Father's Day is a special time to honor the dads and father figures in our lives. It's a day to show our appreciation for their love, guidance, and support.
But finding the perfect gift can be a challenge. You want something thoughtful, unique, and suits his interests.
That's where we come in. We've curated a list of the top 30 Father's Day book gift ideas to help you find the perfect present.
So whether your dad is a griller, a gamer, or a bookworm, you're sure to find something he'll love.
Here are a few book ideas that might appeal to him:
- For the history buff: A gripping historical novel or a non-fiction book about a period he's interested in.
- For the mystery lover: The latest thriller from his favorite author.
- For the self-improvement enthusiast: A highly-rated book on personal growth or leadership.
- For the sci-fi fan: A new release from a popular science fiction series.
Remember, a book is more than just a gift. It's a whole new world for your dad to explore.
Griller Dad Gifts
BBQ Pit Boys Book of Real Guuud Barbecue: Grilling, Slow Roasting and Smoking, Beer-Can Burgers, Fireball Whiskey Meatballs, Popcorn Chicken, Venison
by Bbq Pit Boys Bbq Pit Boys
With over 2.2 million subscribers, and more than 1 billion views, the BBQ Pit Boys are by far the most-watched barbecue cooks on YouTube. And they are Facebook's number 1 BBQ show.
They have millions of people in their online BBQ "community" -- the largest in the world -- and there are good reasons for that.
Dressed casually in black T-shirts, jeans and sunglasses, the BBQ Pit Boys are the antithesis of your typical cooking-show host with their usual fast patter and gleaming kitchen countertops. Instead they show backyard grillers how to make great BBQ with a few simple elements: charcoal, a grill, a sharp knife and marinades or rubs. And they do it in a low-key, Southern-inflected and confident way, with blues music in the background and an average-joe script.
Their videos have taught millions of people how to grill and slow-barbecue steaks, fish, pork shoulder, lamb and sides like onion wedges and ears of corn -- and make it fun. Those viewers go back to the BBQ Pit Boys content over and over. They are a loyal audience who will strongly identify with a book.
BBQ Pit Boys Book of Real Guuud Barbecue is their first book, derived from the thousands of recipes and live-action infotainments featured on their YouTube channel. It contains recipes and methods for almost every backyard griller's experience and desires, with full-color photos throughout and a design that will resonate with the BBQ Pit Boys' identity and appeal.
Ready for the prime barbecue season, Mother's and Father's Day, and any time you'd like to learn how to make "guuud eatin," this will be a solid choice for summer fun.
BBQ Pit Boys' media statistics:
- Five million+ followers on all platforms
- Number one for all things BBQ on Facebook and YouTube
- In the top 5 percent of all channels on YouTube
- Five million views per month
- Hosts the largest BBQ community in the world, withhundreds of thousands of views and posts each month
- Referenced on 20,000 blogs and thousands of forums.
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Meateater Outdoor Cookbook: Wild Game Recipes for the Grill, Smoker, Campstove, and Campfire
by Steven Rinella - Krista Ruane
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The eagerly anticipated new cookbook with 100+ recipes from the author of The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook
In his previous books, outdoorsman and hunter Steven Rinella brought wild game into the kitchen, teaching readers how to butcher and cook wild fish and game to create standout dishes with reliable results. Now, Rinella is hauling the kitchen outdoors, with a cookbook that celebrates the possibilities of open-air wild game cooking. Because food just tastes better when it's caught, cooked, and eaten outside.
Each chapter covers a different outdoor cooking method--grilling, smoking, cooking over coals. Throughout, recipes are tagged for backyard cooking, car camping, or backpacking. There's something here for everyone who loves the outdoors, from backyard grill masters to backcountry big game hunters.
The over 100 easy-to-follow recipes include:
- Stuffed Game Burgers 3 Ways
- Bulgogi Backstrap Lettuce Wraps
- Hot-Smoked Trout
- Grilled Lobster with Kelp Butter
- Venison Stir-Fry with Cabbage
- Coal Roasted Bananas
Along with recipes, Rinella explains essential outdoor cooking techniques like how to build the perfect outdoor kitchen for any scenario and what it takes to maintain a fire. With preparations ranging from simple backcountry fare to guest-worthy showstoppers, The MeatEater Outdoor Cookbook is the essential companion for anyone who wants to eat well in the wild.
Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written by Two Idiots
by Mark Anderson - Ryan Fey
If we can grill it, you can grill it.
