Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Father's Day! Thank you for being the man in the lives of your children. May you have a wonderful day.

To celebrate the day, we are listing a few books for fathers - all cheap - because Dad has told us many times that money does not grow on trees.

The last book featured in this group is a Western, because Dad loves Westerns. He was the reader in the family and taught us to love to read. As we were growing up, he often said, "I've bought you books and bought you books. . . " Happy Fathers Day, Dad!

Become A Touchdown Dad, the Breakthrough Book by David Justus, has helped hundreds of fathers turn their love of football into a winning parenting style. Written in the storytelling tradition of The One Minute Manger Series, this book is the inspiring story of one man's challenges in being a father. With the help of a fictional college-football team, a fatherhood coach, and a narrative that is both informative and entertaining, you will see many of the typical problems all men face in being a father, from enforcing the rules to protecting their children to being a good provider.

The book is divided into four quarters covering the areas of child discipline; establishing rules, rewards and consequences; improving communication; protecting children; and, goal setting and employment strategies. Dads and everyone else can buy Become a Touchdown Dad for only $2.97.

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DAD: The Man Who Saved the Planet

Recalling his growing-up years in Los Angeles following World War II, author James Pratt describes twelve lessons he learned from observing his father, an unpretentious and uneducated man who acquired little of this world's wealth but who lived an honorable life.

"For some, these twelve virtues may seem antiquated, out of date, or hopelessly provincial," writes Pratt. "I don't see it that way. What my father practiced and conveyed to me were principles that made it possible for children to grow up in a stable, two-parent home, where there was a widely accepted code of decency, honesty, honor, and patriotism."

This book recalls simpler times, when Southern California was still filled with dusty little towns and when a man could have purchased the bean fields that have become LAX for $5 an acre - if he had somehow had five dollars. Readers will enjoy this loving retrospective, a fitting tribute to dads everywhere.

You can purchase DAD: The Man Who Saved the Planet for only $3.99.

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Sins of the Father

There'd never been a policeman killed in the line of duty here. It was a small town in the Midwest, for God's sake. Cassie closed her eyes and made a silent wish: Please don't let anyone else die tonight.

In the heart of America's breadbasket "where life moves at a slower pace and love feels as sure as the seasons" a series of attacks on police and firemen shock the inhabitants of Mt. Vista.

The violence begins with a vicious attack on two young women in Chicago, revealing a dark family secret. Then a horrendous storm and a crime of opportunity plunge Mt. Vista Officer Dillon Stone into an eerie battle of wits with a madman.

Murder. Vengeance. Two generations. A killer is on the loose and Dillon has precious little time to solve a mystery spanning decades. But can he do it from the other side of the grave? He must find a way. His lover's life, the town he is sworn to protect, and millions of dollars are on the line.

Written by Catherine E. Shuler, Sins of the Father is available for only $5.00

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Fathers and Sons (The Russian literature classic!)

NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader or iPod e-book reader.

This novel by acclaimed Russian author, Ivan Turgenev, concentrates on the conflict between generations, with the nihilist Bazarov representing the revolt of the young free-thinking intellectuals who strive for reality rather than negativity, and he embodies the spirit of revolution...

A wonderful, well-written thrilling and vigorous novel. A must-have for classic literature fans, Fathers and Sons is available for only $0.99.

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On the Edge

Pamela Britton has written this story of Rebecca Newman, widow of five-time Winston Cup champion Randy Newman. Rebecca has inherited Newman Motorsports, and she needs a new driver. Against the advice of everyone around her, Rebecca makes the decision to hire an unknown NASCAR driver, Adam Drake.

And she's proven right, as Adam wins race after race. Rebecca, widowed for four years, is drawn to Adam off the track, too, and his precocious 10-year-old-daughter, Lindsey, adds to the attraction. After all, Lindsey convinced Rebecca to consider her dad, and now the little girl is playing matchmaker.

Like Rebecca, Adam is still healing--he was dumped by his ex-wife for another race-car driver, so a new relationship would represent a big gamble. These seemingly broken individuals find that love can make them whole again, and it just may be a wild ride getting there.

On the Edge, a touching story of a father finding love, is available today for only $4.50.

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The Searchers by Alan LeMay - a Western for our dad who loves to read Westerns. Happy Fathers Day, Dad!

The book that inspired the classic John Wayne movie...

To build a home on the Texas plains took years of work. To destroy it took one night.

The description, like the hero of the story, is of few words. You can purchase this classic Western, The Searchers, for only $2.56.

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Growing as a person

Amazon did not provide much of a description of Everyday Enlightenment. Reviewer "musshin" gives insight to the book with this review:

Dan Millman has done extensive training in meditative disciplines, mystical practices, and other endeavors in the search for enlightenment. While he found these practices to be highly inspirational and wise, he also realized that these practices didn't do any good if you couldn't perform your everyday tasks in an enlightened manner. Thus Everyday Enlightenment.

