ISBN 978-1-923443-85-3
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ISBN 978-1-923523-43-2
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Dickheads, Wankers, and Arseholes

A bold and cheeky guide to decoding three male types and syndromes

If you haven’t read a book about Dickheads, Wankers, Arseholes? Here it is.

If you haven’t read about the syndromes of dickheadery, wankery and arseholery? Now you can.

It’s about time someone wrote about these bleedingly obvious personality ‘types’ … and about three enmeshed, problematic, and far-reaching cultural syndromes.

This book is plain-speaking, perceptive, penetrating, cheeky, and original. It is widely relevant, practical, and replete with insightful analysis. It is written in a distinctly Aussie voice.

And … it is written by a ‘man’ … with decades of experience through a blend of Policing, Community Corrections, Social Work, teaching at university, Consultancy, and training Police at all levels in a range of subject areas.

For some readers … there may be some seismic shocks. Look out … men.

Get ready to nod and sigh and refl ect on the painfully obvious that you may have intuited and-or observed … but had not crystalized into detailed understanding.

Grab this book … and get reading!

ISBN 978-1-922957-98-6
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Can We Do Better?

All Don’s books are about hope for us humans to do better than a mishmash of historical and current issues and harms that arise from misguided, dysfunctional and destructive expressions of masculinity. As clarified in all the poems — misguided, dysfunctional, harmful masculinity is not by all men, or even by most men, but is too-often manifested here, there and everywhere by too many men, in too many realms, over too long a time.

The poems weave a detailed network of patriarchal issues in culture, religion, politics, institutions, communities, families, and relationships. They highlight the impact of manmade harms to the earth, First Peoples, women, children, and other often-disempowered societal groupings.

Some men might struggle with this unusual and confronting anthology. In contrast, it is likely that a good proportion of women will sigh and nod as they work their way through the poems and the themes.

The poems advocate that societal evolution is contingent upon a critical mass of us facing key facts, truths and realities about wayward masculinity. The anthology concludes with a range of powerful and hopeful invitations that may help us humans do better than our history of man-made harms to ourselves, our kindred species, and the earth … our Mother.

ISBN 978-1-923156-08-1​
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Are We Better Than?

ARE WE BETTER THAN? is the fourth in series of books that tackle pervasive and perplexing human issues. It is the scaled-down, abridged little-sister version of Can We Do Better? … which is the first and by the far the largest of the series. Comprising about half the number of pages of Can We do Better? … Are We Better Than? is less daunting and more manageable. This will appeal to people who prefer a smaller, easier, more compact read.

All Don’s books are about hope for us humans to do better than a mishmash of historical and current issues and harms that arise from misguided, dysfunctional and destructive expressions of masculinity.  As clarified throughout the book, misguided, dysfunctional, harmful masculinity is not by all men, or even by most men, but is too-often manifested here, there and everywhere … by too many men, in too many realms, over too long a time.

Are We Better Than? weaves a detailed network of patriarchal issues in culture, religion, politics, institutions, communities, families, and relationships. It highlights the impact of man-made harms to the Earth, First Peoples, Women, Children, and other often-disempowered societal groupings. Some men might struggle with these unusual and confronting themes. In contrast, it is likely that a good proportion of women will sigh and nod as they read.

Are We Better Than? concludes with a range of powerful and hopeful invitations that may help us humans do better than our history of man-made harms to ourselves, our kindred species, and the earth … our Mother.

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