We're Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey, better known as the Grill Dads, and often seen on Food Network, Today Show and across social media. We live and cook by a very simple mantra: You can make literally anything on a grill.
We like to joke that people at home can look at us and say, "If these two idiots can do it, I can too." We're not trained chefs. We never attended culinary school. We're home chefs. Backyard connoisseurs. Grill enthusiasts. Weekend warriors.
Grilling and barbecue are different. See, grills are a tool, a versatile heat source. BBQ, on the other hand, is a cuisine. We don't concentrate on making great low-and-slow BBQ, although we do enjoy doing that from time to time. We're here to show people how to use grills to cook anything and everything. From soups and salads to mains and appetizers--the grill is a multifaceted tool you can use to turn out inventive and delicious food with a kiss of smoke and fire.
We are incredibly proud to offer this cookbook as a roadmap to express yourself and experiment with different types of grills, cooking methods and cuisines--with recipes designed to help you grow into an outstanding home chef. We've filled it with simple, fun, delicious recipes that you can make as written or use as a guide to experiment on your own.
This cookbook was written for everyone, based on our philosophy that you, yes YOU, can make everything and anything on a grill.
Inspired Dad Gifts
Every Man's Bible NLT
Designed Specifically for Men
The popular NLT Every Man's Bible is designed to help every man develop a fuller, richer relationship with Jesus by understanding what the Scriptures have to say about the challenges men face.
The Every Man's Bible has thousands of notes on topics just for men―work, sex, competition, integrity, and more. This Bible also includes trusted advice from the pros: Stephen Arterburn, Tony Evans, David Jeremiah, Tony Dungy, Chuck Smith, Jr., Dallas Willard, Michael Youssef, Gordon MacDonald, Bill McCartney, J. I. Packer, Joe Stowell, Chuck Swindoll, Henry Blackaby, Stuart Briscoe, Stephen Broyles, Don Everts, John Fischer, Leighton Ford, Ken Gire, Randy Alcorn, Greg Laurie, Josh McDowell, James Robison, and Gary Rosberg. All of the features and notes were written specifically for men.
Thousands of notes on topics just for men, including courage, temptation, image, leadership, and pride.
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The Nature of Life eBook
by Bill Heinemann
In this 252 page ebook, celebrated American landscape photographer, Bruce W. Heinemann, shares his favorite images and metaphorically related quotes of history’s greatest spiritual masters, artists and thought leaders, intended to inspire, uplift, and suggest the greater possibilities your life represents.
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And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self
by Common
From the multi-award-winning performer, author, and activist, a comprehensive program for addressing mental and physical health--and encouraging communities to do the same.
Common has achieved success in many facets of his life and career, from music to acting to writing. But for a long time, he didn't feel that he had found fulfillment in his body and spirit.
And Then We Rise is about Common's journey to wellness as a vital element of his success. A testimony to the benefits of self-care, this book is composed of four different sections, each with its own important lessons: "The Food" focuses on nutrition. "The Body" focuses on fitness. "The Mind" focuses on mental health. And "The Soul" focuses on perhaps the most profound thing of all--spiritual well-being.
Common's personal stories act as the backbone of his book, but he also wants to give his readers the gift of professional expertise. Here, he acts as the liaison to his own nutritionist and chef, his own physical trainer, and his own therapist, as well as to those who act as his spiritual influences.
Wise, accessible, and powerful, And Then We Rise offers a comprehensive, holistic approach to wellness that will allow readers to transform their thinking, their actions, and, ultimately, their lives.
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
by Peter Attia - Bill Gifford
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD - A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert
"One of the most important books you'll ever read."--Steven D. Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics
Wouldn't you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health.
Aging and longevity are far more malleable than we think; our fate is not set in stone. With the right roadmap, you can plot a different path for your life, one that lets you outlive your genes to make each decade better than the one before.
Memorable Dad Gifts
Letters to My Dad: Write Now. Read Later. Treasure Forever.
by Lea Redmond
Write Now. Read Later. Treasure Forever.
Letters to My Dad will inspire you to tell your father just how much he means to you.
Each letter begins with a unique prompt like:
- From you, I learned the importance of...
- One thing I'm glad we share is...
- In the future, I hope we...
Included are 12 letters that will surprise and delight dad with memories, appreciations, and hopes for the future.
Each letter has a space to write when it was sealed and when it should be opened (will it be tomorrow or in 20 years?). Seal letters with the included stickers before giving this time capsule to your remarkable dad!
