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The Dangerous Book for Boys audiobook

  • By: Conn Iggulden
  • Narrator: Oliver Wyman
  • Category: Camping, Sports & Recreation
  • Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: July 03, 2007
  • Language: English
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The Dangerous Book for Boys Audiobook Summary

The bestselling book–more than 1.5 million copies sold–for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is–is soon to be an Amazon Prime Original Series created by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Greg Mottola (Superbad).

The classic bestselling book for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses*, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age-old question of what the big deal with girls is.

In this digital age, there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun–building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world’s best paper airplanes.

Skills covered include:

The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse*
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
Timers and Tripwires
Baseball’s “Most Valuable Players”
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg
Spies-Codes and Ciphers
Making a Go-Cart
Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary
Girls
Cloud Formations
The States of the U.S.
Mountains of the U.S.
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Common US Trees
Timeline of American History

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The Dangerous Book for Boys Audiobook Narrator

Oliver Wyman is the narrator of The Dangerous Book for Boys audiobook that was written by Conn Iggulden

About the Author(s) of The Dangerous Book for Boys

Conn Iggulden is the author of The Dangerous Book for Boys

The Dangerous Book for Boys Full Details

Narrator Oliver Wyman
Length 3 hours 50 minutes
Author Conn Iggulden
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date July 03, 2007
ISBN 9780061475917

Subjects

The publisher of the The Dangerous Book for Boys is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Camping, Sports & Recreation

Additional info

The publisher of the The Dangerous Book for Boys is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780061475917.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

M2

July 05, 2007

Boys will be boys, but only if they get outside where they belong and off the God damned Ritalin. Boys aren't girls. They're genetically different, and need to be treated differently and raised differently. Boys like bugs and dirt clods and farts, but they also need tales of loyalty and courage and honor and adventure and, yes, violence. They compete, and physically. They like to blow shit up. They like systems that are clear and cut-and-dried. They like straightforward thinking. That's why they invented math and science and railroads and stuff. "The Dangerous Book for Boys," which recalls the boys' how-to manuals of the early 20th century, is a shameless -- what's to be ashamed of, after all? -- celebration of boyness. Among the gems boys will find here: - Every boy needs a Swiss army knife, matches and a magnifying glass - How to shoot, skin, cook and eat a rabbit and tan its skin- What maritime signal flags mean- A chapter on artillery- Famous battles and the strategies that won them- How to treat girls - First aid tips- Identifying cloud formations- How a sailboat sails against the wind- How to make a battery out a roll of quarters- How to skip stones across a pond - Lessons in Navajo code-talking- Good grammarFifty years of feminization -- notice I didn't say feminism, which in its finest form is quite a different thing that simply seeks to redress a few ancient wrongs and assure women enjoy the same rights as men -- have attempted to strip boys of their essential boyness, and with disastrous effect. It's no wonder that losing wars is now considered acceptable, even inevitable when we live in a culture that insists that every kid on a bike has got to wear a helmet, of all things, and that rambunctious boys are put on drugs to "help" them "manage" their emotions (and in classrooms where kids get only a few minutes of recess a day, for crying out loud); where TV is used as a surrogate for parenthood and computer games act as stand-ins for real, hands-on learning. We've become a civilization of pussies and cowards, coddled by an elite of by limp-wristed "effeminazis" of both genders.That's what makes "The Dangerous Book for Boys" so refreshing. While aimed at boys, it's really a book about manhood and about what kind of men we want to be. It's not the slobbering, pizza-stuffing, slobovian "manliness" of the sort exhibited on "The Man Show" and in ads for cheap beer. It's the old fashioned type of manhood; the type the prizes actions with honor and adventure tempered by discipline -- with a lot of laughter and a few nasty scrapes along the way. And it's a damned fine book, one you'll enjoy whether you're a boy or a tom-boy or a just a girl who likes real boys.

