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Despite the fact that the parent blogging community seems to expand at a rate only equalled by the universe itself, those bloggers with a Y chromosome remain in something of a minority. So it was that - at a celebration of blogging excellence - the idea for this anthology emerged. Tom Briggs has collected some of the best posts from some of the finest dad bloggers on the internet with the aim of preserving and celebrating an otherwise ephemeral form of writing as well as in the hope of inspiring other dads to have a go.

Black & White Edition. 412 pages. Vertical Academy is written with the Firefighter and NFPA standards in mind. A simple, no-frills approach for referencing what Firefighters and Fire and Rescue Organizations need to know about dealing with vertical rescue hazards. Concise, with hundreds of illustrations that make reading and understanding easy. Content focuses on NFPA Operational levels of expertise and realistic fire service staffing levels. Perfect for the training ground.

Tall tales from the Cote d' Azur, Marina Baie des Anges, Villeneuve-Loubet and Ventimiglia, Italy. Plus some other accounts of France and Belgium.

No Woodstock, no flower power, no assassinations, no Vietnam, just some memories of stickball, boxing, Cousin Brucie, Peabody & Sherman, Sonny Liston, Leslie Gore, diners, cafeterias, and a hundred other people and places, all while growing up near the last stop on the IRT line at the Bronx, Mount Vernon, New York city-line. My Sixties might have been a better title, but I pushed the Amazon Publish button too soon. It is a very short journey into the other side of a universe that I sometimes call the Black and White Sixties or theWoodstockless Sixties.