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By Isabelle Queval. 2009
Recherche de la performance, sculpture et contrôle du corps, addictions pharmacologiques, médicalisation de l'existence... le sport de haut niveau exacerbe…
certains aspects du sport contemporain. Mais qu'y a-t-il de commun entre le sport spectacle et le sport des loisirs ? Que nous révèle le culte moderne du dépassement de soi ? Qu'entend-on par éducation physique ? Pourquoi le corps médical incite-t-il autant à faire de l'exercice ? D'Argent à Violence, en passant par Compétition, Dopage, Gymnastique ou Santé, ou encore Borg, Longo, Olympisme... ce Petit abécédaire philosophique du sport ne cesse de surprendre. Une façon originale d'éclairer bien des facettes d'un phénomène majeur de notre époque et donc de notre société. -- 4e de couvBy Benoît Melançon. 2008
"[...] Le célèbre numéro 9 des Canadiens de Montréal a été l'objet de toutes sortes d'écrits : des articles de…
périodiques et des textes savants, des biographies et des recueils de souvenirs, des contes et des nouvelles, des romans et des livres pour la jeunesse, des poèmes et des pièces de théâtre. On lui a consacré des chansons, des bandes dessinées, des sculptures, des peintures, des films et des émissions de télévision. Son visage a orné des vêtements, des jouets, des publicités. On a donné son nom à des lieux publics. Pour comprendre l'évolution des représentations de Maurice Richard depuis le début de sa carrière, il fallait une histoire culturelle de celui qu'on a surnommé le Rocket. La voici". -- 4e de couvBy Pierre Houde. 2005
Après quinze années à décrire une multitude de matchs sur la glace des grandes capitales de la Ligue nationale pour…
le compte de RDS, le commentateur Pierre Houde, en collaboration avec le journaliste Jean-Louis Morgan, a voulu aller au-delà du spectacle et explorer ce qui se passe dans les coulisses de notre sport national. Dans ce livre, les auteurs vont au-delà de la série et livrent du matériel inédit. Entre autres, la vie parfois misérables des entraîneurs, condamnés à gagner , celle des arbitres, si nécessaires mais si controversés, les succès et les rêves brisés des jeunes joueurs, de leurs parents aussi, qui les soutiennent parfois avec un fanatisme d'intégristes. Les drames humains dont on n'a vu que les manchettes, comme les affaires Kordic et Sanderson, sont également examinés de l'intérieur . Les auteurs nous parlent aussi de ces joueurs étrangers venus enrichir les équipes de la Ligue nationale, des Godfathers ou parrains du milieu, qui sont en fait les grands décideurs, et des chercheurs d'or ou dépisteurs, toujours à l'affût de la recrue miracle qui rééditera les exploits des plus grands ou les surpassera . -- 4e de couvBy Muhammad Ali. 2005
Tout le monde connaît le boxeur, hâbleur et arrogant, vainqueur de Frazier et Foreman lors de combats légendaires. Qui connaît…
le véritable Muhammad Ali ? Refus de participer à la guerre du Vietnam, foi inébranlable en Dieu et en son prochain, prises de position en faveur de l'émancipation du peuple noir... Les combats qu'il mena et mène encore hors du ring sont ceux d'un coeur pur. Souvenirs, anecdotes, contes, poèmes et aphorismes composent ce récit biographique qui retrace le cheminement d'un homme en perpétuelle quête spirituelle". -- 4e de couvBy Robert Frosi. 2003
Ouvrage traçant le portrait biographique de la famille Hilton. Famille composée de grands champions de la boxe, parmi lesquels, plusieurs…
remportèrent de grandes victoires. Mais ces instants de gloires sont assombris par des larmes, drames, petites combines et décadenceBy Pierre Foglia. 2004
" -Tu pars pour le Tour de France? Vas-tu les suivre à vélo? Si j'avais dit à cette collègue que…
j'allais couvrir les 500 milles d'Indianapolis, m'aurait-elle demandé si jallais les suivre en auto? Chaque été le même dilemme : comment écrire en même temps pour le profane qui ne sait tellement rien du vélo (et du sport) qu'il imagine que je couvre le Tour de France en le pédalant, et le cyclo averti qui attend que je lui dise si Armstrong a utilisé la 39 x 23 dans la montée de l'Alpe? Au premier, je donne la France du Tour, les ponts fleuris de géraniums, l'or des blés, le peloton qui s'entortille sur une route en corniche. Le Tour de France est d'abord affaire de routes et de ciels. Affaire de paysages. Au second je donne du braquet. Et aux deux je donne des histoires d'hommes qui vont au bout de leurs forces, de leur courage, de leur talent. Cela ne les rend pas meilleurs, ni moins dopés. Mais leurs petites morts sur les routes nous distraient un instant de la nôtre écrite au ciel." -- 4e de couvBy Tarquin Hall. 2002