Francesca

July 06, 2021

Un libro bellissimo che diventerà il mio regalo per compleanni/natale a tutti i ragazzi adolescenti che conosco.Vi lascio le immagini, spero si vedano, dell'indice perché ci sono delle chicche meraviglioseCosa mi è piaciuto di più?1) tutte le parti che mi hanno insegnato a fare qualcosa di "manuale": costruire arco e frecce, costruire una casa sull'albero o la manutenzione della bici2) mi ha fatto sorridere il capitolo sulle ragazze e i consigli che il libro fornisce (tra cui: lavati! 😂)3) Ho scoperto molte cose su geografia, storia, letteratura, fai da te, sport e molto altro, di cui non ricordavo di aver fatto a scuola e/o che sicuramente a scuola non ci dicono per il poco tempo a disposizione. Una vera miniera di informazioni!4) Ho adorato i 10 libri/10 film/ le 10 canzoni che un vero uomo deve conoscere. Non ve li dico 🙃 perché vi consiglio vivamente di prendere e tenere questo libro nella vostra libreria. Posso solo dire una cosa: leggetelo, ma soprattutto regalatelo!

Sophie

November 10, 2019

Good book. The boys know what they are interested in begining from the history and biology to sports and Britain. Is a good book.

Deanrx

May 12, 2009

Its about time we, as parents and especially as fathers, stop appoligizing for boys being boys.Get them outside, get them engaged and if all else fails run the crap out of them - they won't break and far fewer will need Ritalin. Another positive is that the "Dads" will look less like pot bellied pigs (present company included)...Boys need REAL stories of REAL men being heros... this book has it.Boys need tactile adventures... this book delivers it.It might not be PC, but running around playing 'war' or 'Cowboys and Indians', stick ball, and building a tree house is what boys want and need.This book is a refreshing antidote to the education system (and some parents) that constantly scream "Sit Down and be Quiet !" to all children, especially boys. Its an even larger solution to those hyper-vigilant folks that seem to think making a gun with thumb and pointer finger and yelling "bang" at your friends when playing will lead you to become the next Columbine shooters. Don't get me started on the idea of sitting "Indian Style" in the classroom !!Boys need to have stories about and be taught how to take risks and how to make small mistakes, so later in life they have a knowledge base to draw from when faced with life's larger challenges.Its a great book for parents that want their boys to grow into REAL men and for those parents that want their little girls to grow up and appreciate / marry REAL men.

Pat

January 11, 2019

I picked this up some time ago, thinking it might be interesting for my grandson. To my surprise, it was pretty interesting for me as well, as a compendium of Boy Scout-type activities and pursuits and a collection of stories drawn from heroes of history, and some basic astronomy, celestial navigation, and how to play rugby. I was charmed, in particular, by the authors' praise of Dungeons & Dragons, and by their list of books every boy should read, which included many of my own favorites. I think I'll leave it laying around on the coffee table and see if the title induces him to pick it up. It's meant for fathers and sons to share, really, but that will work better if it's their idea, not mine.

Amanda

August 29, 2008

Just like the Daring Book for Girls, as soon as my husband and I peeked into this book we had to have it. EVERY boy should own a copy of this book and girls can gets lots out of it, too. It's full of cool stuff that every boy should know, like: everything you need to know about sports, astronomy, famous battles, good books, and things like how to make a paper hat, boat, and water bomb; first aid, pirates, games, secret inks, knots, dinosaurs - something that really grabbed my eye was 'how to chart the universe' - very cool stuff. I have a copy ready for my son to look through as he gets older.

Robert

April 12, 2018

Dr. Michael Thomson observed that “Girls behavior is the gold standard in schools; boys are treated like defective girls.” In a society where we increasingly condemn traditionally “boyish” behavior, it is not only refreshing but significant to see a book written for boys about the natural world, masculine pastimes and the kind of history that I thrived on as a young man (see entire section written on Famous Battles). The Dangerous Book for Boys is an outstanding book for men of all ages but particularly important as an unapologetic guide to boyhood. 4/5 - Would buy for child.

