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Proving ground [sound recording] / by Blauner, Peter,author.; Fliakos, Ari,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Ari Fliakos."Nathaniel Dresden never really got along with his father, an infamous civil rights lawyer who defended criminals and spearheaded protest movements. As an act of rebellion, Natty joined the U.S. Army and served in Iraq, coming back with a chest full of commendations and a head full of disturbing memories. But when his father is found murdered near the peaceful confines of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Natty is forced to deal with the troubled legacy of their unresolved relationship. He also has to fend off the growing suspicions of NYPD Detective Lourdes Robles, a brash Latina cop with something to prove, who thinks Natty might bear some responsibility for his father's death. Though truth be told, the list of people--cops and criminals--who wanted David Dresden out of the way is long. The search for answers leads Natty and Lourdes into an urban labyrinth where they must confront each other--and the brutal truths that could destroy them both. Proving Ground, New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner Peter Blauner's first novel in more than a decade, is a sweeping crime novel, an intricate story about the quest for redemption, and a vibrant portrait of contemporary New York City, all told in Blauner's singular voice"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Women detectives; Fathers and sons; Veterans; Murder;

Will's race for home : a western / by Rhodes, Jewell Parker.;
During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fathers and sons; Frontier and pioneer life; African Americans; Oklahoma;

Whiplash [videorecording] / by Benoist, Melissa.; Lang, Nate.; Reiser, Paul.; Simmons, J. K.; Stowell, Austin.; Teller, Miles.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang.A talented young jazz drummer experiences a trial by fire when he's recruited by a ferocious instructor whose unyielding search for perfection may lead to his undoing. For as far back as Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) can remember, he's been watching his father fail. Determined to make a name for himself no matter what it takes, Andrew enrolls in a prestigious east coast music conservatory where his talent quickly catches the attention of Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) a esteemed music teacher who's notorious for his caustic approach in the classroom. The leader of the school's top jazz ensemble, Fletcher promptly transfers Neyman into his band, giving the ambitious young drummer a shot at true greatness. He may achieve it, too, if Neyman's methods don't drive him to madness first.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Drummers (Musicians); Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Jazz musicians; Jazz; Music teachers;
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Ridgerunner / by Adamson, Gil,author.;
"November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly twenty years, the notorious thief, known as the Ridgerunner, has returned. Moving through the Rocky Mountains and across the border to Montana, the solitary drifter, impoverished in means and aged beyond his years, is also a widower and a father. And he is determined to steal enough money to secure his son's future. Twelve-year-old Jack Boulton, born in the woods to two outlaws, now finds himself semi-orphaned and left in the care of Sister Beatrice, a formidable nun of the Anglican Order of Saint Mara. In the town of Banff, Alberta, where tourists, new immigrants, and POWs dwell among the locals, she lays claim to the boy and keeps him in cloistered seclusion in her grand old home. The boy longs to return to his family's cabin, deep in the Sawback Range. His father is coming for him. The nun won't let him go. Set against the backdrop of a distant war raging in Europe and a rapidly changing landscape in the West, Gil Adamson's follow-up to her award-winning debut The Outlander is a vivid historical novel that draws from the epic tradition and a literary Western brimming with a cast of unforgettable characters touched with humour and loss, and steeped in the wild of the natural world."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Thieves; Fathers and sons; Nuns;

Lloyd McNeil's last ride : a novel / by Leitch, Will,author.;
"From the award-winning author of How Lucky and The Time Has Come, this heartfelt and humorous novel follows an Atlanta police officer who learns he has months to live and determines to get killed in the line of duty to provide for his son ... but keeps failing in unexpected ways. Lloyd McNeil has served as an officer with the Atlanta Police Department for 20 years while being a devoted father to his teenage son. But then he learns the worst possible news: He has learned he has an inoperable brain tumor, and he has only months left to live. Lloyd begins throwing himself into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, but things don't go according to plan. Instead of dying, he becomes a civic hero. Meanwhile, a malevolent force from his past shadows Lloyd as he tries to get his affairs in order, teach his son the lessons he needs to be a good person, and to say goodbye. Told in Lloyd's wistful but wonderfully comedic voice, Untitled is a masterful blend of suspense, humor, and compassion. It is a novel about what we leave behind and what we learn along the way, a bighearted story that brings into focus the depths of a father's love for his son"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Fathers and sons; Police; Terminally ill;

A field guide to getting lost / by McCullough, Joy.;
Told from two viewpoints, STEM-oriented Sutton and imaginative, artistic Luis, ages nine and ten, must find some common ground when her father and his mother start dating seriously.Ages 8 Up.Grades 2-3.LSC
Subjects: Dating (Social customs); Single-parent families; Fathers and daughters; Mothers and sons;

Daddy and me, side by side / by Freelon, Pierce.; Fisher, Nadia.;
While camping, a father and son embrace their emotions as they grieve for the loss of their beloved Pop Pop.
Subjects: Picture books.; Fathers and sons; Grief; Emotions; Camping;

Lawrence in the fall / by Farina, Matthew.; Salati, Doug.;
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Subjects: Nature stories.; Show-and-tell presentations; Collectors and collecting; Fathers and sons; Students; Leaves; Foxes;

Mixed up / by Korman, Gordon.;
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Bereavement; Memory; Grief; Mothers and sons; Fathers and sons; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Friendship;

Finn and the subatomic slip-and-slide / by Buckley, Michael,1969-;
Finn and his friends travel to the Subatomic, a microscopic world where Finn hopes to find his father and defeat the Plague once and for all.Ages 10 and up.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Extraterrestrial beings; Monsters; Fathers and sons; Space and time; Friendship; Interstellar travel;

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