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Canada quiz: how much do you know about Canada? (Canada Quiz Ser. #Vol. 1)
By E. Calvin Coish. 1992
The rope in the water: a pilgrimage to India
By Sylvia Fraser. 2001
Sylvia Fraser's three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." Travelling 12,000 kilometres…
as a solitary traveler across deserts and through jungles, she visits sacred sites such as the twilight city of Varanasi on the Ganges and the Golden Temple of the Sikhs; spends time with a Hindu sect up Mount Abu and meditates eleven hours a day for ten days in a Buddhist retreat while observing a vow of silence. 2001.Letting rip: the fast bowling threat from Lillee to Waqar
By Simon Wilde. 1994
The rebel league: the short and unruly life of the World Hockey Association
By Ed Willes. 2004
The WHA began as the scheme of two California lawyers, and it introduced 27 new hockey franchises, a trail of…
bounced cheques, fractious lawsuits, folded teams, and the crackpots, goons, and crazies that are so well remembered as the league's bizarre legacy. But the WHA also drove hockey into the modern age, ended the NHL's monopoly, freed players from the reserve clause, ushered in the 18-year-old draft, moved the game into the Sun Belt, and put European players on the ice in numbers previously unimagined. Some strong language. 2005, c2004.The tiger: a true story of vengeance and survival
By John Vaillant. 2010
Nature writer follows a government tiger-control team as it pursues an endangered Siberian tiger, which had killed a poacher, through…
Russia's far east in the winter of 1997. Explores the beauty of the setting, the tiger's strength, and the political and geographical forces that shaped this remote region. Canada Reads 2012. 2010.The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory
By D'Arcy Jenish. 2008
The Habs were the NHL gold standard for years, with 24 Stanley Cups and an almost unbroken line of stars,…
from Georges Vézina and Newsy Lalonde to Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur, and Patrick Roy. Jenish traces not just the century-old équipe des habitants, but the events of the day that affected hockey and the world away from it, including two world wars, the flu outbreak of 1918, and the Quiet Revolution of Quebec nationalism. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008.White cap and bails: adventures of a much travelled umpire
By Dickie Bird, Keith Lodge. 1999
Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books…
and videos. He describes the cricketers, the matches and the character of these clubs. He also relives his journeys as an umpire to clubs and Test match arenas overseas and recalls the humorous times that have filled his unique career. 1999.Buddhism, plain and simple (Arkana Ser.)
By Steve Hagen. 1999
This work provides a clear, straightforward treatise on Buddhism in general and awareness in particular - the book is all…
about being "awake" and in touch with what is going on here and now. The author's observations and insights are plain, practical and down-to-earth and deal exclusively with the present, not with theory, speculation or belief in some far-off time or place. This book should be of interest to anyone wanting to discover (or rediscover) the essence of Buddhism in accessible language, free of all the trappings and religious ritual. 1999, c1997.French revolutions: [cycling the Tour de France]
By Tim Moore. 2002
Comic writer Tim Moore trades his ailing Rolls Royce for a bicycle, a map and a water bottle in a…
quest to pedal the route of the Tour de France, no mean feat for the fit, let alone a self-described suburban slouch. The resulting 2,256-mile journey transforms Moore into an incredibly fit and passionately proud cyclist. Along the route, Moore's descriptions of the heroes of the Tour make an excellent primer on this gruelling race, and helps the uninitiated understand the frenzy that grips France each July as the racers meander through incidental villages, over mountains and finally into Paris. 2002.A history of video games in 64 objects
By World Video Game Hall of Fame. 2018
Inspired by the groundbreaking A History of the World in 100 Objects, this book draws on the unique collections of…
The Strong museum in Rochester, New York, to chronicle the evolution of video games, from Pong to first-person shooters, told through the stories of dozens of objects essential to the field's creation and development. Drawing on the World Video Game Hall of Fame's unmatched collection of video game artifacts, this fascinating history offers an expansive look at the development of one of the most popular activities of the modern world: video gaming. 2018.Collins gem card games (Collins gem)