My Dad: An Interview Journal to Capture Reflections in His Own Words
by Miriam Hathaway - Steve Potter
Discover Dad's stories, share his life, and create a lasting keepsake together with the pages of this keepsake interview journal. Inside are thoughtful questions for Dad to answer--questions about his childhood, family, accomplishments, and heartfelt wishes for his family. When complete, this gift book will become a treasure trove of love and lessons that can be enjoyed for generations.
Discover new parts of Dad and record moments that have shaped his life with the help of reflective prompts, such as:
- What was it like to become a father? What are some of your very first memories of your children?
- What are some things people often compliment you on?
- If you could pass along one piece of advice, what would you say?
Ways to use:
- Ask the questions as an interview to create a unique bonding experience between parent and child. You can even record audio or video clips of your conversation to make a truly special heirloom.
- Invite Dad to complete the book on his own so you can capture his words in his own handwriting.
The cover and spine feature foil stamping, creating an elegant gift for Father's Day or a birthday.
Draw with Dad!: The Two-Person Doodle Book
by Bushel & Peck Books Bushel & Peck Books
What's the one thing better than drawing? Drawing with DAD!
In this unique parent-child doodle book, dads and their kids create joint works of art by following over 100 creative prompts that get them both working on the same drawing. Co-create a robot, a spaceship, or a secret treasure map as you talk, laugh--and most importantly, bond--during hours of drawing, doodling fun!
How to Use This Book
Start your creative engines. . . it's time to draw with Dad! One hundred pages of delightful prompts will get you and Dad drawing--and talking--together! Some prompts can be done simultaneously, while others require you to do your part first and Dad to do his after. You'll also find mini conversation starters to get you talking along the way. Your first prompt awaits . . . let's go!
bookworm Dad Gifts
Stag
by Dane Bahr
For fans of True Detective and Ozark--"Once you're in the novel's grip, it's difficult to break free. A predator thriller with a difference, by a rising star in the field." --Kirkus Reviews
To stop a serial killer terrorizing the hills of rural Washington state, retired sheriff Amos Fielding must re-enter a world he's tried desperately to escape
It's 1989 and Amos Fielding, onetime sheriff of Oscar, Iowa, is in his early seventies and grieving the recent loss of his wife, Sara. He packs up his few belongings and heads to a ranch in the far northwest corner of Washington State.The farther he can get from Oscar and his years there as sheriff, the better. Eager to escape painful memories, Fielding throws himself into the daily chores of a gentleman rancher. But there is evil afoot, as dark as any he faced in Oscar.
A cold-blooded, amoral psychopath has been stalking troubled young women in the surrounding woods, staging elaborate scenes of his crimes. The local chief of police has turned a blind eye to the cases. In fact, the only law enforcement agents genuinely concerned about justice are Dee Batey (a recovering alcoholic and former detective turned wildlife officer) and Philip Wilson (an overly ambitious and weirdly obsessed young Seattle FBI agent). It is Batey and Fielding's growing friendship that provides the lure that will pull Fielding back into the world he so desperately wants to escape as the three team up to hunt a killer and stop the predator from finding new prey.
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A Calamity of Souls
by David Baldacci
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.
Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era.
Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution's deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice.
Over a decade in the writing, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will seem both foreign and familiar.
Table for Two: Fictions
by Amor Towles
New York Times Bestseller
"A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner." --The New York Times
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters
Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.
The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.
In Towles's novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, "Eve in Hollywood" describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself--and others--in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles.
Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
by Abraham Verghese
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
"One of the best books I've read in my entire life. It's epic. It's transportive . . . It was unputdownable!"--Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning--and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
James
by Percival Everett
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
"Genius"--The Atlantic - "A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own."--Chicago Tribune - "A provocative, enlightening literary work of art."--The Boston Globe - "Everett's most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful."--The New York Times
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin...), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature.
Fanboy Dad Gifts
You Never Know: A Memoir
by Tom Selleck - Ellis Henican
There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way.
Frank, funny and open-hearted, You Never Know is an intimate memoir from one of the most beloved actors of our time, the highly personal story of a remarkable life and thoroughly accidental career. In his own voice and uniquely unpretentious style, the famed actor brings readers on his uncharted but serendipitous journey to the top in Hollywood, his temptations and distractions, his misfires and mistakes and, over time, his well-earned success. Along the way, he clears up an armload of misconceptions and shares dozens of never-told stories from all corners of his personal and professional life. His rambunctious California childhood. His clueless arrival as a good-looking college jock in Hollywood (from the Dating Game to the Fox New Talent Program to co-starring with Mae West and escorting her to black-tie social functions). What it was like to emerge as a mega-star in his mid-thirties and remain so for decades to come, an actor whose authenticity and ease in front of the camera connected with audiences worldwide while embodying and also redefining the clichés of onscreen manhood.
