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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Daddyman is your guide to becoming a good dad. It doesn’t deal with problems like diaper rash or teething pain. Rather, it is a parenting philosophy with examples from the author’s own personal experience. Daddyman is written specifically for men, who often don’t have a good role model and who sometimes feel left out of parenting discussions dominated by women and presented from a mother’s perspective.Every man can be a good dad, if he chooses...
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English
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"It all begins with a father telling a story to his son on Christmas Eve. But this isn't your typical Christmas story. The father admits to his son that he's taken a life but he won't say whose--not yet. One week earlier, in a hospital late at night, the man met a five-year-old girl with cancer. She's a smart kid--smart enough to know that she won't beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing...
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English
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"Charlie Goldwyn's life hasn't exactly gone according to plan. Widowerhood at thirty-three and twelve-hour workdays have left a gap in his relationship with his quirky five-year-old son, Caleb, whose obsession with natural disasters and penchant for girls' clothing have made him something of a loner at his preschool. The only thing Charlie has going for him is his job at a prestigious law firm, where he is finally close to becoming a partner. But...
4) Dad is fat
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Language
English
Description
"In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who's best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children--everything from cousins ("celebrities for little kids") to toddlers' communication skills ("they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news"), to the eating habits of four year olds ("there is no difference...
5) Side by side
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Publisher
Phaidon Press Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of the bond between dads and their kids shows how fathers and children have fun with each other by pretending to be all sorts of things, from explorers to kings and jesters.
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Language
English
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Truman Wiley's son is dying, and the only thing that can save him is a heart transplant. All hope seems lost, until Truman learns of a death row inmate who is willing to donate his heart to Truman's son. But right before the time of execution, Truman discovers that the inmate may be innocent. For his son to live, should his innocent man die?
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're a new dad or a struggling dad, a hopeful dad or a worn-out dad, Dr. Meg Meeker has a message for you: You've got this. As soon as you become a father, you become your child's hero. Now Dr. Meeker can help you fully embrace your role as a hero dad through techniques like breaking 'bad dad habits, ' learning why reading time and playtime with dad has lifelong effects on kids' behavioral development, how to teach your child courage, when...
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Publisher
Tundra Books, a division of Random House Canada
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A gang of mythical creatures is roaming around a magical land having a great time, until Bigfoot gets his foot stuck in a tree trunk and Unicorn gets her horn impaled on a table and Robot's saw-arm gets rusted into position. But have no fear! Dad is there to fix things--even when a Sneaky Flying Alligator Pirate steals the Fairy Queen Ballerina Doctor's wand. A hilarious story about imagination, play and the best parts about being a dad.
10) Minding Frankie
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Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller
A tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community.
When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone.
Fortunately, he has a competent, caring
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent. For the first time ever, the best of the worst dad jokes will be collected into the essential tome for fathers, patient mothers, tolerant children, and anyone who loves a good bad jokes. Packed with 301 jokes, fun but classy original illustrations, interesting tidbits, joke-telling pointers, and profiles of legendary dad jokers, The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes is filled with hours...
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Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
This is the incredible story of an ex-con turned world-saving Super Hero. In Look Out for the Little Guy, Scott Lang shares with the world a bracingly honest account of his struggles and triumphs, from serving time to being a divorced dad to becoming Ant-Man and joining The Avengers. These are stories of epic battles won and lost, as this everyman turned Super Hero finally tells all--from the official account of what really happened between The Avengers...
Author
Publisher
Koehler Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"With The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law, Hollywood veteran Greg Ellis delivers a gripping, unvarnished first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fueling this national health emergency. It further exposes and condemns a gender bias that presumes that fathers are less effective caregivers. Family breakdown is the single greatest threat to American society. Every day, more than 4,000...
15) Superhero dad
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition in this format 2018.
Language
English
Description
Dad might not have a superhero mask or wear his pants outside his trousers, but his super snores can be heard a thousand miles away, he tells super jokes and can even make super-scary monsters go away at bedtime.
16) Daddy don't go
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This film captures two years in the lives of four disadvantaged fathers in New York City as they fight to defy the odds against them. And the odds are real - men living in poverty are more than twice as likely to become absent fathers than their middle-class peers (U.S. Census Bureau). DADDY DON'T GO is a tough but tender journey that aims to illuminate the everyday struggles of disadvantaged fathers. Alex, Nelson, Roy and Omar shatter the deadbeat...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Personal dispatches from the front lines of one of the most daunting experiences any man can experience: fatherhood. As he conveys his profound awe at experiencing all the "firsts" that fill him with wonder and catch him completely unprepared, Fredrik Backman doesn't shy away from revealing his own false steps and fatherly flaws, tackling issues both great and small, from masculinity and mid-life crises to practical jokes and poop. In between the...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
After losing his twin to a drowning accident and his wife to divorce, Zeke Cooper leaves his mother and two daughters behind in Tennessee and travels to Virginia horse country, where he considers his responsibility to repair his fractured family.
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Language
English
Description
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 When you're pregnant, you think that life will be different once you have a child. But five months into the pregnancy, I realized that the feeling of being weighed down by adulthood wasn't going to get any better any time soon.
#2 When we moved to Paris, we had no idea where we would end up, but we were sure that we would be living outside of the United States. We...
20) The last pilot
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
A U.S. Air Force test pilot passes up the chance to become an astronaut after his wife gets pregnant against all odds, and as fatherhood consumes him, a sudden tragedy puts his instincts as a father and as a pilot to the test.
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