The Mad Adventures of a First-time Dad
The Mad Adventures of a First-time Dad

Author: Yashivan Govender

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-06-16

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 0620650524

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Follow the journey of a new dad on the mad adventure of rebalancing work, family, and life in general while immigrating to a foreign country. With a fine disregard for the physical limitations of the human body, Yashivan leaps head first not only into a new culture but into hands-on fatherhood as well. Wrestle through the paradigm shift of fatherhood as Yashivan confronts it with great respect, yet maintains his characteristic playfulness and optimism. In the global world we are now living in, Yashivan has proven that business to be run from anywhere on the planet. He has now taken this a step further, yet he still manages to balance a mobile phone in one hand, a baby in the other, a laptop on his knee and cinche that contract, literally! Based on a true story and written by three first time fathers. From the producers of FirstStep.me and Breaking Stereotypes comes an adventure set in the land of baby making...Bavaria!

The Mad Wolf's Daughter
The Mad Wolf's Daughter

Author: Diane Magras

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-02-12

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0735229287

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***A New York Times Editors’ Choice*** A Scottish medieval adventure about the youngest in a war-band who must free her family from a castle prison after knights attack her home--with all the excitement of Ranger's Apprentice and perfect for fans of heroines like Alanna from The Song of the Lioness series. One dark night, Drest's sheltered life on a remote Scottish headland is shattered when invading knights capture her family, but leave Drest behind. Her father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers are a fearsome war-band, but now Drest is the only one who can save them. So she starts off on a wild rescue attempt, taking a wounded invader along as a hostage. Hunted by a bandit with a dark link to her family's past, aided by a witch whom she rescues from the stake, Drest travels through unwelcoming villages, desolate forests, and haunted towns. Every time she faces a challenge, her five brothers speak to her in her mind about courage and her role in the war-band. But on her journey, Drest learns that the war-band is legendary for terrorizing the land. If she frees them, they'll not hesitate to hurt the gentle knight who's become her friend. Drest thought that all she wanted was her family back; now she has to wonder what their freedom would really mean. Is she her father's daughter or is it time to become her own legend?

The Fun Side of Being Serious 2. 0
The Fun Side of Being Serious 2. 0

Author: Yashivan Govender

Publisher:

Published: 2011-12

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780620522427

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As the darkness of the world's economic crisis blankets the earth, a small yet powerful resisting force could be seen in the distance. Armed with an idea, a laptop, a digital camera and a South African attitude, this resistance took root at the southernmost tip of Africa. An adventure filled with guts, glory and ambition, The Fun Side of Being Serious 2.0, follows one entrepreneur's journey to fulfil his dream of starting his own online business: FirstStep.me. Written by a young South African of Indian descent who dared to defy his parents by not becoming a lawyer, accountant or doctor, and co-written by a journalist with an ego that only Woodward and Bernstein could match, the book provides a refreshing and honest look at the challenges experienced by young entrepreneurs in global business. It's a journey of visionary proportions that launched a successful international website, documentary and book series! Challenging the global financial crisis has never been this fun or exciting! It is a guide that aims to inspire and help the youth of today to create solutions.Starting your own business is no longer an impossible dream, it's a necessity. ---------------"From dreaming about impacting the future of business to taking the necessary steps to actually do so."Phyllis Byars-AmeguideThe Gordon Institute of Business Science"Success isn't rocket science."Owen BurtonFormer CEO of Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship"Inspirational book for an aspiring entrepreneur!"Shaun Tomson

Reading My Father
Reading My Father

Author: Alexandra Styron

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-04-19

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1416595066

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PART MEMOIR AND PART ELEGY, READING MY FATHER IS THE STORY OF A DAUGHTER COMING TO KNOW HER FATHER AT LAST— A GIANT AMONG TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVELISTS AND A MAN WHOSE DEVASTATING DEPRESSION DARKENED THE FAMILY LANDSCAPE. In Reading My Father, William Styron’s youngest child explores the life of a fascinating and difficult man whose own memoir, Darkness Visible, so searingly chronicled his battle with major depression. Alexandra Styron’s parents—the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Sophie’s Choice and his political activist wife, Rose—were, for half a century, leading players on the world’s cultural stage. Alexandra was raised under both the halo of her father’s brilliance and the long shadow of his troubled mind. A drinker, a carouser, and above all “a high priest at the altar of fiction,” Styron helped define the concept of The Big Male Writer that gave so much of twentieth-century American fiction a muscular, glamorous aura. In constant pursuit of The Great Novel, he and his work were the dominant force in his family’s life, his turbulent moods the weather in their ecosystem. From Styron’s Tidewater, Virginia, youth and precocious literary debut to the triumphs of his best-known books and on through his spiral into depression, Reading My Father portrays the epic sweep of an American artist’s life, offering a ringside seat on a great literary generation’s friendships and their dramas. It is also a tale of filial love, beautifully written, with humor, compassion, and grace.