In You Never Know, Selleck recounts his personal friendships with a vivid army of A-listers, everyone from Frank Sinatra to Carol Burnett to Sam Elliott, paying special tribute to his mentor James Garner of The Rockford Files, who believed, like Selleck, that TV protagonists are far more interesting when they have rough edges. He also more than tips his hat to the American western and the scruffy band of actors, directors and other ruffians who helped define that classic genre, where Selleck has repeatedly found a happy home. Magnum fans will be fascinated to learn how Selleck put his career on the line to make Thomas Magnum a more imperfect hero and explains why he walked away from a show that could easily have gone on for years longer.
Hollywood is never easy, even for stars who make it look that way. In You Never Know, Selleck explains how he's struggled to balance his personal and professional lives, frequently adjusting his career to protect his family's privacy and normalcy. His journey offers a truly fresh perspective on a changing industry and a changing world. Beneath all the charm and talent and self-deprecating humor, Selleck's memoir reveals an American icon who has reached remarkable heights by always insisting on being himself.
Orbit: Rush
by Todd Matthy - Martin Gimenez - Noumier Tawilah
Rush, the Canadian band, takes center stage in a captivating comic book biography. With record-breaking sales, chart-topping hits, and an enduring influence on musicians worldwide, Rush's extraordinary journey unfolds within these pages, showcasing the remarkable tale of a band that shaped generations.
Cinema Speculation
by Quentin Tarantino
Instant New York Times bestseller
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.
In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT's and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.
The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
by Daniel de Visé
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture
"They're not going to catch us," Dan Aykroyd, as Elwood Blues, tells his brother Jake, played by John Belushi. "We're on a mission from God." So opens the musical action comedy The Blues Brothers, which hit theaters on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage. But Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honor the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues, some of whose greatest artists--Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles--made the film as unforgettable as its wild car chases. Much delayed and vastly over budget, beset by mercurial and oft drugged-out stars, The Blues Brothers opened to outraged reviews. However, in the 44 years since, it has been acknowledged a classic: it has been inducted into the National Film Registry for its cultural significance, even declared a "Catholic classic" by the Church itself, and re-aired thousands of times on television to huge worldwide audiences. It is, undeniably, one of the most significant films of the twentieth century.
The story behind any classic is rich; the saga behind The Blues Brothers, as Daniel de Visé reveals, is epic, encompassing the colorful childhoods of Belushi and Aykroyd; the comedic revolution sparked by Harvard's Lampoon and Chicago's Second City; the birth and anecdote-rich, drug-filled early years of Saturday Night Live, where the Blues Brothers were born as an act amidst turmoil and rivalry; and, of course, the indelible behind-the-scenes narrative of how the film was made, scene by memorable scene. Based on original research and dozens of interviews probing the memories of principals from director John Landis and producer Bob Weiss to Aykroyd himself, The Blues Brothers illuminates an American masterpiece while vividly portraying the creative geniuses behind modern comedy.
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
by Paul McCartney - Paul Muldoon - Paul Muldoon
Finally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 New York Times bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled musical genius of Paul McCartney.
Spanning sixty-four years--from his early days in Liverpool, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo career--Paul McCartney's The Lyrics revolutionized the way artists write about music. An unprecedented "triumph" (Times UK), this handsomely designed volume pairs the definitive texts of over 160 songs with first-person commentaries on McCartney's life, revealing the diverse circumstances in which songs were written; how they ultimately came to be; and the remarkable, yet often delightfully ordinary, people and places that inspired them. The Lyrics also includes:
- A personal foreword by McCartney
- An unprecedented range of songs, from beloved standards like "Band on the Run" to new additions "Day Tripper" and "Magical Mystery Tour"
- Over 160 images from McCartney's own archives
Edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, The Lyrics is the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Rise of a Killah
by Ghostface Killah
The story of the celebrated rapper and the iconic Wu-Tang Clan, told by one of its founding members
Dennis Coles--aka Ghostface Killah--is a co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip hop group who established themselves by breaking all the rules, taking their music to the streets during hip hop's golden era on a decade-long wave of releasing anthem after classic anthem, and serving as the foundation of modern hip hop. An all-star cast who formed like Voltron to establish the pillars that serve as the foundation of modern hip hop and released seminal albums that have stood the test of time.