The book offers 12 practical and well thought-out-of areas or gateways to pass through for optimal growth as a person emotionally, physically and spiritually. Some of the gateways are: self-worth, money, health, emotions, taming the mind, trusting your intuition, sexuality, love, and serving others.

As you apply the suggestions in each chapter you'll find yourself becoming more successful with that particular gateway. When you combine all the insights and wisdom you've learned from the gateways you can't help but live in a more satisfied way.

Today Everyday Enlightenment is supercheap for only $1.99.

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Have you heard of Dyson?

Over the last 20 years, Michael Eric Dyson has become one of America's most visible - and quotable - public intellectuals. Whether in his sixteen books, or in countless newspapers, television and radio appearances, or on stages, podiums, and pulpits across the world, Dyson has spun an enchanting web of words that has caught the attention of the masses and elites alike. He has weighed in on a myriad array of topics - from faith to fatherhood, and from race to sex, as well as sports, manhood, gender, music, leadership, politics, language, love, justice, literature, suffering, death, hope, relationships and much, much more.

Can You Hear Me Now?, offers a sampling of Dyson's sharp wit, profound thought, and edifying eloquence on the enduring problems of humanity, from love to justice, and the latest topics of the day, including race and the presidency. It is both revealing and relevant, and at once thoughtful provoking and uplifting.

Can You Hear Me Now? is available today for only $3.68.

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Get up and get moving

As an American who immigrated from India within the last decade, Nitin Chhoda has seen first hand the fitness dichotomy between eastern and western cultures.

Total Activation: The New 5 Step Fitness Mantra is a a dynamic new approach to weight loss and personal wellness in America. Chhoda compares American lifestyle with that of a native Indian way of life and employs eastern philosophies to create a total wellness solution.

The five components of the Total Activation program are: Emotional, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Intellectual (EPSSI). The final result is weight loss, healthier habits, a more active lifestyle, and an improved mind-body connection.

Today you can purchase Total Activation for only $2.28.

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Everything was fine until the sibling was born

Maybe it is because I come from a larger family, but the title of this memoir intriguing. I don't identify with either sister, but the family dynamics I understand.

At four, Shannon Kring spends her days stuffing anything she can get her hands on into her red leather suitcase, playing 60 Minutes with her Barbie dolls, and basking in the limelight cast on her by her over-attentive mother. Then her sister Natalie is born. Everyone loves the well-behaved baby.

Realizing she isn't the novelty she once was, Shannon reclaims her parents attention by playing with matches, chewing her father's tobacco, and calling her cat a cocksucky. Once placed in the background, Natalie is kept there though Shannon's playroom domination and dramatic schemes. Convinced her sister is the favored child, Natalie takes to her room, where she regularly holds pity parties.

Sister Salty, Sister Sweet is a coming-of-age story with dark humor, straight-up characterizations, and bald honesty. Today you can purchase Sister Salty, Sister Sweet for only $3.50.

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Dieting by detoxing

Seems that half of Americans are on a diet - all trying to find the secret to losing the excess.

Dr. Ian Smith's diets really work. America has lost millions of pounds following his bestselling programs: The Fat Smash Diet, Extreme Fat Smash and, his newest, The 4 Day Diet—an eating plan that allows readers to avoid the normal (and fatal) pitfalls of dieting.

Now you can try The 4 Day Detox: the first of seven four-day modules straight from The 4 Day Diet by Dr. Ian. In his detox, Dr. Ian provides specific marching orders for invigorating, extremely healthy foods that not only mop up the toxins floating around in your body but naturally increase your energy and prime you to lose excess pounds.

The 4 Day Detox will cleanse your body, help you lose weight fast, and focus your mind on what you can do when you commit to change. Today you can purchase The 4 Day Detox for only $1.99.

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Have far have your jeans traveled?

Not being a world traveler, I'm confident that my clothes have been to more exotic places around the globe than I will ever be. Oh, the places my jeans have been - before I even bought them.

Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of the multi-billion-dollar denim industry in search of the people who make your clothes.

From a cotton picker in Azerbaijan to a Cambodian seamstress, a denim maker in Italy to a fashion designer in New York, Snyder captures the human, environmental, and political forces at work in a complex and often absurd world. Neither polemic nor prescription, Fugitive Denim captures what it means to work in the twenty-first century.

Today you can purchase Fugitive Denim for $2.50.

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Poisoned from the inside

Your body may be so overwhelmed that it's sending you distress signals-
* Learn why you are at risk for suffering from cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
* Discover why you don't feel well and why you-re always tired.
* Examine the Sick Building Syndrome.
* Explore spiritual and physical aspects of fasting.

Dr. Don Colbert provides an easy-to-understand and comprehensive explanation of the toxic battle you're in. He also exposes risk factors and provides alternative solutions for living free from cancer, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes and more.

