Daditude

Author : Chris Erskine
Publisher : Prospect Park Books
ISBN 13 : 1945551313
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daditude written by Chris Erskine and published by Prospect Park Books. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wise, wry, and witty essays on fatherhood from Chris Erskine, the beloved columnist for the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. “Charming, well written, concise, and to the point. Perfect for anyone who enjoys stories of fatherhood.” — Library Journal Life is never peaceful in Chris Erskine's house, what with the four kids, 300-pound beagle, chronically leaky roof, and long-suffering wife, Posh. And that's exactly the way he likes it, except when he doesn't. Every week in the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune (and now and then in many other papers), Erskine distills, mocks, and makes us laugh at the absurdities of suburban fatherhood. And now, he's gathered the very best of these witty and wise essays—and invited his kids (and maybe even Posh) to annotate them with updated commentary, which they promise won't be too snarky. This handsome book is the perfect gift for the father who would have everything—if he hadn't already given it all to his kids.

Author : Carl Goodwill
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1685260780
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dad School written by Carl Goodwill and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We need more dads! The Dad School defines the word dad as a supportive father. This book helps future and current fathers become dads. Children benefit from supportive fathers. Let’s help children have fathers who support the process of raising them. Let’s make more dads!

Author : Chris Erskine
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781594863912
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Man of the House written by Chris Erskine and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of suburban fatherhood shares humorous observations about such topics as post-marital sex, babysitters, and parenting large families.

Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0345541332
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calico Joe written by John Grisham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball… “Grisham knocks it out of the park.”—The Washington Post It’s the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Chicago Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie records. Calico Joe quickly becomes the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing New York Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, Paul is in the stands, rooting for his idol but also for his dad. Then Warren throws a fastball that will change their lives forever. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

Author : Gregory K. Popcak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594717185
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BeDADitudes written by Gregory K. Popcak and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally known marriage and family expert Greg Popcak draws on more than twenty years as a counselor as well as his own experience as a father to show how the Beatitudes can be viewed as a practical guide to understanding the love of God and applying that love to being a better father. In the first book to uniquely focus on the Beatitudes and fatherhood, Greg Popcak helps you stop focusing on yourself and instead focus on God, learning how to be the father God wants you to be by becoming a servant leader in your home. As a father of three children, Popcak realized that Jesus' call to be humble in the first Beatitude--Blessed are the poor in spirit--stands in direct opposition to what modern men learn growing up. Instead, they are taught they should live a life of unbroken success, defined by promotions at work and beautiful wives and honor students at home. The Catholic author, speaker, counselor, and radio host will show that when you practice meekness, you will connect with your family by asking them questions and listening closely to their responses. By practicing mercy, you come to know your own sins, the difficulties that lie on the path to sainthood, and how your family needs to hear about God's grace in their lives. In BeDADitudes, you discover the profound love of God found in the Beatitudes and understand how that love can transform you into being an awesome dad.

Author : Paul Reiser
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401303722
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Familyhood written by Paul Reiser and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the longest time, based on no evidence other than our own insecurity and sense of incompetence, my wife and I were convinced that we were the flat-out, no-question-about-it, least-skilled parents in the country. Furthermore, we were convinced that every other set of parents we knew was perfect. They were more thorough in going over their kids' homework, they set better boundaries than we do, didn't let their kids watch as many hours of TV as we do, raised kids who are unfailingly polite in public and have a far greater sense of community and public service than our underachieving offspring over there on the couch watching SpongeBob. We were certain everybody else's kids willingly and joyfully eat nothing but healthy foods, shunning all candy and candy-based products, they all sensibly and automatically put on weather-appropriate clothing, and voluntarily call their grandparents with clockwork regularity, giving fully detailed accounts of their numerous accomplishments, ending with testimonials to their wonderful and perfect parents. Turns out: not so much. At all. In the number one New York Times bestseller Couplehood, Paul Reiser wrote about the highs and lows of falling in love and getting married-and the heartbreak and hilarity that comes with it. In Babyhood, he turned his sharply observant eye to the experiences of having a brand-new family. And now in Familyhood, Reiser shares his observations on parenting, marriage, and mid-life with the wit, warmth, and humor that he's so well-known for. From the first experience of sending his two boys off to summer camp-the early feelings of gleeful freedom in an empty house, to realizing how empty the house actually was-to maneuvering the minefield of bad words learned at school, this hilarious new book captures the spirit of familyhood, the logical next frontier for Reiser's trademark perspective on the universal truths of life, love, and relationships.

Author : Chris Erskine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781950154258
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lavender in Your Lemonade written by Chris Erskine and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Erskine is the master of domestic dramedy. For three decades in the Los Angeles Times, Erskine's columns explored modern fatherhood and family life, from the absurd to the mundane, the sublime to the heartbreaking. Now, with Lavender in Your Lemonade: A Funny and Touching COVID Diary, he tackles the New Normal with his chronicle of daily life under the frustrating, terrifying, and sometimes antic strictures of a world-wide pandemic. No, it's not funny. And yet somehow, in Erskine's hands, it is. Or at least it feels more tolerable. With elegant prose and an eye for telling detail, Erskine draws simple truths from the infinite complexities of the human condition, eight hundred words at a time. In the great tradition of Erma Bombeck, Mike Royko, Dave Barry, and Bob Greene, Erskine shows us ourselves in a funhouse mirror.

Author : Monte Burke
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101666544
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sowbelly written by Monte Burke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1932, a farmer named George Washington Perry decided it was too rainy to plow and went fishing. That day, George landed the largest largemouth ever recorded—twenty-two pounds four ounces. The fish has inspired and frustrated hundreds of anglers for decades. They’ve dedicated their lives to the pursuit of “Sowbelly”—a nearly mythical fish, whose swinelike girth holds the key to their dreams. From an L.A. cop who came within ounces of besting the record to an Alabaman who has lost his marriage and his daughter to this pursuit, Burke takes readers along for the ride in this legendary race.

Author : Craig Shoemaker
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460244591
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lovemaster'd written by Craig Shoemaker and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven years after his own first marriage has ended bitterly, happily remarried comedian Craig Shoemaker gets a Facebook message from Leah, a casual acquaintance, in which she tells him that her marriage of thirty years is ending. Something in Leah's deeply sorrowful message strikes a chord in Craig and he writes her back and offers to share some of his own hard-won wisdom on how to handle the dissolution of a marriage. But Craig's troubles with his ex-wife are far from over and he comes to need Leah's insights and support as much as she needs his. What evolves is a unique spiritual journey and an extraordinary friendship, conducted entirely through Facebook private-messaging. Through their correspondence, Leah and Craig struggle together through life's storms and eventually triumph over them, transcending into fully realized lives enriched by mindfulness, acceptance, and grace. Oftentimes painful, frequently funny, and always emotionally riveting, Lovemaster'd is a page-turner that imparts priceless lessons on spiritual awakening, in dramatic, can't-put-it-down style....

Author : Tom Stern
Publisher : Davies-Black Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780891062257
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CEO Dad written by Tom Stern and published by Davies-Black Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lighthearted but serious look at the real-life conflicts today's business executives have with the people they love.