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Home game: hockey and life in Canada
By Ken Dryden, Roy MacGregor. 1989
Dryden looks at the roots of hockey, its importance to the community, and the influence of adult expectations on young…
players. He describes the working day of a professional hockey player, and investigates the business of hockey. He also reminisces about his experiences during the 1972 series against the Soviet Union. 1990 Trillium Award nominee. 1989.Fungo blues: an uncontrolled look at the Toronto Blue Jays
By Philippe Van Rjndt, Patrick Blednick. 1985
Hard ball: the abuse of power in pro team sports
By James P Quirk, Rodney D Fort. 1999
Professional sports today has billionaire owners and millionaire players who squabble over money, pro teams that generate huge annual revenues…
whose owners seem willing to move to any city willing to promise increased profits, and mayors who continue to cook up "sweetheart deals" that lavish benefits on wealthy teams while imposing crushing financial hardships on cities. Economists Quirk and Fort explain how things have gotten to this point and propose a way out. 1999.Game day: the Blue Jays at SkyDome
By Martin O'Malley, Sean O'Malley. 1994
The authors take us for a behind-the-scenes look at the Blue Jays and Skydome. They include a tour of the…
clubhouse, umpire's room, batting cage, press box. They talk to everyone involved with the game, from Skydome executives to ticket vendors, as well as the media who cover the team. Some strong language. 1994.Home and away: writing the beautiful game
By Don Bartlett, Fredrik Ekelund, Karl Ove Knausgård. 2017
Karl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skåne with his wife, four small children, and dog. He is watching…
soccer on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes, coffee, and Argentina. Fredrik Ekelund is away, in Brazil, where he plays soccer on the beach and watches matches with others. Ekelund loves games that end up 4-3 and teams that play beautiful soccer. He likes caipirinhas and Brazil. In this unusual soccer book the two authors use soccer and the World Cup in Brazil as the arena for reflections on life and death, art and politics, class and literature. This exchange of letters opens up new vistas and gives us stories from the lives of two creative writers. We get under their skin and gain insight into their relationships with modern times and soccer's place in their lives, the significance the game has for people in general, and the question Was this the best soccer championship ever? 2017. Uniform title: Hjemme-borte.Hometown heroes: on the road with Canada's national hockey team
By Paul Quarrington. 1988
A behind-the-scenes look at Canada's Olympic team, formed in 1985, through the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. The problems and politics…
of a national hockey team are presented with humour and candor.Hockey dreams: memories of a man who couldn't play
By David Adams Richards. 1996
Gretzky's tears: hockey, Canada, and the day everything changed
By Stephen Brunt. 2009
Sportswriter Brunt reveals how "the Great One," who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian…
city where hockey ruled couldn't compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise. Captures the feelings of shock and betrayal set off by 'The Trade'. 2009.Eight World Cups: my journey through the beauty and dark side of soccer
By George Vecsey. 2014
George Vecsey of The New York Times offers an eye-opening, globetrotting account of the last eight World Cups. Vecsey immerses…
himself in the great national leagues, historic clubs, devoted fans, and passionate rivalries and gives us his up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Socrates, Maradona, Baggio, and Zidane, while also chronicling the rise of the U.S. men's and women's teams. c2014.Figure skating: a celebration
By Beverley Smith, Dan Diamond. 1994
A comprehensive overview of figure skating and its participants (up to 1995). Included in the book are descriptions of the…
"moves" performed by skaters, the various styles of skating, the history of the sport and brief biographies of some of the major stars of the sport, past and present. 1994.Eyes, etc: a memoir
By Eleanor Clark. 1977
Even brook trout get the blues
By John Gierach. 1992
Sixteen outdoor essays by a devoted fly fisher about his sport. Relates tales of fishing trips to rural farm ponds…
and mountain streams, and tells of an upscale trout club, where members fish with thousand-dollar custom rods. In "The Poacher," the author relates his humorous excursions to private ponds with a wily fishing pal. c1992.Emma V.I.P (Emma ; #2)
By Sheila Hocken. 1980
Now that the author has regained her sight, Emma is no longer a working dog. But she soon learns to…
enjoy her new life and is still very special to her owner. Sequel to "Emma and I" (DC01555). 1980. (Emma ; 2)Dare to dream: turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones
By Florence G Carter. 2018
This book is about an extraordinary life. Just as Florence Carter is about to embark on a teaching career, she…
is whisked away for emergency surgery. She survives but wakes up without sight. Her loss and ultimate adjustment will inspire those adjusting to vision loss and entertain everyone else lucky enough to discover her story. 2018.Don Cherry's sports heroes
By Don Cherry. 2016
For over a decade, Don Cherry hosted the TV show Grapevine, which brought viewers up close and personal with the…
biggest names in sports. Presents behind-the-scenes access to some of his most fascinating and revealing interviews with the all-time greats. Includes stories about hockey greats Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe, and athletes and officials from other sports such as boxing, snooker, and baseball. Bestseller. 2016.Don Cherry's hockey stories and stuff
By Don Cherry, Al Strachan. 2008
Former hockey player and coach Don Cherry's comments on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they…
entertain, educate, and often upset some fans throughout North America. Now he presents his favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell. c2008.Death of a riverkeeper: And Other Stories
By Ernest George Schwiebert. 1980
Collection of fourteen stories about trout and salmon fishing by an ardent practitioner of the sport. He describes experiences in…
Iceland, Ireland, England, Norway, the Alaskan wilderness, Michigan, and the rugged rivers of the American West. 1980.Death and money in the afternoon: a history of the Spanish bullfight
By Adrian Shubert. 1999
Discusses bullfighting as a social institution within the framework of a broader society. Traces modern bullfighting from the eighteenth to…
the twentieth century, revealing changes in Spanish attitudes toward entrepreneurship and the bullfighters. Views the sport from the perspectives of business, politics, and gender. 1999.As I see it: my view from the inside-out
By Tom Sullivan. 2012
For Tom Sullivan —author, actor, athlete, singer, entertainer, and producer—a life with blindness has been a life with very few…
true limits. In this elegant exploration of the senses, he considers the different challenges he’s faced and explains the wonder he carries because, not in spite, of his blindness. 2012.Dancing in the dark: A Guide To Living With Blindness And Visual Impairment
By Frances Lief Neer. 1994
Neer suffered from low vision throughout her life and eventually became blind. Just as she lost her sight totally, her…
adult son died and left her his 13-year-old daughter to raise. Neer's story is about coping - how to travel, shop, socialize, read and write, and run a household - and she describes attending plays, cooking for dinner parties, becoming street savvy, and, literally, dancing in the dark. 1994.