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Last minute of play: tales of hockey grit and glory
By Ross Brewitt. 1993
Here are the thoughts, actions, pranks, anecdotes and opinions of hockey players caught up in NHL rivalries. The focus is…
on Canadian hockey heroes of the 1960's and 1970's, including Phil and Tony Esposito, Chico Maki, Bobby Hull, "Punch" Imlach, Vic Hadfield and Don Cherry. c1993.Late innings: a baseball companion
By Roger Angell. 1982
Covers the five turbulent seasons of baseball from the spring of 1977 through the autumn of 1981 during the height…
of the game's greatest popularity at the gate. Describes the bitter labour conflicts and the strike that followed, as well as the remarkable performances of such baseball giants as Willie Stargell, Carl Yastrzemski, and Tom Seaver. Sequel to "Five Seasons". Bestseller 1982.Football, histoire d'une passion (Les yeux de la découverte : arts, sports & loisirs ; #14)
By Hugh Hornby, Stéphanie Alglave. 2010
Découvrez ce jeu universel de balle au pied dont les origines remontent à la plus haute Antiquité sur tous les…
continents. Quelle est l'histoire des règles de ce sport? Quelles sont les grandes compétitions internationales? Comment est fabriqué le ballon? Apprenez à connaître l'histoire du football et les noms de ses plus fameux joueurs. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2010. Titre uniforme: Soccer.Inside hockey: the legends, facts, and feats that made the game
By Keltie Thomas. 2008
Introduces readers to the wild side of professional hockey, with stories about the superstars (male and female), the rules that…
changed the game, and the dazzling science behind the sport. Read about the player who would rather fight than score or the guy who talked to the goalposts like they were old friends. Includes information on the greatest goal scorers, crazy goalies, practical jokers, superstitions, the most ferocious fights, players overcoming obstacles, and the enduring obsession with that Cup called Stanley. Grades 3-6. 2008.How soccer works (How Sports Work Ser.)
By Keltie Thomas. 2007
A look at the science behind soccer, including the personality of a soccer ball (and how air pressure or the…
number of panels can affect its behaviour), and explaining how to make moves like stellar passes, curving kicks and delivering perfect headers. Presents sidebars on "Quick Kick" factoids, "Star" highlights revealing moves of the pros, "Tips" for game improvement, and "Rules and Regs". Grades 3-6. 2007.Great moments in Canadian baseball
By Brian Kendall. 1995
Starting with the first recorded Canadian baseball game in 1838, this book provides 27 famous events. Many events were performed…
by Americans in Canadian playing fields, such as Babe Ruth's first professional home run. Grades 3-6. 1995.Fail better: Why Baseball Matters
By Mark Kingwell. 2017
Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure--a very successful batter manages a hit only three of…
every ten attempts--Mark Kingwell explores ways in which the game teaches us lessons on fragility, contingency, and community. Weaving elements of memoir, philosophical reflection, sports writing, and humour, "Fail Better" serves as an unofficial follow-up to "Catch and Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life", which won over readers by offering an intelligent but accessible look into the deep waters of angling. 2017.Intolerable: a memoir of extremes
By Kamal Al-Solaylee. 2012
As a gay man living in an intolerant Middle East, Al-Solaylee escaped first to England and eventually to Canada, where…
he became a journalist and academic. While he was enjoying the cultural and personal freedoms of life in the West, his once-liberal family slowly fell into the hard-line interpretations of Islam that were sweeping large parts of the Arab-Muslim world in the 1980s and 1990s. The differences between his life and theirs were brought into sharp relief by the 2011 revolution in Egypt and the civil war in Yemen. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2015. 2012.In the crease: goaltenders look at life in the NHL
By Dick Irvin. 1995
Broadcaster Dick Irvin presents interviews and anecdotes about hockey goaltenders and the mythology which surrounds them. Early greats include Georges…
Vezina and Lorne Chabot, and some of the goalies from the modern era of the game include Ken Dryden, Patrick Roy, and Martin Brodeur. c1995.Doyle Brunson's super system: a course in power poker
By Doyle Brunson, Allan Goldberg. 2002
This is the classic book on every major no-limit game played today and is considered by the pros to be…
