Boys and Their Toys

Bill Adler, Jr. is the president of Adler & Robin Books, Inc., a book packaging company. He has been featured on NPR, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The Maury Povich Show, Hard Copy, and many other nationally syndicated programs.

"Acknowledgments, ix Introduction, 1 How to Pick (or Adapt to) Your Man Based on What Kind of Toy He Wants, 9 Toys Lure in Women, Just Like Good Worms Lure in Fish, 31 Toys Prevent Boredom and Thus Prevent Insanity (on the Part of Everyone That Bored Guys Come into Contact With), 37 Men Need to Be Spontaneous, and Toys Offer a Safe Way to Maintain Their Youthful Spontaneity, 54 Gadgets Prevent Infidelity, 67 Men Hate Ambiguity, 75 Protector Toys: How Guys Expose Their Nurturing Side Through Technology, Even if They Don't Know It, 80 Toys Help Relieve Stress in Men -- They Really Do, 96 The Whole Midlife Crisis Thing and Gadgets, 105 Girls and Their Curls: Women Like Stuff, Too, and What This Means for Men, 121 The Dark Side: Men Use Gadgets to Fend Off Meaningful Conversations and Emotional Entanglements, 127 For Some Men, Gadgets Are a Substitute for Watching Sports 24/7: There Really Is No Such Thing as a Non-Gadget Guy (and You Should Be So Lucky to Be Married to This Kind of Man), 134 The Meaning of BlackBerry, 143 The Wile E. Coyote Phenomenon: Why Are Men Undeterred by Gadget Failure?, 153 Postscript, 155 Index, 159"