This weeks list of 5 Must Have books are great Books for Black Boys (and Men). These books are all perfect selections to gift to your son, father, husband, uncle, or brother. The books below cover topics of etiquette, dress, perseverance, and more. We are confident that one of these ‘Must Have’ books will tickle your reading fancy and provide you with hours of entertainment. As always let us know what you think of this week’s list and feel free to share a book that you think would make a great addition to this weeks list.
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How to Tie a Tie and Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life
ANTWONE FISHER ALWAYS ADMIRED his foster father’s crisp sartorial style. It wasn’t until Fisher was a navy recruit that he realized this smartly dressed man had never taken the time to teach him how to be well-groomed to reflect on the outside the man he was becoming on the inside. “A boy ought to know how to tie a tie,” he thought angrily, as he struggled to master the navy’s required half-Windsor knot.
Filled with inspiring stories, wisdom, and practical know-how, A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie teaches:
- Basics of personal style and hygiene: why cleaning, trimming, and polishing are essential daily habits
- Key components of self-improvement: how to develop a routine for success and organize your personal space
- The importance of identity: why reinventing oneself is a necessary part of growing up
With additional information about healthy eating, making smart financial decisions, and finding role models, Antwone Fisher offers a book filled with accessible life lessons.
Long before Ken Carter became “Coach Carter” of Hollywood movie fame, he was a self-made successful local businessman and basketball coach at Richmond High School in Richmond, CA — a high school that’s located in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the country.
Based on Coach’s success, not only in life, but with the students’ whose lives he directly influenced, “Yes Ma’am, No Sir” focuses on how basic lessons can change lives. From leadership, respect, and honesty to civility, goal achievement, education, and persistence, Coach inspires readers to go after their dreams and to be the person they aspire to be.
Failure. It’s something we hear a lot about these days. From governments to Wall Street, from television stars to job reports, the possibility and consequences of failure appear to be all around us, becoming part of our everyday lives.
But as award-winning broadcaster and bestselling author Tavis Smiley reminds us in his new book, FAIL UP: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure, failure is often the first step in a truly great success story. Reflecting on his 20-year anniversary in broadcasting, Smiley shows us—through stories and reflections on his own life—how opportunity is often hiding just beneath the surface of disappointment, despair, or disgrace.
Revisiting the intimate tone of his New York Times best-selling memoir What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America,Smileyrecounts 20 instances of perceived failures that were, in fact, unforgettable lessons. He teaches through powerful, personal and, at times, painful examples pulled from his and other famous fail-uppers’ own stories. You will find a kinship in Smiley’s humanness that inspires and informs. Using today’s headlines and the profound truths he’s gained through the years, Smiley illuminates how the inevitable setbacks in both our private and professional lives can become possibilities for growth.
At a time when much of the conversation is focused on what’s wrong, FAIL UP helps us remember what’s right. As human beings, we cannot help but fail; it is how we choose to respond to failure that determines what sort of people we will become. Every day that you wake up, you get another chance to get it right, to bounce back from failures big and small—to failup.
Bereolaesque: The Contemporary Gentleman & Etiquette Book for the Urban Sophisticate
The old-fashioned, repressed, bland man has been banished to the Himalayas and a new breed is taking center stage. He is a man of style, sophistication, and security, just as strong and confident as his predecessor, but far more diverse in his interests, his tastes, and, most importantly, his self-image. He may be seen at an NBA game one night and an art gallery opening the next.
Bereolaesque is that much needed fusion between being a gentleman and being sexy. This savoir-faire man’s guide walks every man through the stages of ordinary to excellence in just two hundred pages.
Perfect for that coffee table discussion, Bereolaesque lends quality information to everyday people and celebrities alike. Beyond the book’s mysteriously eye capturing cover are innovative and appealing ways to maneuver through life’s crazes, while keeping cool and maintaining manners.
In this “honest and searching look at the perils of growing up a black male in urban America” (“San Francisco Chronicle”), “Washington Post” reporter Nathan McCall tells the story of his passage from the street and the prison yard to the newsroom of one of America’s most prestigious papers.
