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The Dangerous Book for Boys

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The Dangerous Book for Boys

By: Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
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Recapture Sunday afternoons and long summer days. This is a wonderful collection of all things that make being young, or young at heart, fun. The selections from Dangerous Book for Boys were chosen for easy, enjoyable listening independent of the book.

Topics include:

  • Questions about the World
  • How to Play Stickball
  • The Rules of Soccer
  • Fishing
  • Famous Battles
  • Extraordinary Stories
  • Girls
  • First Aid
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  • Seven Modern Wonders of the World

    The perfect book for every boy from eight to 80.
    • ©2007 Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers     Growing Up & Facts of Life Social & Life Skills Heartfelt

    Critic reviews

    "Intentionally old-fashioned and politically incorrect, this eclectic collection addresses the undeniable boy-appeal of certain facts and activities....the overall premise [is] that action is fun and can be worth the risks." (School Library Journal)
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    It was a great book, I mean, it was helpful. I wanted to listen to it because my sons are reading it.

    So far, on the plus side, I believe my son flipped straight to the girls chapter, read it, came into the living room and just listened to me with a funny smile. I couldn't figure out why until I listened to the audiobook, and in the girls chapter, they instruct the boys to just let women (girls) talk. That they like to do that. I have issues with this as a woman, but at the same time, I do like being listened to, so I'm just going to let it go lol.

    The chapters covering war, including Lexington, the Alamo, Concord and Gettysburg, were a very cherry picked oft heard version of history. A viewpoint, but very one-sided. I believe it's good to hear different perspectives though, and I'm hoping the positives will outweigh negatives.
    Incidentally, we're reading A People's History of The United States right now, so this should only add to the discussion. The narrator was just fine, the information in the book is mostly factual, so I'll let the biases of the book slide. My boys are just happy to have a book that seems to contain secrets for their ears only. It's fun in that way.

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    This is actually a great book, but it doesn't work as an audiobook. Way too much content is abridged because you need to see diagrams and pictures to understand it. Read the actual book but I'd recommend taking a pass on the audio version.

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