Rise of a Killah is Ghost's autobiography, focusing on the people, places and events that mean the most to him as he enters his fourth decade writing and performing. It's a beautiful and intense book, going back to the creative ferment that led to Ghost's first handwritten rhymes. Dive into Ghost's defining personal moments, his battles with his personal demons, his journey to Africa, his religious viewpoints, his childhood in Staten Island, and his commitment to his family (including his two brothers with muscular dystrophy), from the Clan's early successes to the pinnacle of Ghost's career touring and spreading his wings as a solo artist, fashion icon, and trendsetter.
Exclusive photos and memorabilia, as well as graphic art commissioned for this book, make Rise of a Killah both a memoir and a unique visual record, a "real feel" narrative of Ghost's life as he sees it, a one of a kind holy grail for Wu-Tang and Ghost fans alike.
Gamer Dad Gifts
The Incredible Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Collection: With Over 40 Intriguing Mysteries to Solve
by Joel Jessup
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact". - Sherlock Holmes, The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Sherlock Holmes is in possession of a pack of cards that once belonged to his diabolical nemesis Professor Moriarty. Is his nemesis back from the dead? Or is this all an elaborate trick left behind to plague the great detective? Can you decode the secrets to find out?
Join Holmes and his ever-loyal assistant Dr John Watson as you attempt to solve the over 40 intriguing mysteries. With hidden messages, mysterious conundrums, and all manner of puzzles to solve you'll need to hone your own powers of logic and deduction to solve the puzzles that wait within!
These narrative puzzles are accompanied by delightful illustrations inspired by the original Sherlock Holmes tales, recreating the cosy Victorian charm that the stories are so loved for.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Conundrums series brings together mind-bending narrative puzzles inspired by classic figures from history and literature, from ancient antiquity to modern greats.
Brain Games - To Go - Sudoku Puzzles: More Than 200 Sudoku Puzzles!
by Publications International Ltd Publications International Ltd - Brain Games Brain Games
Take a refreshing break with this compact, portable collection of sudoku puzzles!
- Includes 216 classic sudoku puzzles.
- Puzzles are organized into 5 levels of difficulty, from easiest (Level 1) to hardest (Level 5).
- Complete answer key is found at the back of the book.
- Spiral bound, 256 pages.
Keep your mind fit and focused while having fun!
The Alcatraz Escape Book: Solve the Puzzles to Escape the Pages
by Charles Phillips - Melanie Frances
The Alcatraz Escape Book is a unique form of puzzle book, in which the reader must solve the riddles to escape the pages.
An exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book and adventure story, this book is inspired by the urban craze for escape rooms as well as the history surrounding America's most infamous prison.
Readers will take on the role of Scott Wilson, a member of an underground US environmental movement called the Wilderness, who has discovered that a farming lobby is illegally using toxic pesticides to sell large amounts of land cheaply to corrupt politicians. There is enough evidence safely tucked away in a secret location to bring these criminals to justice, but failed sting operation takes place which leaves an FBI agent dead and Scott framed for the murder.
Framed as a traitor and a murderer and sent to Alcatraz as a result, the reader must escape the forbidding, top-security jail, recover the lost evidence and stop the pollution and land sale before it's too late. Surrounded by the most notorious, dangerous and unpredictable inmates, the reader will quickly learn that their only means of escape will be from solving hidden puzzles using the code wheel left behind by the renowned criminal mastermind Robert Stroud - the famous Birdman of Alcatraz.
Nobody has ever escaped Alcatraz alive, and with time quickly running out, the reader will have to find unlikely allies who can help them break out and aid them when they come to face the perilous waters surrounding the prison in order to escape the Rock.
Combines riddles, logic puzzles, timed challenges, mathematical brain-teasers, maps and mazes.
How to Solve a Murder: 70 One-Minute Detect-O-Gram Mysteries to Decipher & Decode
by H A Ripley
Use your wits to solve 70 detect-o-gram mysteries!
With just your common sense and a capable eye for detail, you can learn How to Solve a Murder. In this unassuming book of 70 detect-o-grams (brief but curious mysteries you can solve in a minute), you will dust off the case files of a time gone by, when the answers were not at your fingertips. Do away with forensic tools and technology and focus on the barest of facts and critical details. Follow the guidance of the fictional Professor Fordney, a mere intellectual with a sharp wit, whose assessments broke cases wide open and embarrassed the likes of detectives who could not see the easy answers before them. Simply ask yourself: What is it about the criminals' own hubris, negligence, or even stupidity, that will lead you to the solutions?