Pour Tarquin Hall, jeune journaliste alors en poste en Inde, les éléphants sont des créatures puissantes, mais toujours paisibles et…
sagaces. Aussi est-il pétrifié en apprenant un jour que le gouvernement de l'Etat indien d'Assam engage un chasseur professionnel pour aller abattre un éléphant sauvage attaquant les villages et ayant déjà tué ainsi trente-huit personnes. Hall décide de se rendre sur place et de se joindre à l'expédition du chasseur. Il va aller de surprise en surprise.By John McEnroe. 2003
On ne présente pas John Mc Enroe : figure emblématique du grand boom médiatique du tennis dans les années quatre-vingt,…
il a été le rival historique de Bjorn Borg, et ses rapports difficiles avec son compatriote Jimmy Connors ont donné lieu à des matchs enflammés. Vainqueur de sept tournois du Grand Chelem (4 US Open, 3 Wimbledon), héros de la Coupe Davis, doté d'un toucher magique et d'un coup d'œil sans égal, il a marqué l'histoire du sport. On connaît aussi ses explosions très irlandaises, ses accès de colère qui transformaient le court en scène de spectacle. Dans Vous êtes sérieux ? il dévoile son enfance de jeune Américain moyen, ses dons rapidement découverts, son apprentissage du circuit, ses plus grands exploits, son lent déclin, sa vie d'après tennis. Chaque match est resté gravé dans sa mémoire, et ceux qui se souviennent du fameux break contre Borg lors de la finale de Wimbledon 1980 le revivront en direct et de l'intérieur, tandis que les fans pousseront un soupir en revoyant la finale de Roland Garros 1981, perdue face à un Ivan Lendl surclassé et mené deux sets à zéro... On croise Borg, Vilas, Connors, Gerulaitis, Lendl, aussi bien que Jack Nicholson, David Bowie ou Bill Clinton. Un document exceptionnel sur la vie d'un sportif de haut niveau, et un autoportrait passionné, honnête, non dépourvu pourtant de mauvaise foi : John McEnroe tel qu'en lui-même.By Gail Herman, Who Hq. 2020
It's time to cheer for the inspiring athletes of the Paralympic Games! As the Opening Ceremony for the 1948 Summer…
Olympic Games commenced in London, a similar sporting competition was taking place a few miles away. But the men at Stoke Mandeville weren't your typical athletes. They were paralyzed World War II veterans. The games at Stoke Mandeville were so successful that they would eventually lead evolve into the Paralympics. Participants from all around the world vie for the gold medal in a variety of sports, including archery, basketball, swimming, speed skating, and ice hockey. Author Gail Herman highlights their achievements, describes how these athletes train--both mentally and physically--for the games, and gives the reader a better understanding of what makes the Paralympic Games one of the world's most viewed sporting events.By William Brown, Michel Auger, Serge Bouchard, Pierre Cayouette, Marc Robitaille. 2003
Cet ouvrage ne présente pas des statistiques précises, il ne relate pas l'histoire officielle des Expos ni celle du baseball…
à Montréal. Mais il raconte de vingt façons différentes – en mots et en images – une histoire que les amateurs de balle d'ici reconnaîtront tout de suite dans ses petits détails : l'histoire d'une passion, intense, intérieure, éternelle.By Sue Irwin. 2018
This book highlights the achievements of Canadian women sports stars — the role models of today's young female athletes. They…
fought for the right to compete in sports traditionally dominated by men and proved that women's sports are just as competitive and exciting to watch as men's. Spanning decades, Breaking Through focuses on seven sports and the women who made them their own, including well-known legends such as soccer player Christine Sinclair, who brought women's soccer in Canada into the limelight, and hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, the longest-serving member of Canada's National team and five-time Olympic medalist. Readers will also see basketball, bobsleigh and rugby represented and learn the stories of less well-known athletes such as Indigenous Cross-country skiers Sharon Anne and Shirley Firth, who faced down prejudice, and Carol Hunyh, who brought home Canada's first Olympic gold medal in women's wrestling.By Sarah Marquis. 2019
Sarah Marquis décide d'explorer en solitaire un territoire australien uniquement peuplé d'animaux. Aux prises avec une nature hostile, elle progresse…
néanmoins dans des conditions extrêmes jusqu'au jour où le bord d'un ravin s'effondre sous son poidsBy Matt Christopher. 2017
