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Daddy, Stop Talking! CD: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won’t Be Getting

The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Material, and In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks now lays down the law on the plight of the modern parent.

Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow up the way you did—without iPads, 70-inch flatscreen TVs, American Girl dolls, and wifi in the climate controlled minivan—that they might actually be better off? Do you feel underappreciated or ignored? Do you worry you’re raising a bunch of spoiled softies who will never know how to do anything themselves—because you do everything for them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need Daddy, Stop Talking.

Adam rips parenthood a new one, telling it straight about what adults must do if they don’t want to have to support their kids forever. Using his own crappy childhood as a cautionary tale, and touting the pitfalls of the kind of helicopter parenting so pervasive today, Daddy, Stop Talking is the only parenting book you should ever read. Here, too, is sage advice to Adam’s own kids—and to future parents—on what matters most: dating; drinking and drugs; buying your first house and car; puberty; and what kind of assholes his kids (and yours) should avoid becoming. Even if his own son and daughter pretty much ignore everything he says, you shouldn’t. And you’re welcome. Again.

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I would, but my DAMN MIND won’t let me: a teen girl’s guide to understanding and controlling her thoughts and feelings (Words of Wisdom for Teens) (Volume 2)

Our journey to happiness begins with a belief that happiness is possible. But for many, experiences have shown them that life is unfair and change is difficult… What if there was a way to create permanent changes quickly and easily? In “I would, but my DAMN MIND won’t let me” author Jacqui Letran, Nurse Practitioner and Adolescent Self-Empowerment Specialist, shows teen girls how to take charge of their mind to overcome obstacles and struggles. In this groundbreaking guide, girls can learn simple yet powerful techniques to challenge their old negative patterns and unleash the power of their mind to create the life they want and deserve.

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Nutty Bible Quotes – black & white version: Satire on the best selling book of all time, exposing crazy verses you won’t hear in church. Fun and … exciting debate. (Black and white) (Volume 1)

How well do you know the Christian bible?
If you haven’t read it cover to cover, or have been relying on what they tell you in the Christian “Church”, then you are missing a lot. This humorous and informative book will reveal parts of the bible you never knew existed. Here you will find the stories they don’t teach in church, and what religious leaders don’t want you to know. This book is sure to be a conversation starter, and is a great gift for believers and atheists alike.

Are you a BLASPHEMING HERETICAL ATHEIST? Do you want to be?
Nutty Bible Quotes contains fifty absurd and vividly illustrated verses from the bible that will both amuse and horrify. Discover the dark side of the bible in a humorous way and get dazzling insights about the “holy” bible.

WARNING: THIS BOOK MAY CAUSE ATHEISM
This book is satirical and thought provoking. Learning what is really said in the bible and reflecting on what each passage really means is a great way to frame a discussion on atheism and ethics with the people in your life. A discussion of ethics and how we govern our society is exactly the kind of action that leads us to a better place. This book is the tool that you can use to make our world a better place. Use it please.

Join the free atheist community at: NuttyBible.com

Atheist, Atheism, Bible, Christianity, Humor, Religion, Satire

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NPR Funniest Driveway Moments: Radio Stories That Won’t Let You Go

Selected from the National Public Radio archives, these stories by some of NPR’s favorite commentators will keep listeners laughing.

A “driveway moment” is when you’re so captivated by a story on NPR that you stay in your car to hear it to the end—even if you’re sitting in your own driveway. Some are serious, some are touching, and some, like the stories included here, are very, very funny.

Literate, intelligent, and droll, each tale is worth hearing again and again, and now you don’t have to stay in your car.

NPR Funniest Driveway Moments includes stories and interviews from your favorite NPR commentators and guests such as David Sedaris, Sarah Silverman, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Dame Edna, Larry David, Darryl Littleton, Justice Stephen Breyer, Jonathan Winters, Phyllis Diller, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, and more.

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Nutty Bible Quotes: Satire on the best selling book of all time, exposing crazy verses you won’t hear in church. Fun and vividly illustrated passages … start an exciting debate. (Volume) (Volume 1)

Bible satire vividly illustrated. In this book you will find verses you never heard of in church. Crazy bible quotes you didn’t thought existed. Nutty Bible Quotes is the book that provides new perspectives and dazzling insights about the “holy” scripture. It contains fifty absurd and vividly illustrated verses from the bible that will amuse and horrify.

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Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away

Is philosophy obsolete? Are the ancient questions still relevant in the age of cosmology and neuroscience, not to mention crowd-sourcing and cable news? The acclaimed philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a dazzlingly original plunge into the drama of philosophy, revealing its hidden role in today’s debates on religion, morality, politics, and science.
 
At the origin of Western philosophy stands Plato, who got about as much wrong as one would expect from a thinker who lived 2,400 years ago. But Plato’s role in shaping philosophy was pivotal. On her way to considering the place of philosophy in our ongoing intellectual life, Goldstein tells a new story of its origin, re-envisioning the extraordinary culture that produced the man who produced philosophy.
 
But it is primarily the fate of philosophy that concerns her. Is the discipline no more than a way of biding our time until the scientists arrive on the scene? Have they already arrived? Does philosophy itself ever make progress? And if it does, why is so ancient a figure as Plato of any continuing relevance? Plato at the Googleplex is Goldstein’s startling investigation of these conundra. She interweaves her narrative with Plato’s own choice for bringing ideas to life—the dialogue.
 
Imagine that Plato came to life in the twenty-first century and embarked on a multicity speaking tour. How would he handle the host of a cable news program who denies there can be morality without religion?  How would he mediate a debate between a Freudian psychoanalyst and a tiger mom on how to raise the perfect child? How would he answer a neuroscientist who, about to scan Plato’s brain, argues that science has definitively answered the questions of free will and moral agency? What would Plato make of Google, and of the idea that knowledge can be crowd-sourced rather than reasoned out by experts? With a philosopher’s depth and a novelist’s imagination and wit, Goldstein probes the deepest issues confronting us by allowing us to eavesdrop on Plato as he takes on the modern world.

(With black-and-white photographs throughout.)

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This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

“One of of those rare books that will change the way you look at the world.”

In full color and illustrated with art and photographs, this is a collection of the journals, fiction, letters, and sketches of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Essays by family and friends help to tell Esther’s story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her.

Learn more about Esther at tswgobook.tumblr.com.

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NPR Driveway Moments for Dads: Radio Stories That Won’t Let You Go (Original radio broadcast; 1.75 hours on 2 CDs)

Funny, comforting, and nostalgic—kind of like Dad—DRIVEWAY MOMENTS FOR DADS is over 100 minutes of NPR at its finest. You’ll want it for your father and yourself, and for those you know who frequently finds themselves in their driveways, tuned to NPR, listening to the end of a story.