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Rising to the Ultimate Challenge
NBA player Etan Thomas brings together a chorus of voices--athletes and coaches, performers, politicians and leaders of faith--to weigh in on the importance of being a father today. Contributors including Isaiah Washington, Howard Dean, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Taye Diggs, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tony Hawk, Al Sharpton, Chuck D, and more share what they've learned from being a father, having a father, or in some cases not having a father around.
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Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?
Confessions of a Gay Dad
The co-star of Web Therapy recounts many of the parenting adventures he has shared with his partner, discussing such topics as the loss of his own father, potty-training antics and the ways in which becoming a parent has impacted every aspect of his life.
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Immortal Bird
The father of young actor Damon Weber describes the congenital heart defect that required his son to have surgery as a baby and continued to threaten his health. Weber recounts his son's theatrical achievements and the family's effort to find life-saving medical answers.
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Father's Day
A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
The author of Friday Night Lights recounts a father-son road trip during which he gained insights into the worldviews, challenges and talents of his savant son, Zach.
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Beyond Katrina
A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
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Talking Back to Facebook
The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age
The founder of Common Sense Media counsels parents and teachers on how to protect children from vulnerabilities in today's online and social technology outlets, providing coverage of such topics as content filters, unhealthy media messages, ADD and privacy.
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This Life Is In Your Hands
One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone
With urban farming and backyard chicken flocks becoming increasingly popular, Coleman has written this timely and honest portrait of her own childhood experience in Maine with her two homesteading parents during the turbulent 1970s. A luminous, evocative memoir that explores the hope and struggle behind one family's search for a self-sufficient life.
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A Wedding In Haiti
Growing up in the Dominican Republic, author and poet Julia Alvarez says, she was taught to view neighboring Haiti with suspicion. But because of a promise made one night, Haiti, and a particular Haitian boy named Piti, would become ingrained in her heart — so much so that she would find herself smuggling Piti out of Haiti with his new family, and then finding her way back there after the devastating 2010 earthquake.
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Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake
A Memoir of a Woman's Life
A candid and whimsical memoir that explores what matters to middle-aged women.NPR Bestseller
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Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than 1,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington state — and she would do it alone.NPR Bestseller
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Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Susan Cain demonstrates how introverted people are misunderstood and undervalued in modern culture, charting the rise of extrovert ideology while sharing anecdotal examples of how to use introvert talents to adapt to various situations.NPR Bestseller
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Some Assembly Required
A Journal Of My Son's First Son
Anne Lamott has entered a new and unexpected chapter in her life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at 19, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson's life. Some Assembly Required is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family and redefines each member's role.NPR Bestseller
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Rurally Screwed
My Life Off the Grid With the Cowboy I Love
The true love story of a New York City magazine editor who falls for a bull rider while on assignment covering a rodeo and moves off the grid with him in Montana making jerky, chopping firewood and raising chickens.
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No Biking in the House Without a Helmet
The author describes the humorous and heartwarming moments from her and her husband's life as perpetual adoptive parents. By the author of Praying for Sheetrock. 75,000 first printing.
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A Bittersweet Season
Caring for Our Aging Parents — and Ourselves
In telling the story of her own struggle to learn how to care for her aging and ailing mother, a journalist offers helpful insights and advice to other caregivers who feel overwhelmed.
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The Long Goodbye
The author discusses how caring for her terminally ill mother ultimately strengthened the bond between the two, as well as fortified the author's family during the difficult time. By the author of the poetry collection Halflife.
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The Mama's Boy Myth
Why Keeping Our Sons Close Makes Them Stronger
A reexamination of the mother-son relationship challenges the "mama's boy" taboo, exploring the societal pressures for mothers to push away their boys while considering how men with close bonds to their mothers can show higher levels of emotional intelligence.
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Bringing Up Bebe
One American Mother Discovers The Wisdom Of French Parenting
After becoming used to the stereotype of screaming, ill-tempered children, an American mother living in Paris was amazed at how well-behaved French children were. In this book she explains how parents can make their lives less stressful by taking some pointers from the French art of child-rearing.NPR Bestseller
