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1	The Lightning Thief more books like this by Rick Riordan add to wishlist Now in paperback--the first novel of a new series that mixes classic Greek mythology with modern adventure. After learning he is a demigod, Percy Jackson is sent to a summer camp on Long Island, where he meets the father he never knew--Poseidon, god of the sea. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Cutting for Stone more books like this by Abraham Verghese, M.D. add to wishlist A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home. see all copies from $14.49! new only from $14.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The King of Lies more books like this by John Hart add to wishlist Jackson Workman Pickens--known to most as "Work"--mindlessly holds together his disintegrating life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife who shares their loveless marriage, and an estranged sister who bore the brunt of their childhood trauma. And then Ezra's body is discovered. Set ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival more books like this by Norman Ollestad add to wishlist A heart-stopping adventure that ends in tragedy and in triumphs, ["Crazy for the Storm" is] a love story that fearlessly explores the bond between a father and son and what it means to lead a life without limits.--Susan Cheever. b&w photo insert. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $8.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance more books like this by Robert M. Pirsig add to wishlist The narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son becomes a text which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Road more books like this by Cormac McCarthy add to wishlist A man and his young son traverse a blasted American landscape, covered with "the ashes of the late world." The man can still remember the time before. The boy knows only this time. There is nothing for them but survival- they are "each other's world entire"- and the precious last vestiges of their own humanity. At once brutal and tender, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son more books like this by Rupert Isaacson add to wishlist After his son Rowan is diagnosed with autism, Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, takes Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersect. This is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. see all copies from $12.65! new only from $13.16! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Gym Candy more books like this by Carl Deuker add to wishlist An award-winning author explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success, in this novel that tackles the issues surrounding the player's decision to cross the line. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
9	East of Eden more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist John Steinbeck's last significant work of fiction (1952), a huge family saga based on the book of Genesis, is set in the Salinas Valley of the author's youth. Beginning with the purchase of a parcel of rich California farmland by Samuel Hamilton, who comes from Ireland with his wife, EAST OF EDEN traces the turbulent lives of the Hamilton and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Death of a salesman more books like this by Arthur Miller add to wishlist Willy Loman is a middle-class salesman with a loving wife, Linda, and two sons, Biff and Happy. Biff is now in his 30s, a former high school football hero who wants to start a sporting goods store but has been unable to find the money to do so. Willy has also tried to raise Happy to be a man of influence, but has failed at that. Willy's life of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Raising a Modern Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood more books like this by Robert Lewis add to wishlist Beginning with a biblical perspective of manhood, author-pastor Lewis shares a unique approach to shaping a boy into a man by equipping him with three essential elements: a vision, a code of conduct, and a cause--Christianity--in which to invest his life. see all copies from $7.92! new only from $8.05! \| SVS
12 view cover	Teeth of the Tiger more books like this by Tom Clancy, General add to wishlist In the Brave New World of terrorism--where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player--the old rules no longer apply. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Oceans Apart more books like this by Karen Kingsbury add to wishlist Connor Evans is a man who loves his wife and their two daughters. They have their troubles - what marriage doesn't - but they've always managed to get through them. Now a phone call is about to shatter his world...Eight years ago, Connor was unfaithful, and unbeknownst to him, that one night produced a son. The mother has died suddenly, and her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Big Russ & Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life more books like this by Timothy J Russert add to wishlist NBC-TVUs senior vice Washington bureau chief and host of "Meet the Press" offers an intensely personal and charming memoir of American life in the 1950s and the special bond he shares with his fatherQthe irrepressible Big Russ. From the lessons he learned from his father and his Catholic upbringing to his passion for the Buffalo Bills and the New ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Arctic Incident more books like this by Eoin Colfer add to wishlist In his second adventure, the youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is at boarding school when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. It's from a man Artemis never thought he'd see again: his father, who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia and pleads for Artemis's help. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Codex more books like this by Douglas J Preston add to wishlist Billionaire Maxwell Broadbent has died, and has had his 500-million-dollar art collection buried with him in a secret grave.The most valuable piece in the collection is an ancient medical document, the Mayan Codex, which contains information still relevant today. A videotape left to his three sons informs them that they are welcome to his wealth- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet more books like this by Jamie Ford add to wishlist Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of "Things Kept, Things Left Behind"). see all copies from $6.20! new only from $8.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Peace Like a River more books like this by Leif Enger add to wishlist Reuben Land narrates this tale, looking back on his childhood to remember when he and his sister and his father tracked his brother Davy--who has escaped from prison--across North Dakota to the Badlands. As Reuben tells the story, his sister Swede is composing her own precocious adventure yarn, in rhymed couplets, about the hero, Sunny Sundown, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Summons more books like this by John Grisham add to wishlist John Grisham returns to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his earlier thriller A TIME TO KILL, for another dark and suspenseful tale of Southern small-town secrets. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition more books like this by Norman MacLean add to wishlist The title novella tells the story of a young man in Montana, his errant brother, and their father (a minister like MacLean's own father) who taught his sons fly fishing. The other stories in the collection are "USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky," a coming-of-age tale set in the mountains of Montana, and "Logging and Pimping ... see all copies from $2.21! new only from $6.80! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Brothers Karamazov more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV states and exemplifies Dostoevsky's most urgent concerns as a writer: the struggle between faith and the lack of it, the nature of love and hate, the question of God's existence, and generational conflict. The latter is represented in his novel by the father, Fyodor Karamazov, and his four very different sons: the saintly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Killer Secrets more books like this by Lora Leigh add to wishlist As the illegitimate son of Diego Fuentes, Ian Richards faces danger at every turn. Neither his father nor his fellow Navy Seals knows which side he's fighting for - or against. Which is exactly how the game must be played...until Agent Porter enters the picture.Kira Porter, undercover agent for the Department of Homeland Security, shadows Ian on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.48! \| SVS
23 view cover	So long, see you tomorrow more books like this by William Maxwell add to wishlist On a winter morning in the 1920s, a shot is fired on a farm in rural Illinois. Lloyd Wilson is dead. A tenuous friendship between two lonely teenagers - the narrator, whose mother died young, and Cletus Smith, a troubled farmboy - is shattered: Cletus's father committed the murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Death of a salesman certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem more books like this by Arthur Miller add to wishlist Arthur Miller's classic portrait of an ordinary man's struggle to leave his mark on the world -- now in Twentieth-Century Classics for the first time On its New York premiere in 1949, Death of a Salesman was hailed as the first great play to lay bare the emptiness of America's relentless drive for material success. The extraordinary success of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Sea of Monsters more books like this by Rick Riordan add to wishlist In this second installment in the series Percy, Poseidon's 13-year-old demigod son, is desperate to rescue his friend and retrieve the healing Golden Fleece--the only protection for the children in Camp Half-Blood. Adventure follows chaotic adventure as Percy once again battles mythical monsters in modern-day settings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.06! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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