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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
More serious than a "gag" writer and funnier than most essayists, Frazier has a classical originality. This collection, a companion to his previous humor collections "Dating Your Mom" and "Coyote v. Acme, " contains 33 pieces gathered from the last 13 years.--From publisher description.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seeking to learn that masculinity is not defined by the size of his muscles but by the size of his heart, Stein confronts his effete nature by doing a 24-hour shift with LA firefighters, going hunting, rebuilding a house, enduring three days of basic training with the Marine Corps, and going into the ring with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A humorous account of single fatherhood from a writer for "Chelsea Lately" includes essays about putting his daughter in a wheelchair to skip long lines at Disneyland and discovering that he and his kids' principal go to the same strip club.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Clyde Edgerton has four kids ranging in age from 6 to 31 years old. After three decades of fatherhood, there are certain things he has learned during his tenure. His way of raising his children involves, of course, lots of humor (don't curse near a mimicking child), but also the sound advice of a lifelong educator (you can't start reading to a baby too early). A great storyteller gives wise counsel to new parents--both fathers and mothers, young and...
Author
Publisher
Rare Bird Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First trade paperback original edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 281 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Old Guy Dad recounts the adventures of a man who, in the proverbial autumn of his years, or at least the pre pre-autumn, discovers his girlfriend is pregnant. And having a baby. Whereupon hijinks, cosmic and mundane, ensues. A collection of celebrated columns on The Rumpus with new material and never-before-told tales, Old Guy Dad is Jerry Stahl at his finest and most domestic.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A practical guide for modern-day parenting geared towards stay-at-home dads, offering advice on everything from learning to cook and clean with children, to dealing with mental health and relationships, with the easygoing perspective that dads can use their natural talents to parent any way that they choose to. The Ultimate Stay-At-Home Dad manual takes the best advice and wisdom from a dads group, and puts it into a format to help new stay-at-home...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Coyne shares his tale: of one man's journey through the first year of parenthood, told with wit, humor, and heart. It is a ferociously funny, inventively foul-mouthed, and genuinely touching account of a baby's first year. If you're looking for a reminder of what's most important in life, this combination memoir and advice book is sure to charm you.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Though he grew up longing to be closer to his dad who lived three states away, fatherhood caught David McGlynn completely off guard. His sons were conceived in quick succession--the first when the author was a dirt-poor student and the second not long after he'd moved his family across the country to start a new job. As a result, McGlynn found himself colliding into fatherhood as though it were a car accident, at once scared to death and utterly...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In brutally honest and funny stories, Drew Magary reveals how American mothers and fathers cope with being in over their heads (getting drunk while trick-or-treating, watching helplessly as a child defiantly pees in a hotel pool, engaging in role-play with a princess-crazed daughter), and how stepping back can sometimes make all the difference (talking a toddler down from the third story of a netted-in playhouse, allowing children to make little mistakes...
Publisher
Templeton Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From the all-star cast who brought you The Seven Deadly Virtues comes a book with a look at the good life or the crazy-stressful-overwhelmed life of a father. The Dadly Virtues is a tongue-in-cheek collection of encouragement and guidance for any stage of fatherhood, from pacifying babies to prepping for senior prom, from cutting the cord to getting the first, "Best Grandpa" t-shirt. --Provided by publisher.
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