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"The story is disarmingly simple: the author and his young son take a motorcycle trip across America. Their experiences become the springboard from which Robert Pirsig dives into his brilliant, often beautiful meditations on the concept of value -- and finally, on the author's own troubled past. Few books invite comparison with Moby Dick, but since Mr. Pirsig's book appeared nearly 20 years ago, critics have found the analogy unavoidable. Like Ishmael's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
James and the giant peach: A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.
Mr. Fox and other animal stories: A collection of animal stories.
Danny the champion of the world: A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
E.B. has big dreams of becoming a famous drummer. But his dad wants him to take up the family business on Easter Island: he wants him to become the Easter Bunny. Rather than hop along in his father's footsteps, E.B. is ready to trade the magical factory for musical fame. Back on the mainland, Fred is an out-of-work slacker trying to figure out what to do with his life. When he accidentally injures E.B., they get an idea: Why not make Fred the next...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Nemo, a brave clownfish, is carried away by a scuba diver and finds himself living in a tank with a zany group of tropical fish. While they plan a daring escape, Nemo's father Marlin searches for his son, and encounters adventures of his own.
446) Game changers: 1
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Ben McBain is the best player on his football team. He can play nearly any position and when the time comes for the big play to win it, he always pulls through. But there's one position on the team Ben isn't allowed to play, quarterback, because that spot goes to Shawn O'Brien, the coach's son. As the team starts to struggle, Ben must decide if he should try to help Shawn become a better player, or make a play for the position at the cost of a friendship....
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2021.
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English
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The Chinese New Year is a time for family reunions. This Chinese children's story tells a delightful trip with lots of cultural details along the way! Jia Jun's Dad worked out of town all year around. Now it's time for him to come home. He took a train, bus, three-wheeled motorcycle, ferry-boat and even walked for many miles. He finally made it home and had a reunion dinner with his family on New Year's Eve. On his trip, as Jia Jun's Dad was rushing...
448) A different pond
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
VOX edition.
Language
Multiple
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As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
449) Inkling
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The Rylance family is stuck. Dad's got writer's block. Ethan promised to illustrate a group project at school--even though he can't draw. Sarah's still pining for a puppy. And they all miss Mom. So much more than they can say. Enter Inkling. Inkling begins life in Mr. Rylance's sketchbook. But one night the ink of his drawings runs together--and then leaps off the page! This small burst of creativity is about to change everything. Ethan finds him...
450) The bond
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
High school friends Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt all grew up fatherless in Newark, New Jersey. Despite tough odds they became successful doctors. Now they turn that strength to rebuilding their relationships with their fathers.
452) A farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: [a son's memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha]
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
The son of Gabriel García Márquez remembers his beloved father and mother in this memoir about love and loss.
453) Furnishing eternity
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's Midwest roots and seeking a father's wisdom through an unusual woodworking project, constructing his own coffin.
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