The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists
The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists

Author: Ken Denmead

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1101558849

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Fans of the New York Times bestselling Geek Dad and The Geek Dad's Guide to Weekend Fun will flock to the 3.0 version, The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists. As Ken Denmead explains, most kids lack an understanding of science and an awareness of how it influences our everyday lives. What kids today need is a fun way to learn scientific concepts. This book will help scientists-in-the- making discover how our world works with creative project ideas, including how to: Grow crystals to power your Stargate and set your room aglow Extract your own DNA and decode your genes Build a MacGyver radio from nothing but cast-off electrical and office supplies Chock-full of instructional illustrations throughout, The Geek Dad Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists puts the fun back in science.

Geek Dad
Geek Dad

Author: Ken Denmead

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-05-04

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1101404310

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The ultimate DIY project guide for techie dads raising kids in their own geeky image, in the spirit of The Dangerous Book for Boys Today's generation of dads grew up more tech-savvy than ever. Rather than joining the Little League team, many grew up playing computer games, Dungeons and Dragons, and watching Star Wars. Now with kids of their own, these digital-age dads are looking for fresh ways to share their love of science and technology, and help their kids develop a passion for learning and discovery. Enter supergeek, and father of two, Ken Denmead. An engineer and editor of the incredibly popular GeekDad blog on wired.com, Ken has created the ultimate, idea-packed guide guaranteed to help dads and kids alike enjoy the magic of playtime together and tap into the infinite possibility of their imagination. With illustrations throughout, this book offers projects for all ages to suit any timeframe or budget. With Denmead's expert guidance, you and your child can: •Fly a night-time kite ablaze with lights or launch a video camera with balloons •Construct the "Best Slip n' Slide Ever," a guaranteed thrill ride •Build a working lamp with LEGO bricks and CDs •Create a customized comic strip or your own board game •Transform any room into a spaceship •Make geeky crafts like cyborg jack-o'-lanterns or Ethernet cuff links Brimming with endlessly fun and futuristic tidbits on everything from gaming to gadgets, GeekDad helps every tech-savvy father unleash his inner kid-and bond with the next generation of brainiacs. Watch a Video

To the Poles Without a Beard
To the Poles Without a Beard

Author: Catharine Hartley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0743450388

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WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN VENTURING TO THE POLES (especially when you're the first British woman to try it) * Decide to take up the challange in a haze of alchohol one New Year's Eve * Crash the BBC global email system with your fundraising requests * Do no training whatsoever prior to departure, except the odd aerobics class * Pack 300 Malboro Lights into your sled * Fail to put on the requisite 3 stone to help stave off cold and hunger * Forget to buy any gloves so stop off at Snow and Rock on High St Ken for a pair on the way to the airport * Ignore finger going black with frostbite to avoid making a fuss * Get so drunk in the plane to the North Pole that Canada refuses you entry as an undesirable alien * Forget to eat or sleep for three days before setting off Catharine Hartley did all these things and still made it to both poles. TO THE POLES WITHOUT A BEARD tells her hilarious and incredible story.

Wild Adventure
Wild Adventure

Author: Howard Hill

Publisher: Derrydale Press

Published: 2000-05-02

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1461733596

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This collection of wild and woolly adventure stories from real life was first published by Stackpole Books in 1954. From roping bear and cougar in Arizona to hunting wild boar with a longbow on Santa Catalina Island in California and alligator wrestling in the Everglades, Howard Hill was the prototypical "extreme" guy. Includes outstanding photography from Hill's adventures of such animals as grizzly bear, elk, mountain sheep and moose. First published by Stackpole Books in 1954. Foreword by Errol Flynn. New preface by Jerry Hill, the author's nephew.

The Edge of Being
The Edge of Being

Author: James Brandon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-10-11

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0525517677

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A tender and heartfelt queer YA novel about the multiplicities of grief, deeply held family secrets, and finding new love. Isaac Griffin has always felt something was missing from his life. And for good reason: he's never met his dad. He'd started to believe he'd never belong in this world, that the scattered missing pieces of his life would never come together, when he discovers a box hidden deep in the attic with his father's name on it. When the first clue points him to San Francisco, he sets off with his boyfriend to find the answers, and the person he’s been waiting his whole life for. But when his vintage station wagon breaks down (and possibly his relationship too) they are forced to rely on an unusual girl who goes by Max—and has her own familial pain—to take them the rest of the way. As his family history is revealed, Isaac finds himself drawing closer to Max. Using notes his dad had written decades ago, the two of them retrace his father’s steps during the weeks leading up to the Compton's Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco, a precursor to the Stonewall Riots a few years later. Only to discover, as he learns about the past that perhaps the missing pieces of his life weren't ever missing at all.