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Lance Armstrong: a biography
By Bill Gutman. 2003
The story of Lance Armstrong, the premier cyclist in sports history, from his first ride to his most recent race,…
and all the twists and turns in between. Grades 3-6. 2003.Journalist chronicles living in cyclist Lance Armstrong's training camp in Spain for months before Armstrong's sixth Tour de France win…
in 2004. Describes the intense physical schedule and managerial skills employed to orchestrate a victory in biking's major sporting event. Strong language. Bestseller. 2005.Gridiron genius: a master class in winning championships and building dynasties in the NFL
By Bill Belichick, Michael Lombardi. 2018
Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship…
level. From personnel to practice to game-day decisions that win titles, Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers, Al Davis of the Raiders, and Bill Belichick of the Patriots, among others, during his three decades in football. 2018.Belichick: the making of the greatest football coach of all time
By Ian O'Connor. 2018
Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL-the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises…
in sports. As head coach of the New England Patriots, he's led the team to five Super Bowl championship trophies. In this revelatory new and robust biography, readers will come to understand and see Belichick's full life in football, from watching Naval Academy games as a kid with his player-scout father, to masterminding two Super Bowl-winning game plans as defensive coordinator for the Giants, to his dramatic leap to the Patriots where he has made history. 2018.Grasping heaven: Tami L. Fisk, a young doctor's journey to China and beyond
By Annelies Wilder-Smith, Einar P Wilder-Smith. 2010
Hope for the hopeless: the Charles Mulli mission
By Paul H Boge, Marina H Hofman Willard. 2012
Charles Mulli was abused by his father and abandoned by his family. Forced to beg from hut to hut in…
Kenya to survive, Mulli worked his way out of poverty and became a wealthy businessman, but never forgot the struggle of street children. Hearing the call of God, Mulli sold everything he owned and began rescuing street children from the slums of Kenya and gave them a home at Mully Children's Family. His journey of faith challenged him to trust Christ in desperate times, confront evil forces and believe in God for even greater miracles of healing and deliverance. And in the wake of the postelection violence that recently shook Kenya to its core, Mulli risked everything to follow the call of Christ and to bring hope to the hopeless. Sequel to "Father to the Fatherless". 2012.Bobbie Rosenfeld: the Olympian who could do everything
By Anne Dublin. 2004
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld was born in the Ukraine in 1903 or 1904, and immigrated with her Jewish family to Canada…
in 1905. She became a star player in ice hockey, basketball, and softball and excelled in tennis and track and field, leading the Canadian women's relay team to an Olympic gold medal and winning a silver one in the 100-meter event in 1928. By greeting obstacles with courage, hard work, and humour, and always putting the team ahead of herself, Bobbie set an example as a true athletic hero. Includes a time line, source notes, and a bibliography. Grades 3-6. 2004.Bent hope: a street journal
By Tim Huff. 2008
Bent Hope was born out of Tim Huff's unique and extensive twenty-year ministry among homeless and street-involved youth and adults…
in Toronto. These gripping true-life stories surface quietly from unforgiving corridors of fear, hurt and uncertainty that unexpectedly and supernaturally transform into fascinating places of intimacy and godly anticipation. c2008.Breaking the ice: the Black experience in professional hockey
By Cecil Harris. 2003
Presents the unique stories of black hockey players - how they overcame or succumbed to racial and cultural prejudices while…
attempting to excel at one of North America's favourite sports. Covers players including Jarome Iginla, Anson Carter, Grant Fuhr and Donald Brashear. 2003.Barefoot runner: the life of marathon champion Abebe Bikila
By Paul Rambali. 2006
Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win an Olympic gold medal, winning the marathon in 1960 and again…
in 1964 - the first person to win the most gruelling of all human contests twice. Born into bitter poverty in rural Ethiopia in 1932, at sixteen Bikila joined the Imperial Guard. He came to the notice of the Swedish athletics coach Onni Niskanen, whom Emperor Selassie had engaged to try and raise his country's profile through sport. Bikila became the focus of these ambitions - and an unwitting figurehead for black African nationalism. 2006.Kurt Thomas on gymnastics
