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Secret Men's Business

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Secret Men's Business by John Marsden is a powerful non-fiction guide for young men, offering direct and honest advice on growing into maturity. It covers essential topics such as strength, honesty, fear, relationships with peers and adults, and personal integrity. Marsden addresses important questions about sex and emotional wellbeing in straightforward language, helping young men learn how to resolve problems constructively and become responsible, independent adults.
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This book is ideal for adolescent and teenage boys seeking guidance about growing up, relationships, and personal development. It is also useful for parents and educators looking to support young men during this crucial stage.

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Manhood: The Big GigThis is the most urgently needed book of our time. Where Steve Biddulph's best-selling Raising Boys talks to parents and teachers, Secret Men's Business talks to young men themselvesin the way that only John Marsden can. It sets out, in direct, honest language, the things every young man needs to know...

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With Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden wrote the most powerful novel for teenagers ever published in this country. Now he has written the most powerful non-fiction work ever made available to young men.

Where Steve Biddulph's bestselling Raising Boys talks to parents and teachers, Secret Men's Business talks to young men themselves, in the way that only John Marsden can. It sets out, in direct, honest language, the things every young man needs to know... And the things young men aren't being told.

Young men who read this book will learn how to be strong, how to be honest, how to confront their fears.

They'll understand how to deal with men and women, parents and teachers, male friends and female friends.

They'll get a sense of the integrity that every true man needs.

They'll find ways to resolve problems without being destructive or self-destructive.

They'll have their questions about sex answered... In clear, straightforward language.

As John Marsden says: "In one way all you have to do to become a man is to stay alive. Physically you'll grow into a man. But to become a man who is mature, independent, responsible and wise, you'll need to do more than just have birthdays."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780330360746

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 1998

Country: Australia

Imprint: Pan Australia

Audience: General / adult, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 155g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Multi award-winning and bestselling author John Marsden has sold millions of books worldwide, and won every major award in Australia for young people's fiction. He has written more than 40 books, including So Much to Tell You and Letters from the Inside, which span a range of genres and audiences. John's legendary 'The Tomorrow Series', called 'the best series for Australian teens of all time', has sold into multiple territories and was adapted into a highly successful movie and a major TV series. His historical novel for adults, South of Darkness, won the Christina Stead Award for Best Novel of 2015. John's enduring passion for education has led him to found two schools: Candlebark, on a vast forested estate near Romsey, Victoria; and Alice Miller, at Macedon, a Year 7-12 school with a particular emphasis on the creative arts. His two adult, non-fiction titles, The Art of Growing Up and Take Risks, explore his fascinating life and his absorbing, profound insights into teaching, parenting and society today.

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