Ms. Phinnia

March 10, 2009

This is one of those books that tells you how to do/about hundreds of awesome things - how to make a bow and arrow, how to build the best paper airplane, stories of Scott's trip to Antarctica, famous battles, how to build a treehouse, the seven wonders of the ancient and modern worlds, the ten commandments, cyphers, invisible inks, advice on girls - it's really fantastic and i want my own copy. sadly there's either no comparable book for girls or it assumes all girls want to do is learn to sew and make lemonade. anyway. good book, at the end of it.

Michael

May 16, 2015

I buy this book for every boy I care about. It is perfect tinder for a young mind to fan the flames to the fire of personal wonder for the rest of their lives.

Annika

June 06, 2007

This is the Books of Knowledge and American Boys' Handy Book rolled into one and updated for the modern age.

Dawn

August 14, 2009

Great book for boys, for reference or otherwise. Some inaccuracies, but overall a great product and a good read. Will likely also be enjoyable for more adventuresome girls...

Cuong

December 21, 2012

WIDER READING FOCUS: Factual/How to guide to life.Despite having quite an intimidating book title that no mother would ever think of giving to her child, you really need take a peek inside before making that snap judgment. Within the pages is an interesting encyclopedic guide to what all little boys should know. This handy hardback actually covers tit bits of various subjects of the National Curriculum. Some of which include: science; making a battery, why is the sky blue? PE; a diagrammatic illustration of the laws of football. Geography; the seven wonders of the world & various questions about the world. Math; how do we measure the world's circumference? English; Five Poems Every Boy Should Know & understanding grammar 1/2/3. Some of the more controversial material; How to Play Poker, skimming stones, girls(just in case you are wondering it is all quite innocent, the advice goes if you like a girl be nice, don't break wind and make her laugh!) as well as a section on hunting and how to cook a rabbit.A text targeted at the upper end of key stage 2. This book would make an excellent addition to every boys Christmas stocking. Containing full colour pictures and diagrams and language which is accessible to young children. Learning is made fun as it mixes core facts and information with more controversial skills little boys may want to learn. At 293 pages it is quite long, however rather than reading from page to page it is more of a "pick up and find an interesting chapter" type book.

Kevin

May 20, 2018

ARROWS, SECRET INK, AND... GRAMMAR?The Iggulden boys have resurrected the spirit of the old Childcraft books and BSA Cub Scout manuals with their delightful THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS. DANGEROUS has a bit of everything, certainly enough to keep you reading (wonders of the world, famous battles, amazing people) and learning (chess, rugby, crystal making) and building (bows and arrows, go-carts, chemical batteries) for years. Printed as a pleasantly bound, old-style book, TDBFB is a refreshing break from the electronic garbage that has flooded (and is drowning) our minds and souls. Need to brush up on your first aid skills… who doesn’t? The basics are in there. Put away your crApple gizmo and look up at the night sky again; TDBFB has basic star maps for navigation. Never learned knots because you were too busy swiping the bipolar-mind cancer-suicide screen? Basic rope skills are included. How about lowering your IIR (imbecile index rating) by doing a bit of grammar review, reading a little Shakespeare and Robert Frost, and learning common Latin phrases? The Igguldens have provided a freighter-load of intellectualism that can’t fail to impress your friends and enemies. I'm eager to be off for the summer... so that I can build my first bow-and-arrow!

Wyatt

March 07, 2018

The plot is not the best because this book is not really a story but more an information book on how to make cool things. But the thing is Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden say on the first page that they didn't have their book when they were a kid. So the plot is that they didn't know what to do with all of their great games and ideas so they wrote a book. They also have some awesome historic tale but that is not their stories.I learned many things in this book. The thing that stuck with me is how to make a pocket light. First, you get your supplies. Then attach the wires to a light. Next, attach the battery to the wires. Last go explore and make your light awesome. Through that course of actions, you will have an awesome pocket light.I really liked this book. It had a bunch of fun things to make and stuff like that. It is a really good book because it has stories of battles and expeditions. The main thing is that it is interesting I wanted to read it over and over again. The other thing is that it has so much information.

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