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Diagnosed as severely autistic at the age of three, Tito, nearly nonverbal, was brought up by his loving mother Soma, who taught him to read English and challenged him to write his own stories. The initial result was The Mind Tree, published in 2003, which Tito wrote between the ages of eight and 11. The Gold of the Sunbeams is an equally impressive, beautiful collection of stories, each prefaced by a charming note from Tito explaining how the story came into being.

Writing with the same descriptive flair that has won his novels so much praise, W. D. Wetherell tells the true story of his high-school-age son's winning soccer season. Soccer Dad is simultaneously the candid reflections of a devoted father and the enthusiastic observations of a diehard soccer fan. When Matt enters his senior year of high school, it is not without myriad parenting concerns on the part of his father, author W. D. Wetherell. What is his role in shaping his son's future? What will life be like when Matt is away at college? And what of Matt's soccer season?

It is a day like any other when Sarah arrives at the school gate to pick up her two stepchildren, Izzy and Patrick. But when the twins don't run out to meet her like normal, Sarah knows something must be wrong. Sarah can't believe what she's hearing when the teacher informs her that their father...

Pablo, exilé chilien installé en France depuis plus de trente ans, a élevé sa fille dans l'amour et le silence, prenant soin de lui cacher un passé marqué par la dictature, la prison et l'exil. Lorsque, à dix-huit ans, Victoria part seule au Chili, laissant son père sans nouvelles du jour au lendemain, ce dernier est contraint de revenir dans le pays qu'il a fui. Soudain confronté à une page terrifiante de sa vie autant qu'à son propre enfermement dans la douleur, sa quête devient dès lors un chemin de vérité.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The story continues. In I Am John: Book 3 – The Unseen Battle, listeners return to the life of John, a man whose journey through faith, family, hardship, and redemption began in Book 1 and continued through Book 2. What started as a search for peace...

'So engrossing! Betty is a page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story steeped in Cherokee history, told in undulating prose that settles right into you' Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times 'Beautiful and devastating' Observer, Books of the Year 'Breathtaking' Vogue 'A girl comes of age...

'Gabriel Flynn's work, rich with insight and wit, makes the world newly vivid' Claire Messud, author of This Strange Eventful History 'A clear-eyed, deadpan-funny novel about the present' Lauren Oyler, author of Fake Accounts 'Place, belonging, failure, ambition: this beguilingly readable novel...

Being a mum is an incredible journey, a remarkable experience that changes how we look, how we feel, who we are. As mothers we are strong, protective, proud. We feel a love like no other. But being a parent can be hard too. It challenges us physically, mentally, emotionally. There are the days...

When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, naïve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father with his determination to overthrow the traditional values of society. Vividly capturing the hopes and fears of a changing Russia in the 19th century, Fathers and Sons is Ivan Turgenev's masterpiece. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Kindermedizin von 4 bis 12 Jahren mit über 500 Fragen und Antworten In diesem lang ersehnten Nachfolgeband des Bestsellers Wenn der Rotz läuft und der Pups drückt dreht sich alles um die Gesundheit der lieben Kleinen von 4 bis 12 Jahren. Der Kids.Doc beantwortet die vielen neuen Fragen der Eltern zu den Themen Sauberwerden, Impfungen, typische Kinderkrankheiten sowie zur kindlichen Entwicklung vom Kindergartenalter bis zur Vorpubertät.

Questa è una storia che parla di uomini. «Uomini che non sanno dare parola alle proprie emozioni e quindi le trasformano in silenzi, oppure in azioni disfunzionali.» Paolo sta per diventare padre. Sua moglie Chiara lo sveglia in piena notte per dirgli che è giunto il momento. Quando salgono in macchina e partono alla volta dell'ospedale, Paolo sa che quel viaggio gli cambierà la vita. E mentre viene travolto da un turbine di emozioni e ricordi, non può fare a meno di ripercorrere la sua storia, abitata da figure maschili che gli hanno lasciato ferite profonde, alcune ancora aperte.

Hay cosas que todo padre siempre quiere decirles a sus hijos. Sobre el amor. Sobre la muerte. Sobre lo que es realmente importante en la vida. Sobre el sexo. Sobre Dios y la religión. Sobre sus abuelos y sus raíces. Sobre vivir en un país extranjero. Sobre cómo salir adelante. Y Jorge Ramos no se quedó con las ganas.

We first meet Michel eleven days after the death of his son Lion. Lion was lost, suddenly, to a virulent strain of meningitis and it's left his father and entire family reeling. We join Michel on his personal journey through grief, but the twist that makes the journey truly remarkable, and tips...

Die Kinder sind aus dem Haus und Stefan Schwarz muss endlich kein Vorbild mehr sein! Hurra, das pädagogische Elterntheater hat geschlossen! Er kann wieder in Unterhosen durch die Wohnung spazieren, seiner Frau mit einer zerplatzten Brötchentüte ein wichtiges Telefonat vermasseln, mit der zur Pflege überlassenen Katze hinterm Kachelofen sauber machen, für Freunde im örtlichen Buchhandel nach Kackabüchern zur Windelentwöhnung suchen, sich an seine Vergangenheit als Heu-Baby und Heulsuse erinnern, ganz ohne Symptome vor seinem Hausarzt rumsitzen, und überhaupt und überall seinen Senf dazu geben.

Ser padre es algo importantísimo. Y a la primera pregunta que surge inevitablemente, «¿Seré capaz?», responde este divertido audiolibro: claro que sí, hombre, podrás, con la ayuda del mejor manual de instrucciones, el que tienes en las manos. Y además no solo puedes, debes. «Reivindicar el derecho a encargarnos del niño, aunque seamos torpes al principio y nos dé pánico, es el primer paso para entrar en el apasionante mundo de la paternidad», dice su autor. ¡Adelante!

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION SELECTED BY THE TELEGRAPH AS ONE OF THE FOUR BEST DEBUTS OF THE YEAR 'A tense, yet tender portrait of a father and son trying to escape life on the margin. Determination and despair collide in this unforgettable debut, with an ending that broke...

This laugh-out-loud, latest installment in Adam Mansbach’s profane, #1 New York Times best-selling series, probably CAN be read to—and by—your graduating child, though it might bring you all to tears WHEN YOUR KID IS LITTLE, the paradoxes of parenting are simple: you can love your child to...

Sky is devastated when she finds that her husband is in love with her oldest friend, Nick. She has lost the two most important men in her life and can't trust either of them again. To escape, she goes alone on a dream trip to Marrakech and meets Gail, on a mission to meet the father of her child, a man she loved but thought did not want her. There, Sky and Gail both find unexpected joys - and surprises. For Sky these lead to France, to a beautiful chateau and a family whose relationships seem as complicated as her own.

Carta al padre es el nombre dado comunmente a la carta que Franz Kafka escribió a su padre Hermann en noviembre de 1919, criticándolo por su conducta emocionalmente abusiva e hipócrita hacia él. Estas cartas revelan aspectos desconocidos del autor.

After the death of his brother and the sudden end of his marriage, and after his ex-wife moved to another state leaving him alone with their two young children, Dan Glick embarked on single fatherhood in an unusual way: he took his kids on a journey around the world. The idea was to go see some of the world's rare life forms before they disappeared from the planet, and to do it before the kids themselves would grow up and chart their own paths.