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Balboa, Rocky (Fictitious character) Drama Boxers (Sports) United States Drama Boxing managers United States Drama Boxing Tournaments United States Drama Child rearing Children's questions and answers Communication in families Father-son relationship United States Drama Parenting Retirement United States DramaHodgman, George.
Summary: "A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love. When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook--in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? When hell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Adult 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HODGMAN, GEORGE HODCook, Kevin.
Summary: "In The Dad Report, award-wining sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons--from sport's superstars to Cook and his own ball-playing father--share the game"--provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Publishing 2015
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Summary: "In The Dad Report, award-wining sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons--from sport's superstars to Cook and his own ball-playing father--share the game"--provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 COOSummary: A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROCSummary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PURSilverman, Robyn J. A.
Summary: "What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023