one of the best books ever written on poker. Includes advanced strategies, theories, tactics and money-making techniques. This will tell you when to raise, call, bet, and fold at hold 'em (limit and no-limit), 7-stud (high and low), draw poker, and lowball. 2002.Get outside: the kids guide to fun in the great outdoors
By Jane Drake, Ann Love. 2012
Armed with “Get Outside”, a kid will never say, "I'm bored!" again. Activities are divided into four categories (Nature Lover,…
Outdoor Fun and Games, Cozy Inside and Look to the Sky), where readers will find instructions for making things like sundials, bird feeders and kites, as well as rules for games such as 500 Up, Spud, and Shinny. Includes traditional First Nations games, how to make a backyard skating rink, and fun facts on each activity. Grades 3-6. c2012.Faster, higher, smarter: bright ideas that transformed sports
By Simon Shapiro. 2016
It takes a lot of talent, skill, and hard work to become a world-class athlete. But it takes even more…
to make a sport better: it takes smarts! And whether innovators are aware of it or not, it takes an understanding of physics, mechanics, and aerodynamics to come up with better techniques and equipment. Looks at the hard science behind many inventions and improvements in sports, such as how the introduction of the aluminum bat changed baseball, how a slapshot works, and what’s involved in bending a ball like Beckham. It also covers the history of such milestones as the introduction of diversity, disabled athletes, and women in sport. Grades 4-7. 2016.Hockey for kids: heroes, tips and facts
By Brian McFarlane. 1994
From the far side of the river: chest-deep in little fish and big ideas
By Paul Quarrington. 2003
The author fishes thoughtfully for pickerel in northern Ontario and stalks bonefish in the balmy Bahamas; pursues trout with Santa…
Claus and survives time on the water with Bonefish Dundee. His casts are as likely to call up thoughts of major events in his life. But whatever his trials and triumphs, he is never without his sense of humour. 2003.Etched in ice: a tribute to hockey's defining moments
By Michael McKinley. 1998
"Etched in Ice" showcases the builders and broadcasters, the dramas and pathos, of a sport that has long made winter…
the hottest season. It includes not only the titans and their achievements, but it also takes us to the men and women who are not household names, yet have affected the game in their own remarkable ways: the first big-time team on the West Coast; a gifted American player cut down early in World War I; a women's team that lost only two games out of 350 during the 1930s. 1998.Fishing with my old guy
By Paul Quarrington. 1995
As well as being a popular novelist, Paul Quarrington is an avid fly-fisher. Here he writes about learning the subtleties…
of fly-fishing from his "Old Guy" -- a seasoned angler who is willing to pass on the wisdom and lore of fly-fishing to a younger generation. Quarrington and his Old Guy, Gordon Deval, along with two colleagues, travel to northern Quebec in search of world record speckled-trout. 1995.Hiding out: a memoir of drugs, deception, and double lives
By Tina Alexis Allen. 2018
Tina Alexis Allen grew up in 1980s suburban Maryland in a house ruled by her stern father, Sir John, an…
imposing, British-born authoritarian who had been knighted by the Pope. When Sir John discovered Tina was attracted to women, he too revealed he was gay. Their second lives brought father and daughter closer, but little did Tina know, darker secrets lingered below the surface. 2018.Honor girl: [a graphic memoir]
By Maggie Thrash. 2017
Maggie has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in…
the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing--until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for an older, wiser, and, most surprising of all (at least to Maggie), female counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to fall in love with another girl. When it seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way about Maggie, it's too much for both Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle--let alone understand. For senior high readers. 2017.From darkness to dynasty: the first 40 years of the New England Patriots
By Jerry Thornton. 2016
From their humble beginnings as a football team bought by a man who had no idea what he was doing…
to the fateful 2001 season that saw them win their first Super Bowl, Thornton shares the wild, zany, humiliating, unbelievable, and wonderful stories that comprised the first forty years of what would ultimately become the most dominant franchise in NFL history. 2016.