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Classics Now in Paperback. by Bert H. Hoff.

Another Way Home: A Single Father's Story, by John Thorndike. Review by Halim Dunsky. (order on-line)

Talking With our Brothers: Creating and Sustaining a Dynamic Men's Group by George M. Taylor.

Books on Men's Groups. Interested in starting a men's group? Need something to hold your group together? Shepherd Bliss' review of two excellent books is still timely.

Robert Bly and Marion Woodman, On Men and Women. Very powerful 6-part videotape series. Our Bly/Woodman discussion groups are very successful.

Andrew Kimbrell, The Masculine Mystique: The Politics of Masculinity. (order on-line)

Aaron Kipnis, Knights Without Armor. Still one of the classics on what Men's Work is all about. (order on-line)

Joseph Jastrab, Sacred Manhood, Sacred Earth. A Quest into the Wilderness of a Man’s Heart. Powerful and moving.

Allan B. Chinen, Beyond the Hero: Classic Stories of Men in Search of Soul. Very well-done, thought-provoking. (order on-line)

Allan B. Chinen, Once Upon a Midlife: Classic Stories and Mythic Tales to Illuminate the Middle Years Enjoyable, often funny. Alan captures the essence of what this Men’s Work is all about. (order on-line)

Aaron Kipnis and Elizabeth Herron, Gender War, Gender Peace. Highly-recommended book on gender issues. Republished as What Women and Men Really Want : Creating Deeper Understanding and Love in Our Relationships (order on-line)

Malidoma Somé, Of Water and the Spirit. Initiated Dagara tribesman tells his story. Book Audio Cassette

Michael Meade, Men and the Water of Life. Deep and powerful, full of poractical insight on soul-work; will challenge you to go deep within yourself. (order on-line)

John Lee, Facing the Fire: Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately. Well-done, practical, very readable, fresh insights on men's anger. (order on-line)

Douglas M. Gillette, Primal Love: Reclaiming Our Instincts for Lasting Passion (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1995). Highly readable book on the implications of evolutionary biology ("the million-year-old man") on our relationships. Order on-line Audio cassettes

Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow. A very important and very readable book. This column also reviews Robert Bly's A Little Book on the Human Shadow and a Tarcher/Putnam anthology, Meeting the Shadow. (order on-line)

Robert Moore and Doug Gillette on the King, the Warrior, the Magician, and the Lover. Classics.

David Whyte, The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America. Powerfully and well-done, on difficult topic. (order on-line) (tape)

James Hillman, Kinds of Power: A Guide to Its Intelligent Uses. (order on-line)

Healing From Child Sexual Abuse: Book Reviews. by Scott Abraham, a survivor himself.

Michael Meade, Thresholds of Change: Finding Purpose and Inner Authority in Troubled Times. Tape: Michael Meade on Elder Energy.

Malidoma and Sobonfu Somé, We Have No Word for Sex: An Indigenous View of Intimacy. Tape: fascinating and insightful.

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, How to Love a Woman. Tape. (order on-line) (Other Estés tapes and books)

James Hollis, Under Saturn's Shadow. The Wounding and Healing of Men. (order on-line)

Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge, Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies (order on-line).

Thomas Moore, Thomas Moore on Creativity. Tape. Author of Care of the Soul and Soul Mates offers fresh views on the creative process. (order on-line)

Robert A. Johnson, Lying with the Heavenly Woman. Understanding and Integrating the Feminine Archetypes in Men’s Lives. (order on-line)

Robert A. Johnson, The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden. Understanding and Integrating the Feminine Archetypes in Men’s Lives. (order on-line)

Patrick M. Arnold, Wildmen, Warriors and Kings: Masculine Spirituality and the Bible . New York: Crossroad, 1991) (order on-line)

Gregory Max Vogt, Return to Father: Archetypal Dimensions of the Patriarch . (Dallas, TX: Spring, 1991) (order on-line)

Lust and Life: Unearthing Our Authentic Selves, by Ted Senecal. Review of Sex and Spirit, on gay spirituality.

Books on Men's Work with a Christian perspective, by Bert H. Hoff

David Blankenhorn, Fatherless in America. Order on-line

Dr. Sam Osherson, Passions of Fatherhood. Order on-line

Jack Kammer, Good Will Towards Men. Order on-line

Eugene R. August, The New Men’s Studies: A Selected and Annotated Interdisciplinary Bibliography (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1994)(2nd Edition). Order on-line