"Part memoir and part cultural critique, Rap Dad is a reflection on fatherhood in America, explored through the lens of race, the counterculture, and the hip hop generation"-- Provided by publisher.

Seamas O'Reilly's mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Seamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. - An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumentative,...

Presents an exploration of the psychology of fatherhood from an archetypal perspective as well as a cultural history that challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of so-called traditional parenting roles.

The face and voice of college football, in this riveting and revealing memoir, takes readers behind the scenes, describing how a combination of hard work, perseverance and a little luck landed him on the set of ESPN's iconic College GameDay.

When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way, when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what amounted to an extended cover-up. Lewis decided to keep a written record of what actually...

A memoir by the bestselling author of The Prince of Tides about his father--the inspiration for The Great Santini--and a reaffirmation that love can conquer even the meanest of men.

A powerful and emotional memoir about family and memory from the father-son singing sensation whose heartwarming carpool karaoke video took social media by storm. At first, Simons beloved father, Ted, suffered sudden bad moods and forgetfulness. Then the diagnosis: Alzheimers. Ted was disappearing from the family, but Simon wanted to hold on to him. While music could bring him back temporarilythe video of the two of them singing along to Teds favorite...

"A beautiful, moving, and wildly original memoir of grief, healing, and fatherhood through the story of a young man who adopts a baby magpie"-- Provided by publisher.