Detoxify your body with Dr. Colbert's medically sound and proven program of juice fasting. Deep cleansing your body right down to the cellular level will renew your vitality, restore your energy, reclaim your health, shed toxic fat, lengthen your life and give you a healthy glow you haven't had in years.

Today you can purchase restore Health and Energy Through Fasting and Detoxification for only $4.28.

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Relying on reason

We live in an era of obscenely expensive political campaigns, perceived and real political corruption, corporate greed, fraudulent investment and banking schemes, and biased if not deliberately distorted reporting of information by the media.

There is only one effective path left to individuals that may guarantee the protection of their civil liberties and financial well-being: total reliance on reason and objective judgment, rather than blind acceptance of claims based on ideology or leap of faith. Whereas leap of faith may be warranted in very special occasions, it seldom provides solid ground for protection.

The history of our nation consists of enlightenment periods during which reason prevailed, as well as of dark periods during which both reason and objective judgment were totally ignored.

In Reason We Trust, written by Dr. John Chrysochoos, is available today $1.87.

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Hope from a mother who has hurt

When tragedy strikes our families or when our sons or daughters choose an unfortunate path in life, it's hard to reconcile the present with all our hopes for the future. Our children's decisions may conflict with the way we raised them, or we may lose contact as family members shut each other out.

In When Your Child Breaks Your Heart, beloved author Barbara Johnson tells the story of how, as a wife and mother, she faced so many challenges--the crippling of her husband from a debilitating accident, the death of two sons, and the choices of a third son that caused him to stay away from family for years. But even through her pain, she set out on a journey of survival and restoration that included a steady diet of laughter, joy, and hope.

In this gripping book, Ms. Johnson tells her family's searing story honestly and compassionately, and she reveals how she was able to emerge triumphantly with her faith intact and her spirit unbroken. She offers hope to families facing similar circumstances, sharing how God brought her through the deep waters without letting her drown--and how He will do the same for us.

When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms is available today for only $4.79.

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You press this button right here

We may be one of the last homes in America to buy a TiVo, but if we ever get one, it will take me the next decade to learn how to use it. This book was written for someone like me.

In this book you will find numerous real-world examples to help you deploy your own applications to TiVo quickly and easily. The authors describe software development for the TiVo platform, covering the basic building blocks of application design. You’ll discover how to create advanced applications using TiVo’s component library and learn how to package your final product for others to integrate into their TiVo experience.

Just reading that paragraph above gives me a shiver. You can purchase Beginning TiVo Programming for just $2.59. Good luck!

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Helping your high schooler - in both English and Spanish

Available in both English and Spanish editions, this book written by Mariela Dabbah is available for $3.35 for the English edition and $3.46 for the Spanish edition. Links for both are below.

Help Your Children Succeed in High School and Go to College teaches Latinos how to support their children through the American high school process, whether they are new to the country or not. This useful guide is full of helpful examples, advice from experts and parents who have already successfully taken their children through the high school and college years, and tips so you can see exactly how to navigate the sometimes confusing American system.

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Spanish edition of Ayude a sus hijos a triunfar en la escuela secundaria y llegar a la universidad is available for $3.46.

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A mother's touching book of her son's autism

The inspiring story of Rex, a boy who is not only blind and autistic, but who also happens to be a musical savant.

How can an 11-year old boy hear a Mozart fantasy for the first time and play it back note-for-note perfectly-but struggle to navigate the familiar surroundings of his own home? Cathleen Lewis says her son Rex's laugh of total abandon is the single most joyous sound anyone could hear, but his tortured aversion to touch and sound breaks her heart and makes her wonder what God could have had in mind. In this book she shares the mystery of Rex and the highs, lows, hopes, dreams, joy, sorrows, and faith she has journeyed through with him.

Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives is available today for only $1.81.

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Just a little advice to help you along the way

The teachers who have blessed my life have offered plenty of wise advice, if only I had heeded even half of it.

This book offers a collection of the best thoughts, ideas, methods, and aphorisms from the past and present for today's teacher. This book blends the observations of contemporary educators with words of wisdom from teachers of the past in a collection that is sure to engage and inspire anyone in the teaching profession.

Featured educators include Plutarch, "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled," Robert Louis Stevenson, "To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life," and many others. In addition, inspiring and award-winning educators from across the U.S. share their insights on a variety of subjects, including responsibility and accountability, self-esteem, comprehension, motivation, and methods of teaching that accommodate various learning styles.

This book has something to teach everyone about teaching. Written by Charles Mcguire and Diana Abitz, The Best Advice Ever for Teachers is available today for only $2.85.

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Healthy hearts are happy hearts

More than 70 million Americans have some form of heart disease. For each of them, obtaining accurate information about the disease and the many options for dealing with it can be both empowering and life saving.

