The Silverback's Guide
Best Books for Dad
What is a good book to give your dad, your brother or your mate?
A book he will actually finish. The Silverback's Guide is dry, short-chaptered, funny and useful, and it is the kind of book a bloke passes on to another bloke. Gift a single volume or the complete library and it is in his inbox in a minute.
The problem with buying a book for a man is that most of them end up in the pile on the bedside table that is a moral inventory rather than a read inventory. The Silverback's Guide is built to be read: chapters you can finish on the train, boxes marked THE SILVERBACK SAYS, facts you'll quote at the BBQ, and jokes about cargo shorts. Give the Manifesto to the dad who has everything. Give Money to the son who just got his first real pay cheque. Give Divorce to the mate standing in the rain outside a courthouse.
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What this covers
01
The Manifesto for the dad, the father-in-law, the boss
02
Money for the young bloke starting out
03
Being a Man for the mate who has gone quiet
04
The complete library when you do not know which arena he is in
The Silverback says
A Silverback is not made by his triumphs. He is made by his collapses, and by the fact that he got back up afterwards without becoming a complete prick about it.
Book One · The lead volume
The Silverback's Guide
One voice. Seven battles. One way of being a man.
The lead volume. The thesis, the map, and the most important content from all seven field manuals in one book. Most blokes who only read one read this one.
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Questions about best books for dad
Can I buy it as a gift?+
Yes. Enter his email at checkout instead of yours, or buy it to your own email and forward the download link. The links stay valid so he can download when he is ready.
Is it appropriate for Father's Day or a birthday?+
It is the rare men's book that is both funny and serious, so it works as a gift without feeling like an intervention. If it is an intervention, the book will do that job gently too.
What if he already has one?+
Get him the next arena. Read in any order, come back when the next one lights up.
The Seven Arenas
Which arena is on fire?
01
Being a Man
The internal arena. Who are you when nobody is watching?
The field manual →
02
Money
Runway, super, the ASX, and not lying awake at 3am.
The field manual →
03
Selling
Every conversation where someone agrees to something is a sale.
The field manual →
04
Conflict
Your wife. Your boss. Your kids. The bloke at the registration desk.
The field manual →
05
Bullies
From the sandpit to the nursing home. How to handle them without becoming one.
The field manual →
06
Dating
Get this one wrong and the rest of the wins feel hollow.
The field manual →
07
Divorce
The most expensive event most Australian men will ever experience.
The field manual →
All 7
Plus the Manifesto
The complete library. Eight books for A$99, saving A$58.
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The Complete Library
Read in any order. Skip what is not relevant. Come back when the next arena lights up.
Every volume in the series, delivered together: the Manifesto and all seven field manuals as PDFs, in your inbox within a minute. Lend them to mates. Argue with them. Underline them. Spill beer on them.
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Being a Man
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Money
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Selling
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Conflict
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Bullies
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Dating
- ✓ The Silverback's Guide to Divorce
Eight books
Save A$58 against buying separately. That is A$12.38 a book.
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