Discover the amazing achievements of sports legend Serena Williams—on and off the tennis court—in this exciting new biography. Serena Williams…
has been ranked number one in the world for tennis singles, won twenty-two Grand Slam singles titles, and won four Olympic gold medals. She is a powerful player and a fierce competitor. Learn more about the record-breaking athlete in this comprehensive and action-packed biography, complete with stats and photographsBy Matt Christopher. 2017
Discover the amazing achievements of fan favorite two-time MVP Stephen Curry in this brand-new, comprehensive biography. Steph Curry is a…
two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, record-breaker, and Finals champion who electrifies fans with his incredible on-court feats. He's also a dedicated husband, father, and philanthropist who inspires people on and off the court. Learn more about this remarkable athlete in this biography, complete with stats and photographsBy Megan Rapinoe. 2020
An instant New York Times bestseller! &“Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup is synonymous to the…
feeling we got when finishing this book: heart full, arms wide and ready to take up space in this world.&”— USA Today Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and off the field. Guided by her personal journey into social justice, brimming with humor, humanity, and joy, she urges all of us to ask ourselves, What will you do with your one life? Only four years old when she kicked her first soccer ball, Megan Rapinoe developed a love – and clear talent – for the game at a young age. But it was her parents who taught her that winning was much less important than how she lived her life. From childhood on, Rapinoe always did what she could to stand up for what was right—even if it meant going up against people who disagreed. In One Life , Megan Rapinoe invites readers on a remarkable journey, looking back on both her victories and her failures, and pulls back the curtain on events we know only from the headlines. After the 2011 World Cup, discouraged by how few athletes were open about their sexuality, Rapinoe decided to come out publicly as gay and use her platform to advocate for marriage equality. Recognizing the power she had to bring attention to critical issues, in 2016 she took a knee during the national anthem in solidarity with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick to protest racial injustice and police brutality—the first high-profile white athlete to do so. The backlash was immediate, but it couldn&’t compare to the overwhelming support. Rapinoe became a force of change. Here for the first time, Rapinoe reflects upon some of the most pivotal moments in her life and career – from her realization in college that she was gay, through the disputes with soccer coaches and officials over her decision to kneel, to the first time she met her now-fiancé WNBA champion Sue Bird, and up through suing the US Soccer Federation over gender discrimination and equal pay. Throughout, Rapinoe makes clear the obligation we all have to speak up, and the impact each of us can have on our communities. Deeply personal and inspiring, One Life reveals that real, concrete change lies within all of us, and asks: If we all have the same resource—this one precious life, made up of the decisions we make every day—what are you going to do? " One Life makes it clear that Rapinoe&’s greatest accomplishments may ultimately come away from the soccer pitch. She&’s a new kind of American hero."— San Francisco ChronicleBy Rafael Nadal. 2020
What makes a champion? What does it take to be the best in the world at your sport? Rafael Nadal…
has the answers. In his memoir, written with award-winning journalist John Carlin, he reveals the secrets of his game and shares the inspiring personal story behind his success. It begins in Mallorca, where the tight-knit Nadal family has lived for generations. Coached by his uncle Toni from the age of four and taught humility and respect by his parents, Nadal has managed the uncommon feat of becoming an acclaimed global celebrity while remaining a gracious, hardworking role model for people in all walks of life. Now he takes us behind the scenes, from winning the Wimbledon 2008 final-described by John McEnroe as "the greatest game of tennis" he had ever seen-to the family problems that brought him low in 2009 and the numerous injuries that have threatened his career. With candor and intelligence, Nadal brings readers on his dramatic and triumphant journey, never losing sight of the prize he values above all others: the unity and love of his family. From RAFA: "During a match, you are in a