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Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets /

This book is written in the same smart, fun, humorous style that made Bill Adler's previous book "Outwitting Squirrels" such a huge success. It comes in a gifty package, size, and content. Women will learn how to: choose a man - or adapt to the one they've already got - based on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adler, Bill, Jr., 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants
  • Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish
  • Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with)
  • Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity
  • Gadgets prevent infidelity
  • Men hate ambiguity
  • Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it
  • Toys help relieve stress in men
  • they really do
  • The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets
  • Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men
  • The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements
  • For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man)
  • The meaning of BlackBerry
  • The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure?
  • Postscript.