The first thing you're probably wondering is 'who the hell is Maddox, and what does he know about manliness?' A legitimate, but stupid question. To answer you, I would refer you to the following:
- Art Of Manliness 100 Books
- Art Of Manliness Book Recommendations
- Alphabet Of Manliness
- The Alphabet Book Of Manliness Reading
- Big Damn Book Of Manliness
About the book
- 'The Alphabet of Manliness' is a love letter to masculinity. And Maddox's brand of satire just isn't nearly as funny when he is writing about something he adores. He still gets hot under the collar here and there, like 'Y is for Yelling' and 'Z is for Zombies.' (the latter seems to be a bitter reflection on the archetypes of the workplace).
- The Alphabet of Manliness is now rocking crotches over at Barnes & Noble.: The UK version of the book will be released by Penguin, and will be available simultaneously with the US release. The UK release may have.
- The author provides tongue-in-cheek advice on what he considers to be manliness, such as beating up on other men, groping women, disciplining children more violently, and becoming a more efficient communicator of road rage.
- Jan 01, 2005 Like most internet-inspired works, such as 'Shit My Dad Says' or any of the Cheezburger network's many lolcat volumes, 'The Alphabet of Manliness' is less manifesto of masculinity and more hardbound tasteless joke. Maddox is a personality.
This book is currently (the evening of 3/28/06) listed #1 in sales on Amazon.com. That seems to be of some notability, but I don't track the list, so I don't know how easily books move up and down the list. Maddox has a good number of fans, so it would be expected for the book to sell fairly well. 66.41.212.243 03:12, 29 March 2006 (UTC).
Art Of Manliness 100 Books
This book is all about men and what men like. It's written like a reference book, read like a bible. Some parts of the book will be instructional, like a 'how-to' guide. Ever wanted to know the steps to drop-kicking someone in the face? You bet your ass you have, and I will tell you how in my book. Other parts of the book will serve to document personal instances of manliness, giving you insight into the reason women from miles around migrate to my man cannon (hint: it's to get banged). I have manliness down to a science. In fact, this book can be expressed mathematically by the following theorem:
Manliness →∞ | Books = The Alphabet of Manliness |
Yes, you read that correctly. I invoked calculus to sell you a book about manliness. Every letter of the alphabet stands for sheer masculinity. For example, 'A' is for Ass Kicking, 'B' is for Boners, 'C' is for 'Copping a Feel,' etc. From the manliest food to the manliest music, if it needs to be shaved, beaten, or sexed, there's a good chance it'll be in this book.