- Decode 70 puzzles that only take a minute to solve, and perfect your crime-solving skills
- Travel back in time to when Depression-era tensions led to bootlegging, corruption, estate theft, and scandals
- Make it a party game! Solve cases--from jewelry heists and crimes of jealousy to brazen murders
Traveling Dad Gifts
Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
by Ari Shapiro
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"The Best Strangers in the World is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro's love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection against the odds."--Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace
From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism.
In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad.
As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human. The Best Strangers in the World is a testament to one journalist's passion for Considering All Things--and sharing what he finds with the rest of us.
National Geographic Bucket List Family Travel: Share the World with Your Kids on 50 Adventures of a Lifetime
by Jessica Gee
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BEST-SELLER!
In this indispensable guide by the mega-popular Bucket List Family, discover expert tips for traveling with kids and 50 not-to-be-missed destination itineraries.
As a family of five, the Bucket List Family has swum with whales in Tonga, slept in castles in Ireland, lived on a houseboat in Amsterdam, eaten breakfast with giraffes in Kenya, spent Halloween in Disneyland, and visited more than 90 countries around the world. Now, Jessica Gee brings her tips and tricks to you in the ultimate expert's guide to traveling as a family.
This beautifully illustrated guide provides all the know-how to fulfill your own family's bucket list--including how-tos for picking a destination, packing, budgeting, and even surviving a 12-hour plane ride. Along with personal family anecdotes, Jess offers 50 itineraries for family-friendly destinations and inspiring top-10 lists with destinations for every age. You'll learn everything you need to know to take a family vacation to:
- South Africa, where you can walk on a beach with penguins
- Utah, where ice castles bring a world of magic to a vacation full of natural wonders
- Berlin, where holidays come to life at beloved Christmas markets
- The Galapagos, where your kids will squeal with joy as they encounter penguins and larger-than-life tortoises
- Alaska, where you'll feel you've gone truly wild in the last frontier
- And so much more!
This insider's guide from one of the world's most traveled families will inspire you to create new and lasting memories with your family for years to come.
Historian Dad Gifts
Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
by Bill O'Reilly - Martin Dugard
The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller!
Killing the Witches revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested under suspicion of being witches--but as the hysteria spread, more than 200 people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, twenty were executed, and others died in jail or their lives were ruined.
Killing the Witches tells the dramatic history of how the Puritan tradition and the power of early American ministers shaped the origins of the United States, influencing the founding fathers, the American Revolution, and even the Constitutional Convention. The repercussions of Salem continue to the present day, notably in the real-life story behind The Exorcist and in contemporary "witch hunts" driven by social media. The result is a compulsively readable book about good, evil, community panic, and how fear can overwhelm fact and reason.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.
A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus Reviews
"Riveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history--and imperialism--with gusto." --Time
"A tour de force of narrative nonfiction." --The Wall Street Journal
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.
But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang.
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound.
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
by Will Cockrell
Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers--including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker--this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest.
Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or has seen a recent photo of climbers standing in line to get to the top of Everest may think they have the mountain pretty well figured out. It's an extreme landscape where bad weather and incredible altitude can occasionally kill, but more so an overcrowded, trashed-out recreation destination where rich clients pad their egos--and social media feeds--while exploiting local Sherpas.
There's some truth to these clichés, but they're a sliver of the story. Unlike any book to date, Everest, Inc. gets to the heart of the mountain through the definitive story of its greatest invention: the Himalayan guiding industry. It all began in the 1980s with a few boot-strapping entrepreneurs who paired raw courage and naked ambition with a new style of expedition planning. Many of them are still living and climbing today, and as a result of their astonishing success, ninety percent of the people now on Everest are clients or employees of guided expeditions.
Studded with quotes from original interviews with more than a hundred western and Sherpa climbers, clients, writers, filmmakers, and even a Hollywood actor, Everest, Inc. foregrounds the voices of the people who have made the mountain what it is today. And while there is plenty of high-altitude drama in unpacking the last forty years of Everest tragedy and triumph, it ultimately transcends stereotypes and tells the uplifting counternarrative of the army of journeymen and women who have made people's dreams come true, and of the Nepalis who are pushing the industry into the future.