By Collins. 1991
A guide to the rules and strategies of 100 popular family and children's card games. Methods of play are illustrated…
and games featured include "all fives", "auction pitch", "Boston", "bridge", and "briscola" for adults, and "beggar-my-neighbour", "card dominoes", and "cheat" for children. 1991.The years 1942-1967 are considered by many to be the Golden Era of the National Hockey League. The six-team years…
produced some of hockey's legendary rivalries and some of the sport's most beloved players. Here all the great goals, great players, and great moments of that era are described. 1994.Working the wheel
By Maurice Hamilton, Martin Brundle. 2004
From Adelaide and Monte Carlo to Suzuka and Rio de Janiero, the author examines the character and dangers of each…
Grand Prix track. As well as recounting his own personal experiences, he looks at the classic races, terrifying crashes and dramatic events that each track has witnessed. 2004.Whose puck is it, anyway?: a season with a minor novice hockey team
By Ed Arnold. 2002
Ed Arnold decided that little league hockey desperately needed a change from the yelling, fights, and put-downs that occurred at…
practices and games, and reinvented the rules surrounding the team in Peterborough. There would be no more yelling, no fighting, and the kids would get equal opportunities to play - and the changes worked. 2002.When things fall apart: heart advice for difficult times (Shambhala Classics Ser.)
By Pema Chödrön. 2000
American Buddhist nun describes how to apply her religion’s philosophy to achieve happiness. Explains how to communicate, experience difficult emotions,…
and become compassionate using eight worldly dharma or basic Buddhist beliefs. 2000, c1997.Walking with legends: the real stories of Hockey Night in Canada
By Mike Brophy, Ralph Mellanby. 2007
A driving force behind Hockey Night in Canada , television executive Ralph Mellanby recalls his association with some of the…
most instrumental men in the hockey industry, as well as his involvement in some of hockey's greatest events ever. Includes five sections on 25 of hockey's biggest names and two of the greatest events in hockey history, the 1972 Summit Series and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Some strong language. 2007.Vince: a personal biography of Vince Lombardi
By Michael O'Brien. 1987
Upon further review: the greatest what-ifs in sports history
By Mike Pesca. 2018
No announcer ever proclaimed: "Up rises Frazier!"; "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!"; or "The Giants lose…
the pennant, the Giants lose the pennant!" Such moments are indelibly etched upon the mind of every sports fan. Or rather, they would be, had they happened. Mike Pesca takes classic arguments conducted over pints in a pub and places them in the hands of dozens of writers, athletes, and historians. 2018.2014 is the 20th anniversary of the strike that killed baseball in Montreal, and the 10th anniversary of the team's…
move to Washington, DC. But the memories aren't dead - not by a long shot. Here, finally, is the definitive English-language history of the Montreal Expos, written by New York Times bestselling sportswriter Jonah Keri. 2014.Une histoire populaire du sport aux États-Unis (Mémoire des Amériques)
By Dave Zirin, Arianne Des Rochers, Alex Gauthier. 2017
2016. Le joueur de football américain Colin Kaepernick pose un genou à terre au moment de l'hymne national pour protester…
contre les violences policières racistes, ce qui lui vaut des éloges pour son courage, mais aussi de violentes critiques. On s'est beaucoup étonné qu'un athlète professionnel plonge ainsi le monde du divertissement dans la tourmente politique. Pourtant, l'histoire des États-Unis regorge d'athlètes hors norme qui ont eu le courage d'affronter les injustices et les préjugés de leur époque. De Moses Fleetwood Walker, baseballeur afro-américain qui, dans les années 1880, a dû affronter supporters et coéquipiers racistes pour pouvoir jouer dans la première ligue, à Alice Coachman, première femme noire à gagner une médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques en 1948, en passant par Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson et Muhammad Ali, Zirin raconte l'histoire de ces athlètes qui ont su à la fois galvaniser les foules et transformer la société en profondeur. 2017. Titre uniforme: A people's history of sports in the United States.