The Silverback's Guide
The Silverback's Guide
What is The Silverback's Guide?
The Silverback's Guide is an eight-book series for Australian men: one manifesto and seven field manuals covering the seven arenas every bloke will fight in. Satire wrapped around real research, sold as instant PDF downloads.
The series exists because the loudest voices talking to men right now are either selling rage in a rented Lamborghini or a $4,997 mastermind and a folder of PDFs nobody finishes. The Silverback is selling you nothing but the books themselves: a field manual for being a man, money, selling, conflict, bullies, dating and divorce, written in a voice you'd actually want to have a beer with. Every statistic is real and sourced. Every case study is anonymised. Every chapter ends with something you can do this week.
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What this covers
01
The Expanded Manifesto: the thesis, the map, the seventy principles
02
Seven arena volumes, each a complete field manual for one battle
03
Australian data from the ABS, AIHW, AIFS and peer-reviewed research
04
Instant PDF delivery, read on any device, no subscription
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 the silverback's guide
Who is the series for?+
Australian men, and the people who love them. Blokes who are a bit lost, a bit numb, or quietly carrying something heavy, and mates, partners and sons who want to hand them something better than a lecture.
Do I need to read them in order?+
No. Read the Manifesto first or last, either works. Then go to whichever arena is currently on fire. The series is a field library, not a curriculum.
How do I get the books?+
Buy a single book or the complete library, pay by card through Stripe, and download the PDFs straight away. A link is also emailed to you so you can download again later.
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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