are making it better for the rest of us, by taking themselves out of the competition for hot chicks. Planned Man owes them a debt of public and personal gratitude for that.
'Lord of the Flies' was grim fiction. The real story is even more remarkable.
Christopher Hitchens was a wonderful polemicist—first rate—and as good as Nietzsche but without the madness born of syphilis.
The ultimate dutchie of a drug book: take a page and pass it on.
Willink’s book, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win,” offers readers training to take absolute ownership (or “Extreme Ownership,” as he calls it) of their lives—meaning they cast no blame and make no excuses as leaders of a team on a mission.
Looking for a primer on this warrior for common sense? Check out “Free Women, Free Men” (Pantheon, 2017)—a collection of Paglia’s best stuff from a lifetime of speaking truth to power.
“Valor: Unsung Heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front” —a gift to manliness and a republic in need of it.
We’ll give you one hint: It’s not who you think it is.
on this date in 1832, at a meeting of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, that a 29-year-old black woman made history just by taking the dais to speak publicly at Boston's Franklin Hall. Her name was Maria W. Stewart.
Heinlein was a superstar among sci-fi pioneers. His fiction is still stellar material for young men with their eyes on the heavens.
Ten years later, another band of migrants sailed across the Atlantic for New England. Aboard the Arabella, one of the ships in the small fleet, was Puritan lawyer and religious lay leader John Winthrop. During the passage, he penned a sermon for his flock.
when it comes to Babe Didrikson, the question isn't so much whether she was the greatest female athlete in U.S. history, but whether she was just the greatest athlete, period.
If you’re looking for some seriously great – and under-read – crime authors, don’t sleep on these masters.
