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1) Dad is fat
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English
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Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan expresses the joys and horrors of life with five young children.
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"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...
3) Old joy
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Friends, Kurt and Mark, reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, a long series of carefree adventures.
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Rosie novels (Graeme Simsion) volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back. The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law.
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English
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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 4
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English
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In addition to being the nosiest and most sypathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charlies, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage. In the midst of all this, she receives a disturbing letter announcing that she has been ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by the ambitious Professor Dove. None of these things,...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In 2012, facing the death of his father and impending fatherhood, Toby Ferris set off on a seemingly quixotic mission to track down and look atin situevery painting still in existence by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most influential and important artist of Northern Renaissance painting.The result of that pursuit is a remarkable journey through major European cities and across continents. As Ferris takes a keen analytical eye to the paintings, each...
9) Baby done
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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When Zoe and Tim learn that they are expecting a baby, Tim welcomes the prospect of fatherhood, while Zoe is determined to fulfill her wildest dreams before motherhood changes her life forever.
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Publisher
HarperEntertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
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The life story of Andrea Bocelli, told through eyes of a fictitious boy named Amos.
Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli recounts his life in the form of a story, changing his name to Amos Bardi and describing Amos's childhood, blindness, and rise to stardom, as well as his family relationships, his marriage, and fatherhood.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul's late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of forty and wondering what she's going to do with the rest of her...
12) Baby be
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Dads of all varieties bounce and groove with their babies, letting them know the best thing they can be is themselves, in this exuberant picture book ode to the joy of fatherhood. Baby! High five! Down low! You ready? Let’s go! Dads got moves! Dads got grooves. From shoulder rides to sleepy time snuggles, dads have their own special relationships with their babies, their own way of showing their great big love for one another, and those beats,...
13) =
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Publisher
Asylum Records UK, a division of Atlantic Records
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The fourth installment in Ed Sheeran's symbol album series finds him taking stock of his life and the people in it, as he explores the varying degrees of love, loss, resilience, and fatherhood, while also processing his reality and career.
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Touching upon such topics as fatherhood, race, and faith, this collection of essays describes the author's struggles in 2016 to make a home in Baltimore, a place that eventually became the foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history, as well as the city's untold stories.
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Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From NBA All-Star and ESPN commentator Carlos Boozer, a gripping, intimate and inspiring memoir about overcoming trauma, achieving your dreams and staying true to who you are in the process Most know Carlos Boozer as the beloved power forward whose dazzling basketball career spanned two decades. But few know the dramatic, poignant and powerful story behind his meteoric rise. Now, for the first time he's ready to open up about a traumatic incident...
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Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Over the last forty years, Cousin Sal has made bets with doctors, lawyers, teachers, agents, bookies, writers, comedians, radio DJs, tv producers, baseball players, front office executives, bandleaders, movie stars, publicists, weed lab owners, hedge fund operators, and even professional wrestlers. From his early days growing up in Brooklyn and Long Island flipping baseball cards to now hosting podcasts and TV shows and managing several offshore...
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English
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"Life lessons from New York Times bestselling author and Today show personality Al Roker and his wife, globetrotting ABC news journalist Deborah Roberts. Al Roker and Deborah Roberts have sixteen Emmy Awards between them. They have covered everything from the Olympics and the Gulf War to natural disasters and the AIDS crisis in Africa. Now these two married journalists and parents have collaborated on the most personal and important "story" of their...
18) So to speak
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Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"These wondrous poems are lyric germinations of the often-incomprehensible predicaments of the present, as Terrance Hayes shapes language into figures of music and music into figures of language"--
"A powerful, timely, dazzling new collection of poems from Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award–winning author of Lighthead—to be published simultaneously with his latest work of literary criticism, Watch Your Language The three sections of Terrance...
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CBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Season Five of BULL finds Dr. Jason Bull settling into fatherhood and navigating his renewed, but still complicated, romantic relationship with his ex-wife and Benny's sister, Isabella Colon. As Bull acclimates to his vastly changed domestic life, he and the entire TAC team struggle to adjust to virtual court system as they weather the New York City shut down due to the coronavirus.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Now working with the CIA (sort of) to thwart evildoers around the world, the team confronts hair-raising dangers -- like skinny aliens near Vegas, a lack of chewing gum in the Alps, and a stuck elevator in their own building. And although do-not-fly lists, fatherhood, and pretty much everyone he knows may unhinge Archer, villainous masterminds are no match for the entitled operative.
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