permanent battle to fight back your everyday vulnerabilities, bottle up your human feelings. The more bottled up they are, the greater your chances of winning, so long as you've trained as hard as you play and the gap in talent is not too wide between you and your rival. The gap in talent with Federer existed, but it was not impossibly wide. It was narrow enough, even on his favorite surface in the tournament he played best, for me to know that if I silenced the doubts and fears, and exaggerated hopes, inside my head better than he did, I could beat him. You have to cage yourself in protective armor, turn yourself into a bloodless warrior. It's a kind of self-hypnosis, a game you play, with deadly seriousness, to disguise your own weaknesses from yourself, as well as from your rival."By Matt Christopher. 2018
Don't miss this action-packed and comprehensive look at the life and achievements of an NFL legend! With more Super Bowl…
appearances than any other player in NFL history, Tom Brady is a sports icon. From his college days as a backup quarterback at University of Michigan to his record-breaking number of winning seasons with the New England Patriots, this new and comprehensive biography gives fans a firsthand look at the highs and lows of the superstar's life and career, complete with stats and photographsBy Wade Davis. 2020
A captivating new book from Wade Davis—award-winning, best-selling author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade—that brings vividly…
to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future Travelers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their hearts and gives them license to be free. For Wade Davis, it was Colombia. Now in a masterly new book, Davis tells of his travels on the mighty Magdalena, the river that made possible the nation. Along the way, he finds a people who have overcome years of conflict precisely because of their character, informed by an enduring spirit of place, and a deep love of a land that is home to the greatest ecological and geographical diversity on the planet. As Gabriel García Márquez once wrote during his own pilgrimage on the river: "The only reason I would like to be young again would be the chance to travel again on a freighter going up the Magdalena." Only in Colombia can a traveler wash ashore in a coastal desert, follow waterways through wetlands as wide as the sky, ascend narrow tracks through dense tropical forests, and reach verdant Andean valleys rising to soaring ice-clad summits. This rugged and impossible geography finds its perfect coefficient in the topography of the Colombian spirit: restive, potent, at times placid and calm, in moments explosive and wild. Both a corridor of commerce and a fountain of culture, the wellspring of Colombian music, literature, poetry, and prayer, the Magdalena has served in dark times as the graveyard of the nation. And yet, always, it returns as a river of life. At once an absorbing adventure and an inspiring tale of hope and redemption, Magdalena gives us a rare, kaleidoscopic picture of a nation on the verge of a new period of peace. Braiding together memoir, history, and journalism, Wade Davis tells the story of the country's most magnificent river, and in doing so, tells the epic story of Colombia. Bestseller.By Capstone. 2020
Feeling outdoorsy? Get ready to bust boredom with nature and the world outside! Learn how to whip up sidewalk chalk…
spray paint, go on a photo safari, build giant lawn games, and much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom in the great outdoors has never been more funBy Simran Jeet Singh. 2020
The true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one hundred-year-old to run a marathon,…
shares valuable lessons on the source of his grit, determination to overcome obstacles, and commitment to positive representation of the Sikh community.Every step forward is a victory.Fauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn't allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn't stop him. Working on his family's farm, Fauja grew stronger to meet his own full potential.He never stopped striving. At the age of 81, after a lifetime of making his body, mind, and heart stronger, Fauja decided to run his first marathon. He went on to break records all around the world and became the first person over 100 to complete the grueling long-distance race.With exuberant text by Simran Jeet Singh and exhilarating illustrations by Baljinder Kaur, the true story of Fauja Singh reminds us that it's both where we start and how we finish that make our journeys unforgettable.