By Kurt Thomas, Kent Hannon. 1980
Relates how Kurt Thomas, who is considered the United States' finest gymnast, came to win a gold medal in the…
1978 world gymnastic championships. Also explains the basics of this sport including judging and international competition. c1980.Kurt: forcing the edge
By Kurt Browning, Neil Stevens. 1991
The celebrated Canadian skater and World Champion from Alberta tells about his life from the day he first stepped on…
the ice at the age of six with dreams of playing hockey, to his early bid for the Olympic Gold in 1992. 1991.Keep on standing
By Darlene Polachic. 2002
The 1989 student massacre in Lubumbashi, Zaire under the brutal rule of dictator/president Mobutu Sese Seko was almost the end…
for brothers Michel, Fabian and Aliston Lwamba. Escaping with only their lives, that day was a grim and deadly reality marking the beginning of an incredible saga that changed their lives forever. During the chaos, the Lwambas were separated from each other, living in refugee camps for over five years, and leaving many of their relatives for dead. They survived violence, disease, depression and starvation before they met God and found in Him both the reason and the will to keep on standing. 2002.King of the world: Muhammad Ali and the rise of an American hero
By David Remnick. 1998
Remnick discusses the myth and reality surrounding Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay. The author portrays the 1960s, compares…
Ali to other boxers of his time, and shows how this rebel grew as a man through his search for a belief and a cause. An epilogue discusses Ali's later life. 1998.Killer: my life in hockey
By Doug Gilmour. 2017
Doug Gilmour didn’t look fearsome on a pair of skates - being an “undersized” forward would plague him during his…
early career - but few players matched his killer instincts in the faceoff circle or in front of the net. The Hockey Hall of Famer from Kingston, Ontario, played for seven teams over his twenty-year career, netting 450 goals and 964 assists during the regular season and another 188 points in the playoffs, making him one of the highest-scoring centres of all time. Gilmour played a big role in the 1989 Stanley Cup victory, scoring the winning goal for the Calgary Flames. Perhaps most famously, he led the Toronto Maple Leafs to multiple winning seasons and in 1993, took them to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in decades, only to lose out on one of the most controversial calls in hockey history. Bestseller. 2017.Ken Tyrrell: the authorised biography
By Maurice Hamilton. 2002
Ken Tyrrell was one of the most respected figures in Formula 1 for nearly four decades. This biography provides an…
expose of the man himself, and an insight into the drama and excitement of the world of Formula 1 motor racing. 2002.Keane: the autobiography
By Roy Keane, Eamon Dunphy. 2002
J.P. Bickell: the life, the Leafs, and the legacy
By Jason Wilson, Kevin Shea, Graham MacLachlan. 2017
A self-made mining magnate and the man who kept the Maple Leafs in Toronto and financed Maple Leaf Gardens, J.P.…
Bickell lived an extraordinary and purposeful life. As one of the most important industrialists in Canadian history, Bickell left his mark on communities across the nation. He was a cornerstone of the Toronto Maple Leafs, which awards the J.P. Bickell Memorial Award in his honour to recognize outstanding service to the organization. He was also a giant of Canadian industry, and one of C.D. Howe's WWII-era "dollar-a-year" men leading war efforts on the home front. Though he avoided public attention for much of his life, his story is tied up not only with the Maple Leafs, but with some of the most famous Canadians of his day, including Mitchell Hepburn, Roy Thomson, and Conn Smythe. Through his charitable foundation, he has been a key benefactor of Sick Kids Hospital, and his legacy continues to transform the city of Toronto. Yet, though Bickell was so important both to Toronto and the Maple Leafs, the story of his incredible life is today largely obscure. 2017.Jonathan Edwards, the great awakener: The Great Awakener (Hereos of the faith ; #5)
By Helen Kooiman Hosier. 1999
Known mostly for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Jonathan Edwards was a man of towering…
intellect, responsible in large part for America's first "Great Awakening." 1999.Jesse Owens: the fastest man alive
By Carole Boston Weatherford. 2008
Jesse Owens grew up during an age when segregation laws forced him to eat at separate restaurants and stay at…
different hotels. But Jesse never let it slow him down while setting world records and winning a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Once in Berlin, the triumph of Jesse's will helped him run through any barrier, winning not only Olympic gold, but countless fans. Grades 3 to 6. 2008.