Father: Famous Writers Celebrate the Bond Between Father ...
 The ties that bind a father to his family -- and vice versa -- have always been a potent source of artistic obsession and literary contemplation, from The Odyssey to King Lear to Death of a Salesman. Now some of today's most talented writers -- award [... more]
$0.25
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Joop: A Novel of Anne Frank
Chilling, but lacking: This is a clever exploration of venality amongst ordinary people faced with surviving in wartime (WWII) Netherlands. It utilizes/exploits the reader's familiarity with the Anne Frank story. It is told from the point of view of a [... more]
$13.95
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Renovations
iRenovations/iis more than the sum of its parts. It's a sensitive portrait of a father-son relationship. It's a funny, thoughtful account of dealing with the challenges of midlife. It's also an inside look at modern home renovations. And the end result [... more]
$1.50
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Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond
A somewhat interesting and fairly candid account of IBM: Although not exactly riveting, this book does provide an interesting and readable history of IBM from the view of Thomas Watson Jr. who took over control of IBM after his father, Thomas Watson Sr.. [... more]
$21.00
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Daddy, Why?
terrific topic for a children's book: "Daddy, Why?" is a refreshing children's book which touches upon the sensitive topic of adoption. Lin Fong-O'Neill handles the issue of adoption skillfully and tenderly, speaking in a format little ones can [... more]
$16.95
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In High Places
I can't wait to see what he has next.: Tom Morrisey's best novel to date, IN HIGH PLACES, cost me a good night's sleep and a set of chewed-off fingernails. As a young boy's coming-of-age story, it is superb; as a suspense-filled cliffhanger (pardon the [... more]
$13.99
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Dad Was a Carpenter: A Father, A Son, and the Blueprints ...
Amazon.com Review: No, Dad wasn't really a carpenter. Kenny Kemp's father was a pharmacist who liked to make things in his garage, a man who always saw something new and useful in things old and worn. "To him, a piece of plywood wasn't just lumber: [... more]
$6.95
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Trail of Blood: A Father, a Son and a Tell-Tale Crime ...
A fascinating true story: Trail of Blood tells the story of the murder of Scott Dunn, and how the mysterious Vidocq Society was able to help Texas law enforcement bring his killers to justice even though Scott's body was never found. This is a great book [... more]
$23.95
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Appearances
Moving Novel About a Difficult Subject: I took APPEARANCES with me on a train ride because the book I was already reading was too large to carry. I started reading and couldn't stop, and I ended up crying my eyes out. It's a very moving book about a [... more]
$15.95
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Choke Hold (The New Destroyer)
Remo & Chiun return: I was naive enough to think that Warren Murphy was writing the Destroyer series all by himself after Mr. Richard B. Sapir passed on. Indeed, the internet reveals much, perhaps too much, who really needs to know how the internet [... more]
$6.99
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Bitter Sea, The
a good read: This book tells a personal story of a boy growing up in a very unusual Chinese family during the turbulent times of world war II and the Chinese civil war that followed. The story unfolded as sort of a self analysis, an older man looking [... more]
$19.95
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Specimens
Evocative Father-Son story: Having edited a collection of mother-daughter stories (Snapshots, with Joyce Carol Oates), this sadly evocative tale makes me want to do a book about fathers and sons. Wonderful Story: This was the first story I downloaded [... more]
$0.49
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