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How to Drive a Tank: and Other Everyday Tips for the Modern Gentleman [Hardcover]

Frank Coles (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 8 Oct 2009

Call yourself a man? You do? Do you even know what a real man is? Are you a six-foot-one Adonis who wears all the latest fashions, moisturises regularly, visits spas for pleasure and never does anything wrong? Or do you drink twenty pints every Friday night, guzzle a kebab on the way home and then fart yourself to sleep? It's time to stop being the man everyone expects you to be and be the one you want to be.

Learn how to:

- Pick locks, safes and chastity belts

- Disappear without a trace in 24 hours

- Win a gun fight

- Survive the wild

- Ride a wall of death

- Work a 4-hour week

- Survive any crisis

- Make things go boom

- Drive cars sideways

- Be a great dad

…and, of course, drive a tank.

Fast-paced and funny, this is the ultimate bible for the modern man.

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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (8 Oct 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1408701820
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408701829
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 303,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'There is something refreshingly Hemingway-esque about Coles's Philosophy that deserves to be heard' --BBC Focus

'Chances are your dad can put up shelves. But does he know how to hide a dead body? Or cry with diginity? If not, this book's for him' --COSMOPOLITAN, Book of the Month

A TOP GEAR magazine Book of the Month --Top Gear

About the Author

Frank Coles is a globetrotting writer based in London. He's edited two books, been a contributing magazine editor, brand maker and copywriter and spent a decade in the TV and film business.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Present! 9 Jan 2010
By Neddie
Format:Hardcover
Bought this book as a "something a bit different" Christmas present for my difficult to buy for husband! The title intrigued me and seemed somewhat querky. Broken up into small chapters on the most random subjects provided quite a laugh around the dinner table. Not to be taken seriously but quite a conversation topic starter.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good idea for those hard to buy for people 3 Jan 2010
By S. Jones
Format:Hardcover
Great book for flicking through so appealing for those that don't actually sit a read traditional books
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book 4 Nov 2009
By Lark TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book, its similar to Emergency: One Man's Story of a Dangerous World, and how to Stay Alive in it but with a broader scope, aimed at men, its not a humourous look at manliness like The Alphabet of Manliness but is more like a guide to life like Men's Health's "The Great Life" (a book from years ago). The one book I have read that's closest to it is Real Men Eat Puffer Fish: And 93 Other Dangerous Things To Consider.

The book has no index but it has a great contents, introduction and afterword, the pace and style is great and you can plow through chapters with ease. The chapters breakdown as follows Life Skills Every Man Should Have (which includes topics like driving a tank, hotwiring cars and motorbikes, defeating security systems and is a bit Bondish); From The Gentlemen's Cub; Have it all; Work and Money; Man Things (which includes topics like fitness and being a great dad); Lust and Love; The Divine Comedy (which deals with depression among other topics) and finally Mind Control (which includes cognitive tools for being happy and handling anything, assertiveness, controlling your thoughts, religion and spirituality and the meaning of life). There are some illustrations through out the book but they seem to be for entertainment purposes only, the content is in the writing and its broken down into easily read chunks or presented in bullet points or paragraphs with good subheadings.

Some of this material, like depression awareness, emotional intelligence and keeping balanced doesnt make it into most mens magazines or lifestyle books so it was cool to see it alongside the more exciting and adventurous fair that I associate with the genre. All in all entertaining, easy reading but also informative and illuminating. Recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A concise and complete compendium for the 21st century gent
This is a guidebook for the modern gentleman, a Debrett's for the 21st century, but encompassing much, much more than etiquette. Read more
Published 9 days ago by bgsmall
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
An entertaining and useful read, it manages to be humorous whilst also teaching you how to kill a man. I'd say an essential read for the youth of today.
Published 2 months ago by Mb9000
5.0 out of 5 stars Changed my life
Seriously Frank Coles is a genius this book has a chapter for just about everything and you can read it over and over again it literately changed my life
Published 4 months ago by ben10m
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book lots of information and things to do (or not)
Has some really interesting articles on things you may one day actually use for instance if you are locked out of your car there's a guide to getting in and lots of the psychology... Read more
Published 5 months ago by hamlegs
2.0 out of 5 stars Only the first half
Spotted in an actual bookshop, bought on line for the price. Expecting something ironic, the first part of the book surely is. Then becomes boring and useless.
Published 12 months ago by Massimo
4.0 out of 5 stars OK book but tapered when it neared the end.
Overall an enjoyable book, I'm going to hang on to this for future reference as the 'how to' sections are quite useful. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dave Bulley
2.0 out of 5 stars One of those books that sits on the shelf in the WC
As my wife pointed out this is just the sort of book my mother-in-law would buy me for Christmas. It's mainly a show-offy description of how Frank did it and had a lot of fun, but... Read more
Published 17 months ago by D. Wight
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Experience
The book came in a timely manner, even though it was coming overseas. The book itself is incredible. It is down-to-earth, fun, and has a refreshing truth to it that is hard to find
Published on 17 Jan 2011 by Kari
5.0 out of 5 stars THE best book I have ever laid my eyes on...
Hands down one the books i would have with me if I were ever marooned on an island. The care and insight this product projects is uncanny. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2010 by Blaze_Piffington
2.0 out of 5 stars Good, up to the self-awareness chapters
I enjoyed the first few chapters (maybe the first 40%, hence the 2 out of 5 score).
The parts about driving the ubiquitous tank, firing a gun and assuming a new identity were... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by skotl
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