In this book, cardiologist Dr. Barry L. Zaret and Genell Subak-Sharpe offer up-to-date facts about the best treatments available and an innovative approach that shows how treatment programs can be tailored to meet the needs of each unique patient.

Written in a warmly reassuring style, this indispensable guide to heart care offers realistic hope and specific directions for designing a lifelong heart care program. Filled with practical advice, instructional case histories, a philosophy for controlling your health, self-tests to assess risk, and questions to ask your doctor, it looks toward an even better future for those with heart disease.

Heart Care for Life is supercheap today for only $1.82. What a great price for a book that could help you lead a healthier life and be a better informed patient.

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Knit one, purl two, laugh, repeat

By no means a proficient knitter, I still love to pull out the needles and knit and purl the stitches to create a scarf, sweater, slippers, or afghan. There's only one thing better than knitting - knitters. Creative, friendly and candid, I love spending time with knitters, clicking the needles and discussing life.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again reminds us of the joy we felt upon first encountering her hilarious and poignant collection of essays surrounding her favorite topics: knitting, knitters, and what happens when you get those two things anywhere near ordinary people.

For the 60 million knitters in America, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (a.k.a. the Yarn Harlot) shares stories of knitting horrors and triumphs, knitting successes and defeats, but, mostly, stories about the human condition that ring true for everyone--especially if you happen to have a rather large amount of yarn in your house.

Funny, unique, and gleeful in her obsession, Pearl-McPhee speaks to knitters of all skill levels in this delightful celebration of craft and creativity. Today you can purchase Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again for only $4.26.

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SuperCheap Free! The Choice Effect

SuperCheap Free! The Choice Effect by Amalia McGibbon, Lara Vogel, and Claire A. Williams.

Description:
Love choices but hate choosing? Welcome to the club. The Choice Effect is for young women who have all the opportunities in the world and no idea how to decide among them. It's one thing to have lots of options when it comes to fulfilling careers or traveling the world--but what does it mean for our love lives? How can you know whether you're with the right person--or if the time is right--when you haven't vetted the other possibilities?

With hard-won insight, plus interviews with a whole host of other women who are living it, the twentysomething friends and authors of The Choice Effect explain why their generation is sidestepping traditional timelines. They look at the question of choice in the twenty-first century as they give voice to their generation's dilemma: How do you choose when you've been taught you can have it all?

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SuperCheap Free! Better Dads, Stronger Sons

SuperCheap Free! Better Dads, Stronger Sons by Rick Johnson from Christian publisher Revell.

Description:
The relationship between a father and a son is like none other. Dads have a God-given role to protect and provide for their families, always striving to teach their sons the life skills they'll need to grow into honorable men. But many dads struggle with feelings of inadequacy regarding their fathering abilities. They want to be better dads. Rick Johnson can show them how.

In this insightful and practical book, Johnson shows how fathers can be equipped and inspired to be positive role models for their sons. He stresses the significance of male bonding, discipline, and spiritual leadership; discusses important topics such as sexual purity, respect, and self-discipline; and reveals the top ten mistakes to avoid as a father. From commitment and courage to honesty and humility, Better Dads, Stronger Sons helps men strive to be the dads God designed them to be--so their sons can grow to be everything they are meant to be.

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A love story of an infertile couple

One of a man's most prized prerogatives is the ability to produce a child. But what happens when that ability is challenged?

Twenty-nine-year-old Matthew M.F. Miller came across that dilemma when he and his wife Constance's plans to have a child were thwarted by fertility problems. Miller's solution was not to mope, but to reach out to other 6.1 million couples in America who encounter the same situation.

Maybe Baby is a romantic comedy--a book about love, inappropriate moments at the urologist's office, reproductive clinics, survival, and (hopefully one day) triumph--all through the eyes of a man.

Maybe Baby is a book that offers women comfort and insight on what their partners are thinking and going through, while encouraging men who are experiencing infertility--whether it is their medical problem or their wives'--with humor, honesty, and practicality.

Today, you can purchase Maybe Baby for your Kindle for only $1.94.

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Inside My Heart by Robin McGraw

You've seen her on television with her husband, Dr. Phil. But now it's time for a heart-to-heart conversation with Robin McGraw. In Inside My Heart, Robin speaks woman to woman, inspiring you to embrace and celebrate the many roles you play and encouraging you to make deliberate choices that lead to a richer, happier, and more meaningful life.

She shares with you the life-changing moments of her childhood years, dating and marrying Dr. Phil McGraw, raising two sons, and asserting herself as a woman in a man's world to show you that you have the power to make choices in your life. In fact, she's convinced that you must choose to go after the life you want.

With a deep and abiding faith in God, Robin McGraw shares her story so you too can make choices that reflect your own heart's truest priorities and highest goals.

Inside My Heart can be purchased for only $3.30.

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