New book for men and all who use them

A men’s health book you can read from cover to cover without losing the will to live. That’s how I’m describing my new book, The User’s Guide to the Male Body.

As the back cover blurb puts it, ’there’s no longer any need to die young just because you’re male’. Using the analogy of the male body as the ultimate iPod or other high-tech gadget, the book tries to explain in (very) simple terms how to keep the male system running healthily for years to come:

 the key applications, including the brain, heart, prostate and sex organs
 the lazy man’s guide to diet, alcohol, exercise, work, addiction, depression and mid-life crisis
 what to do when the system goes down
 and everything else you need to know, including a DIY health check.

When all else fails, read the instruction manual

This isn’t the first men’s health book - indeed it’s not even my first men’s health book - but it is a lot slimmer than most. I’m hoping that this means it will actually be read rather than sit on the shelf.

The reality is that health is not top of most men’s priorities. But that doesn’t mean they’re not interested. Big health handbooks for dipping into are fine but, if men dip at all, too often they dip too late - once they’re already ill. I’ve tried to write a book that any man of any age can happilly read from cover to cover BEFORE he gets ill and, as a result of the little changes it suggests, perhaps live a longer and healthier life.

Any publicity members can give the book is much appreciated.

Sadly, only one of the following reviews is authentic:

‘Jim Pollard has the rare talent of turning complex issues into plain speaking. His guide to the male body is an essential read for all men.’ Alan White, Leeds Met University (the world’s first professor of men’s health)

’So fantastically brilliant that I’m now hoping I go down with a serious health complaint so that I’ve got a good excuse to read it again.’ May Dupkwote

Watch the promo video

Watch the ’no expense incurred’ promo video featuring the inside of my office!

 The User’s Guide To The Male Body by Jim Pollard (Sheldon, 2009) ISBN 978 1 84709 042 3
 Price £8.99 in paperback, the book is available from bookshops, Amazon.co.uk or Sheldonpress.co.uk. Or order direct from Marston Book Services on +44 (0)123 546 5500.
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