Dads Are the Original Hipsters

Dads Are the Original Hipsters
Author: Brad Getty
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2012-04-18
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1452108854

"They listened to vinyl. They had mustaches. They raged all night and didn't take sh*t from anyone. Admit it - dads were hipsters first and they've been killing it since back in the day."--Back cover.

Fathers Can Be Good Dads

Fathers Can Be Good Dads
Author: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 822
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1499021194

Fathers Can Be Good Dads is a novel, which is based on true events. Even though dates, houses, names of people, countrysides, and sceneries have been changed, the family interactions are real. However, not all have been the actions of Ginia Marie Giselle Hinson, the heroine of the book. The majority, though, are. When the author was a little girl, she often sat around the family sitting-room table or stood outside the doors, listening as the grown-ups in her family were sharing with loud laughter the mischiefs they had gotten themselves into when they were young. Often, the author wondered how she could improve on these mischiefs just to get a bit more attention. A heartfelt thank you is expressed to all family members and friends the author had listened to. Everyone was an inspiration to her. Also a thank you is given to all those she had interacted with and to all those who got into trouble with her in moments of absolute exuberance where household rules were ignored. The novel is dedicated to every writer who has struggled through the ups and downs of putting together personal memoirs to preserve, in writing for children and their children’s children, an insight into a life that once existed before their own times.

Montecore

Montecore
Author: Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307595323

At the start of this dazzlingly inventive novel from Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Abbas, a world-famous photographer and estranged father to a young novelist—also named Jonas Hassen Khemiri—is standing on a luxurious rooftop terrace in New York City. He is surrounded by rock stars, intellectuals, and political luminaries gathered to toast his fiftieth birthday. And yet how did Abbas, a dirt-poor Tunisian orphan and Swedish émigré, come to enjoy such success? Jonas is fresh off the publication of his first novel when answers to this question come in the form of an unexpected e-mail from Kadir, a lifelong friend of Abbas and an effervescent storyteller with delightfully anarchic linguistic idiosyncrasies. The portrait Kadir paints of Abbas—from a voluntarily mute boy who suffers constant night terrors, to a soulful young charmer, to a Swedish immigrant and political exile—proves to be vastly different from Jonas’s view of his father. As the two jagged versions reconcile in Kadir and Jonas’s impassioned correspondence, we’re given a portrayal of a man that is at once tender and feverishly imagined. With an arresting blend of humor and wit, Montecore marks the stateside arrival of an already acclaimed international novelist. Winner of the PO Enquist Literary Prize for accomplished European novelists under forty, Jonas Hassen Khemiri has created a world that is as heartbreaking as it is exhilarating. From the Hardcover edition.

Dads Under Construction

Dads Under Construction
Author: Neil Campbell
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1459720814

Many men today feel set adrift from the notion of themselves as "father." Times have changed, and the old, familiar, traditional models of parenting no longer work. Society has not yet evolved a strong and workable new model of parenting, or, in particular, of fathering. Dr. Neil Campbell believes the answer to the question "what is an involved father?" can be found within the experiences and stories of our own lives. In this book, he takes us into his life, first as a son, then as a father, sharing some of the profound insights he learned along the way.

Weekend Dad

Weekend Dad
Author: Naseem Hrab
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2020-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1773061097

A little boy spends the weekend at his dad’s new apartment in this picture book about how things change when parents separate — and the important things that stay the same. “This home is home because my dad is here, and it’s nothing like home because my mom isn’t here,” thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad’s new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it’s Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine — they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at the park. And then they do the same things on Sunday. It is hard to say goodbye at the end of the weekend, but Dad gives his son a letter to remind him that, even if they can’t always be together, the boy is loved. Naseem Hrab has written a poignant yet hopeful story, strikingly illustrated in Frank Viva’s signature style, about what happens when parents separate, and the new reality of having two homes. Key Text Features author’s note writing inspiration Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Dads in Progress Collection

Dads in Progress Collection
Author: Karen Rose Smith
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2017-08-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 148802412X

