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The further adventures of Slugger McBatt: baseball stories
By W. P Kinsella. 1988
The five books of Moses Lapinsky
By Karen X Tulchinsky. 2003
In 2003, a mild-mannered historian named Moses Lapinsky begins to write a biography of his father, a famous Jewish-Canadian boxer…
named Sonny. His research takes him from the 1930's to the 1950's, as he describes the fortunes of the Lapinsky family. In particular, it was the events of August 1933, at the riot at Christie Pits Park, which changed the lives of all four Lapinsky brothers forever. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2003.The franchise babe (Lone Star audio)
By Dan Jenkins. 2008
Fortysomething sportswriter Jack Brannon is bored to tears with the men's tour. So he decides to check out Ginger Clayton,…
the hot, new franchise babe on the ladies' links. Things get interesting in a hurry, as it becomes clear somebody wants the gorgeous superstar disqualified for good. 2008.The fan
By Peter Abrahams. 1995
Gil Renard is excited about the Sox's chances this year, now that they've signed Bobby Rayburn. But the rest of…
Gil's life is falling apart. His ex-wife won't let him see their son anymore, and he's been laid off by the knife company his father founded. Reminiscing about his Little League glory days and becoming more and more obsessed with Bobby Rayburn, Gil loses touch with reality. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.The horn of a lamb
By Robert Sedlack. 2004
After Fred Pickle sustained a severe brain injury, he moved in with his Uncle Jack. Fred creates the perfect neighbourhood…
skating rink every year and the local NHL team means more to him than to the average fan. When the team's owner decides to move the team to the U.S., Fred contemplates an act of vengeance. Some strong language, and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.The good body: a novel
By Bill Gaston. 2000
Bob Loose Bonaduce is a hockey player who never quite made it to the big time. Now he's decided to…
retire and return to his home province of New Brunswick. Once there, he lies his way into graduate school and attempts to get close to the son he abandoned twenty years earlier. At the same time he has to deal with the fact that he is stricken with multiple sclerosis and may eventually lose control over the body that has taken him so far in life. Some strong language.The bone cage
By Angie Abdou. 2007
Digger, a wrestler, and Sadie, a speed swimmer, stand on the verge of winning a gold medal at the Olympics.…
Both are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete? Their relationship is tested in the months leading up to the Olympics, which they know will be the realization or the end of a life's dream. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Canada Reads 2011. 2007.The age of longing: a novel (A phyllis Bruce Bk.)
By Richard B Wright. 1995
Set in small town Ontario and spanning three generations, this is a poignant and wryly humorous novel of Howard Wheeler's…
search for self-understanding. Born to a failed hockey player who briefly played for the Montreal Maroons, Howard grew up caught between his carousing father and his tight-lipped mother. 1995.Skating the edge (New leaf editions. Series seven)
By Calvin Daniels. 2001
Slim and none (Lone Star audio)
By Dan Jenkins. 2006
Since the days when golfing was done with a shepherd's crook, only seven men have won a major after the…
age of 44. BJ figures his chances are slim and none. Fresh from divorce number three and competing against a prodigy youngster, he knows he's past his prime but wants to be more than an "in other news" in the golf world. Not helping matters is the prodigy's attractive mother, who just might end up being wife number four. 2006.Semi-tough (Lone Star audio)
By Dan Jenkins. 2008
As New York Giants redneck star Billy Clyde Puckett records the outrageous buildup to his team's Super Bowl clash with…
cross-town rivals the Jets, his best friend's voluptuous main squeeze puts some knee-buckling moves on him that he finds difficult to dodge. Followed by "Life Its Ownself". 2008.Rude behavior (Lone Star audio)
By Dan Jenkins. 2009
Billy Clyde Puckett, former football halfback and now bored TV sports commentator, returns to Fort Worth, Texas. Bankrolled by his…
father-in-law, Puckett gains the NFL franchise for the West Texas Tornadoes and starts putting a team together, while his wife is making a movie in Switzerland. 2009.Puck is a four letter word
By Frank Orr. 1982
William Milligan, farm boy turned professional hockey player, participates in a players' strike and is traded to a hopeless expansion…
team where he plays hockey with a bunch of over-sexed weirdos and a cement-headed coach. Strong language. 1983, c1982.Once around the track (Southern voices audio)
By Sharyn McCrumb. 2008
Badger Jenkins, a driver past his prime, is recruited by an all-female pit crew to drive their new car. But…
every woman has a different plan to get the car into the fast lane, and it's not long before the women collide - both on and off the track. 2008.Miracle at Augusta: a novel
By James Patterson, Peter De Jonge. 2015
A year ago Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble…
Beach. Now he makes his living playing golf in paradise, and everything should be perfect--but Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an impostor who doesn't deserve his success. Then Travis blows a tournament and is suspended for assaulting another player. His family and friends are shocked, and Travis realizes he needs to find his purpose. His quest leads him to befriend a young teenager with a passion for golf and a troubled past who teaches Travis what a miracle really looks like. 2015.Magic time
By W. P Kinsella. 1998
Mike Houle turns down a draft offer from the Montreal Expos so that he can finish his business degree. When…
his baseball falls apart in his senior year, he sees his big league chances slip away. Still, Mike's agent offers him a chance to play in Iowa's Cornbelt League, where he might be seen by a scout. Some strong language. 1998.Love's winning plays (Southern voices)
By Inman Majors. 2013
Raymond Love, a graduate assistant in a college football program, is assigned to babysit old-timer Coach Woody at fundraising events.…
Love discovers firsthand the corrupt side of university sports while wooing a girl in his book club and socializing with another from grad school. 2013.Japanese baseball and other stories: And Other Stories
By W. P Kinsella. 2000
A collection of baseball short stories that will delight all lovers of engaging storytelling and fans of the sport Kinsella…
chronicles in "Shoeless Joe," "Field of dreams," and "The thrill of the grass." Kinsella weaves his characters into the thrill of the game, be it in Japan, Central America, Canada or the U.S., with a variety of comic, tragic, and mystical results. 2000.If I never get back: a novel
By Darryl Brock. 1989
Mysteriously transported from the present day to 1869 Ohio, Sam meets up with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first professional…
team. He joins them on their national tour and encounters a political conspiracy, a get-rich-quick scheme with Mark Twain, and through it all, the shaky start of America's favourite pastime. 1989.If wishes were horses
By W. P Kinsella. 1996
On the run from the law, accused of hijacking a jet and kidnapping a baby, Joe McCoy can't help wondering…
if there's some parallel dimension where he's living the life he was supposed to live. His only hope is that Ray Kinsella, from "Shoeless Joe," and Gideon Clarke, from "The Iowa Baseball Confederacy," will believe his story. Some strong language and descriptions of sex.