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You can't earn a degree, take postgraduate courses, be certified, or become a master tradesman, but being a dad is the most important job you will ever have. The multitude of suggestions and "should dos" being shouted at you from all corners can be overwhelming. You cannot do them all, but how do you choose which techniques and skills are the most important for raising happy, healthy children?

A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, Bill Bryson reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.

Tom Bodett's nationally syndicated radio show The End of the Road and wildly successful radio ads for Motel 6, as well as his commentary on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, have made his voice a very popular and familiar one to thousands of fans. This audio program features a collection of Tom's trademark short, witty pieces on small-town life, family life, and everyday experience, all from the perspective of an ex-logger and resident of Homer, Alaska - which is just about as far as you can go "without turning around or running into a foreign language." There's a...

Experience sci-fi as never before! Hear all new science fiction stories with original music, sound effects, and Sonic Soundscapes! Volume 1 includes A World for the Taking and Pills for Peace by Sherman Hirsh and Frozen in Time by Gary Gillett with Perry Jacob.

"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown..." Garrison Keillor first did his monologue in 1974 to an audience of 20 in a St. Paul theater. Today, more than 2.2 million people tune in each week to hear the tall tales and sweet stories about the citizens of this small Minnesota town.