Three men learn about fatherhood—and love—as they go along in the collected set of USA TODAY bestselling author Karen Rose Smith’s DADS IN PROGRESS series! The Daddy Dilemma Six years ago, Sara Hobart helped a childless couple create their own miracle. Now she needed one of her own. All her instincts were telling her she was Kyle Barclay's birth mother. Only one thing stood in her way: Kyle's widowed father, Nathan. Legally, Sara had no claim on his son. But how could he keep her from the little boy who already adored her? That went double for Nathan, who was suddenly yearning to go from single dad to devoted family man… The Daddy Plan She had all her baby plans mapped out: Sam Barclay would father her child, and Corrie Edwards would get the baby she always wanted. But the closer they get to conception, the more Sam wants to make things personal. Can he convince Corrie that, together, they have what it takes to create the home and family they both crave? The Daddy Verdict By-the-book lawyer Ben Barclay didn't make mistakes—especially not one-night-stand mistakes. So when he learns that his lone reckless act with a beautiful stranger had lasting consequences, he’s determined to do the right thing. And that means marriage. Sierra Girard is stunned at his insistence that they be husband and wife—if only for the sake of the baby. But even cautious Sierra can't deny the fire that could almost be mistaken for true love… Originally published in 2008

My Torn Heart

My Torn Heart
Author: Carla Lamb Marshall
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426976690

Hello. I want to say a quick hello, before talking about my life. I am a very unique girl, I have several powers that surfaced by accident. My name is Essa. My parents are very different in their own way as well. My parents wrote me this story about some of their past and how I became. I sure do hope you enjoy a lot of supernatural wanders. What my family didn't know, I had several secrets that could cause harm or be fine. It scares me to death everyday. I am going to tell you a few things about my book. I sure do hope you read. I am only six years old as of this, but my mom started this when I was born. I am taking over. I am six, but I can pass for a fifteen year old. When my parents went on their honeymoon. They found a very beautiful Island that was off of a Columbia. It had been discovered as well, that my fathers best friend lives their. Should have been first hint. The whole family moved to a small town in Columbia. What some of the family didn't know, it has supernaturals. Witches, vampires, wolves, human and other important supernaturals lived in this town. We moved so that I could go to college. We also didn't want a certain person to find us. It was because of this town being small, that a very famous person meets one of the Water family members. They become very best friends (the human and water member). This famous person doesn't believe this family does not know anything about. It makes the person curious. The family member and this famous person fall in love. The only thing asked of both; are they able to live without the other. There is an accident that has a our newest member of the family is killed. Or are they? The whole family moves to Austria. Columbia, can no longer be stood. There is a sense of urgency as well. A water member's life could be at risk. It is urgent to get to this special country.

From the Top

From the Top
Author: Dani Collins
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-02-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1948342294

Their hot New Year’s Eve wasn’t supposed to have consequences… Fiercely independent after a difficult childhood, Ilke Lunquist devotes herself to one thing: skiing. She’s on the cusp of gold when an unexpected pregnancy throws her future into chaos. Nathaniel Hart takes on the daunting project of restoring Whiskey Jack Ski Resort to be close to his young son, but with one failed marriage behind him, he avoids serious relationships. They might be virtual strangers with only a baby in common, but Nate is determined to be part of his child's life. Ilke didn't become a champion by ever backing down from a challenge, especially not one where her child's happiness and her own heart are on the line. When tragedy strikes, heartbreak draws them closer together. Nate discovers he’s more than ready for a bigger family and maybe, just maybe, Ilke will find the home that has eluded her all her life.

Christmas Dads (Gay Romance Box Set)

Christmas Dads (Gay Romance Box Set)
Author: Trina Solet
Publisher: Trina Solet
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2020-11-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Four dads find the men of their dreams just in time for the holidays. (Four book box set.) A Bookworm for Christmas Miles is reunited with his former crush, a bookstore owner whose life now includes a young son. A Christmas Boyfriend Ben asks for a boyfriend for Christmas, and his little girl gives him her preschool teacher as a gift. A Christmas Manny Gary needs help after an injury. In Wayne he gets an assistant, a manny for his son, and everything he could ever want in a man. A Christmas Reunion After years of being apart, Holden and Ryan meet up again for the holidays. Sparks fly and secrets are revealed.

Knock Knock

Knock Knock
Author: Daniel Beaty
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2013-12-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316400947

Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.