Father’s Day Books (6/16/23)

Whether you’re looking for a book to give to your dad or you just want to read about fatherhood, we have something for you here!

IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME: A MEMOIR BY JOHN STAMOS

LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

“A two-time Emmy Award–nominated television, film, and theater actor and producer who also toured and recorded with the Beach Boys for over 30 years, Stamos covers a life lived to the fullest in this memoir.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

THE LAST OUTLAWS: THE DESPERATE FINAL DAYS OF THE DALTON GANG BY TOM CLAVIN

Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads votes due by August 1st.

“The Dalton Gang, four brothers and an ever-shifting bunch of cohorts who graduated from horse thieving to robbing banks and trains in a bid to outdo infamous Jesse James. On October 5, 1892, the gang decided on the daytime robbery of two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville, KS, and met a bloody fate when townsfolk fought back.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

BUILDING YOUR FAMILY: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DONOR CONCEPTION BY LISA SCHUMAN AND MARK LEONDIRES

Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads votes due by October 1st.

The first all-inclusive guide by experts to cover both the medical and emotional aspects of becoming a parent through donor conception. In a compassionate and authoritative narrative, Schuman and Leondires help stressed out parents-to-be find their way forward with confidence and joy.

HOW TO BE: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE EARLY GREEKS BY ADAM NICOLSON

Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

Enhanced with maps, photographs, and artwork, this work provides a vital new way of understanding the origins of Western thought. It’s an expedition into early ideas and a geography of our deepest preconceptions.

MAGIC: THE LIFE OF EARVIN “MAGIC” JOHNSON BY ROLAND LAZENBY

LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

Through hundreds of interviews with Johnson’s coaches, teammates, friends and loved ones, including key conversations with Johnson himself, Lazenby has produced the first definitive study of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr., the revolutionary player, the icon, the man.

THE SEARCH FOR US BY SUSAN AZIM BOYER

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Samira and Henry are half-siblings who have never met. When they each take a DNA test in an attempt to find their biological father, they find each other instead. They team up to search for their Iranian immigrant and U.S. Army veteran father and slowly unravel the difficult truth of their shared past.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME: A MEMOIR by John Stamos; 9781250890979; 10/24/23
THE LAST OUTLAWS: THE DESPERATE FINAL DAYS OF THE DALTON GANG by Tom Clavin; 9781250282385; 11/7/23
BUILDING YOUR FAMILY: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DONOR CONCEPTION by Lisa Schuman and Mark Leondires; 9781250868268; 11/14/23
HOW TO BE: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE EARLY GREEKS by Adam Nicolson; 9780374610104; 10/17/23
MAGIC: THE LIFE OF EARVIN “MAGIC” JOHNSON by Roland Lazenby; 9781250248039; 10/24/23
THE SEARCH FOR US by Susan Azim Boyer; 9781250833709; 10/24/23