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- Harrison P. Spader, personal space invader / by Jones, Christianne C.; Atkinson, Cale.;
- Harrison P. Spader was a personal space invader: he stood too close and maybe hugged a little too much. But that all changes when his father teaches him the Space Saver rhyme.LSC
- Subjects: Personal space; Interpersonal relations; Etiquette; Fathers and sons;
- God bless you, Otis Spunkmeyer / by Thomas, Joseph Earl,author.;
- "After a deployment in the Iraq War dually defined by threat and interminable mundanity, Joseph Thomas is fighting to find his footing. Now a doctoral student at The University, and an EMS worker at the hospital in North Philly, he encounters round the clock friends and family from his past life and would-be future at his job, including contemporaries of his estranged father, a man he knows little about, serving time at Holmesburg prison for the statutory rape of his then-teenage mother. Meanwhile, he and his best friend Ray, a fellow vet, are alternatingly bonding over and struggling with their shared experience and return to civilian life, locked in their own rhythms of lust, heartbreak, and responsibility. Balancing the joys and frustrations of single fatherhood, his studies, and ceaseless shifts at the hospital as he becomes closer than he ever imagined to his father, Joseph tries to articulate vernacular understandings of the sociopolitical struggles he recounts as participant-observer at home, against the assumptions of his friends and colleagues. GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER is a powerful examination of every day black life-of health and sex, race and punishment, and the gaps between our desires and our politics"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; African American men; Fathers and sons; Interpersonal relations; Veterans;
- The world played chess : a novel / by Dugoni, Robert,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny"--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Fathers and sons; High school graduates; Life change events; Life; Veterans;
- The return of Faraz Ali / by Ahmad, Aamina,author.;
- "Not since childhood has Faraz returned to the Mohalla, Lahore's infamous walled inner city, where women still pass down the profession of courtesan to their daughters. But he still remembers the day he was abducted from the home he shared with his mother and sister there, at the direction of his powerful father, who wanted to give him a chance at a respectable life. Now Wajid, once more dictating his fate from afar, has sent Faraz back to Lahore, installing him as head of the Mohalla police station and charging him with a mission: to cover up the violent death of a young kanjari. It should be a simple assignment to carry out in a marginalized community, but for the first time in his career, Faraz finds himself unable to follow orders. As the city assails him with a jumble of memories, he cannot stop asking questions or chasing down the walled city's labyrinthine alleyways for the secrets--his family's and his own--that risk shattering his precariously constructed existence. Profoundly intimate and propulsive, The Return of Faraz Ali is a spellbindingly assured first novel that poses a timeless question: Whom do we choose to protect, and at what price?"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Fathers and sons; Homecoming; Police;
- Brad's status [videorecording] / by Abrams, Austin,1996-actor.; Bernad, David,film producer.; Clement, Jemaine,actor.; Fischer, Jenna,1974-actor.; Gardner, Dede,film producer.; Kimmel, Sidney,film producer.; Kleiner, Jeremy,film producer.; Lee, Luisa,actor.; Mothersbaugh, Mark,composer (expression); Pérez Grobet, Xavier,1964-director of photography.; Persons, Heather,editor of moving image work.; Raja, Shazi,actor.; Sheen, Michael,actor.; Stiller, Ben,1965-actor.; White, Mike,1970-screenwriter,film director.; Wilson, Luke,1971-actor.; Amazon Studios,presenter.; Plan B Entertainment,production company.; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm),presenter,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
- Director of photography, Xavier Grobet ; editor, Heather Persons ; music, Mark Mothersbaugh.Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Luke Wilson, Jemaine Clement, Shazi Raja, Luisa Lee, Michael Sheen.A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fathers and sons; Middle-aged men; Social status;
- For private home use only.
- The Morgan men / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.; container of (work):Johnstone, William W.Drifter.; container of (work):Johnstone, William W.Loner.;
- Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Fathers and sons; Frontier and pioneer life; Gunfighters; Kidnapping; Morgan, Frank (Fictitious character); Outlaws;
- Past tense / by Child, Lee,author.;
- "Jack Reacher has extended his thumb and hit the pavement. His plan is to follow the autumn sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road in rural New Hampshire, deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: The town where his father was born. He thinks, 'What's one extra day?' and takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to drive to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners almost seem too friendly. It's a strange place. but it's all there is. The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in town. He knows his father left and never returned. Now Reacher wonders, Was he ever there in the first place? As Reacher explores his father's life, and strands of different stories begin to merge, he makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the past can be tense--and deadly"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character); Family secrets; Fathers and sons; Small cities;
- The song [videorecording] / by Benward, Aaron.; Benward, Kenda.; Faulkner, Ali.; Jenkins, Gary.; Nicol-Thomas, Caitlin.; Powell, Alan.; Vinson, Danny.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
- Alan Powell, Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, Danny Vinson, Aaron Benward, Kenda Benward, Gary Jenkins.Aspiring singer, songwriter Jed King is struggling to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his famous father when he reluctantly agrees to a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival. Jed meets the vineyard owner's daughter, Rose, and a romance quickly blooms. Soon after their wedding, Jed writes Rose a song, which becomes a breakout hit. Suddenly thrust into a life of stardom and a world of temptation, his life and marriage begin to fall apart.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Male singers; Man-woman relationships; Romance films.;
- © c2015., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
- Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull [videorecording] / by Allen, Karen,1951-actor.; Blanchett, Cate,1969-actor.; Broadbent, Jim,actor.; Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.; Hurt, John,1940-actor.; LaBeouf, Shia,1986-actor.; Lucas, George,1944-; Spielberg, Steven,1946-film director.; Winstone, Ray,1957-actor.; Lucasfilm, Ltd,production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,presenter.;
- Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, John Williams ; costume designers, Bernie Pollack, Mary Zophres ; production designer, Guy Hendrix Dyas.Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent.Indy tries to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker and his spirited love Marion, Indy takes you on a breathtaking, action-packed adventure.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Archaeologists; Fathers and sons; Human-alien encounters; Jones, Indiana (Fictitious character);
- For private home use only.
- Hard by a great forest / by Vardiashvili, Leo,author.;
- "A devastating story of one family's border-crossing adventure to rescue one another and make peace with the past, set in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, two years after the occupation of South Ossetia by Russia in 2008"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Fathers and sons; Intergenerational relations; Refugees;
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