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Journals and memoirs, Hockey, Business and economics, Sports biography
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For the first time, the legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells the impressive story…
of his life and career, and shares the lessons he's learned about leadership. Mark Messier is one of the most accomplished athletes and dynamic leaders in the history of professional sports. He won the Stanley Cup five times with the Edmonton Oilers during their dynasty years, and once more with the New York Rangers, ending the team's fifty-four-year championship drought. He is second on the all-time career lists for playoff points, and third for regular season games played and for regular season points. Notably, he is the only player to have captained two different NHL franchises to championships. The amazing records are there for anyone to see, but few people know the real Mark Messier. This is his story. Messier reveals the astonishing journey he took to making NHL history, and the leadership philosophy he learned along the way. He recounts never-before-told tales from his childhood as the son of a hockey player, coach, and special education teacher; his years as a teammate and friend of Wayne Gretzky; and his evolution from a brash eighteen-year-old rookie to a distinctive captain and champion. Though bruising on the ice, he led teams with a deep understanding of what inspires and motivates people. He shares the advice he got from the inspirational leaders who had the greatest influence on him, and the lessons he gleaned from the pivotal successes—and sometimes failures—of his career. More than a book about hockey, No One Wins Alone demonstrates what it means to build a life, achieve dreams, and support the people around you. "My real wish," Messier says, "is to inspire people to reach their full potential."
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Sports and games, Hockey, History
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A love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of Canada's best sports writers.Canadian hockey is approaching a…
state of crisis. It's become more expensive, more exclusive, and effectively off-limits to huge swaths of the potential sports-loving population. Youth registration numbers are stagnant; efforts to appeal to new Canadians are often grim at best; the game, increasingly, does not resemble the country of which it's for so long been an integral part. These signs worried Sean Fitz-Gerald. As a lifelong hockey fan and father of a young mixed-race son falling headlong in love with the game, he wanted to get to the roots of these issues. His entry point: a season with the Peterborough Petes, a storied OHL team far from its former glory in a once-emblematic Canadian city that is finding itself on the wrong side of the country's changing demographics. Fitz-Gerald profiles the players, coaches and front office staff, a mix of world-class talents with NHL aspirations and Peterborough natives happy with more modest dreams. Through their experiences, their widely varied motivations and expectations, we get a rich, colourful understanding of who ends up playing hockey in Canada and why. Fitz-Gerald interweaves the action of the season with portraits of public figures who've shaped and been shaped by the game: authors who captured its spirit, politicians who exploited it, and broadcasters who try to embody and sell it. He finds his way into community meetings full of angry season ticket holders, as well as into sterile boardrooms full of the sport's institutional brain trust, unable to break away from the inertia of tradition and hopelessly at war with itself. Before the Lights Go Out is a moving, funny, yet unsettling picture of a sport at a crossroads. Fitz-Gerald's warm but rigorous journalistic approach reads, in the end, like a letter to a troubled friend: it's not too late to save hockey in this country, but who has the will to do it?
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Filled with the travel secrets of celebrated writers and sophisticated travelers. Features breathtaking destinations, including the finest art, architecture, fashion,…
culture, cuisine, lodgings, and shopping. Your guide to discover the best islands, cities, spas, castles, and cruises.
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Latest news in science, exploration, and culture that opens your eyes to the world’s many wonders. Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine.
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The world's most widely read travel magazine. With captivating storytelling and beautiful you-are-there photography, National Geographic Traveler brings you the…
world’s best destinations. Experience the same high-quality articles and breathtaking photography contained in the print edition.
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Brings our country to life! Shares in the stories, photos, special hometown places, and family-favourite recipes. Every picture and story…
in it will bring Canada to vivid, colourful life for you.
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With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.
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Includes world news, travel articles and quizzes.
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With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.
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Biography, Sports and games, Hockey, Sports biography
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Autobiography of hockey great Bobby Orr (born 1948), who played with the Boston Bruins from 1966 to 1976, then retired…
after two seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks. Orr highlights his idyllic Canadian childhood, time in the minor leagues, professional success, and the injuries that ended his career. 2013
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Latest news in science, exploration, and culture that opens your eyes to the world’s many wonders. Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine.
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With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.
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Lifestyle magazines, Travel and geography magazines
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Brings our country to life! Shares in the stories, photos, special hometown places, and family-favourite recipes. Every picture and story…
in it will bring Canada to vivid, colourful life for you.
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Lifestyle magazines, News and current affairs magazines, Travel and geography magazines
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With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.
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Travel and geography magazines
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Travel and geography magazines
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Travel and geography magazines
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Latest news in science, exploration, and culture that opens your eyes to the world’s many wonders. Amazing discoveries and experiences await you in every issue of National Geographic magazine.
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Travel and geography magazines
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The world's most widely read travel magazine. With captivating storytelling and beautiful you-are-there photography, National Geographic Traveler brings you the…
world’s best destinations. Experience the same high-quality articles and breathtaking photography contained in the print edition.
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Travel and geography magazines
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Filled with the travel secrets of celebrated writers and sophisticated travelers. Features breathtaking destinations, including the finest art, architecture, fashion,…
culture, cuisine, lodgings, and shopping. Your guide to discover the best islands, cities, spas, castles, and cruises.