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Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made
By David Halberstam. 1999
Examines the basketball superstar's career and character from high school to the professional ranks. Describes championship games and fellow players.…
Discusses 1980s and 1990s changes in media coverage and how Jordan evolved from athlete to cultural phenomenon. 1999.Phyllis Munday: mountaineer (Quest Biography Ser. #8)
By Kathryn Anne Bridge. 2002
In 1924, Phyl Munday did what no woman had done before - she reached the summit of Mt. Robson, the…
highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. She climbed nearly 100 mountains; her physical prowess legitimized her in the largely male world of mountaineering. She found her lifetime climbing partner when she married journalist and mountaineer Don Munday. 2002.L'insoutenable légèreté de mourir: le récit touchant d'une amitié éternelle
By France Gauthier. 2017
" Ma belle amie Anne-Marie est décédée le 20 août 2016. " C'est ce que nous annonce d'entrée de jeu…
l'auteure et conférencière France Gauthier dans ce témoignage sensible et sincère. D'une plume inspirée, elle y raconte les trois dernières semaines de vie de son amie et " jumelle d'âme " Anne-Marie Séguin, qu'elle a accompagnée dans son chemin vers le grand passage. Ponctué de moments forts, touchants et parfois troublants, le récit aborde la mort (et la vie?!) de façon lumineuse, sans peur ni tabous, afin d'inspirer ceux qui tiennent la main d'un être cher qui s'apprête à traverser le voile. Ni elle ni moi ne savions dans quelle expérience transcendante nous plongions, sans autre outil que notre foi en la Vie, ici, comme ailleurs. 2017.Peacekeeper: the road to Sarajevo
By Lewis MacKenzie. 1993
Major-General Lewis MacKenzie is the best-known Canadian soldier since the Second World War. In this memoir, he relates how he…
created Sector Sarajevo, and with a 30-nation UN force set out to liberate the airport to receive desperately needed food and medical supplies. MacKenzie became an international celebrity as he used the media -- "the only weapon I had" -- to maximum advantage. He also recounts the highlights of eight previous peacekeeping tours in the Middle East, Cyprus, and Vietnam. 1993.Paths of glory: the life and death of General James Wolfe
By Stephen Brumwell. 2006
Ugly, gangling, and tormented by agonizing illness, Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero, but in 1759, on the…
Plains of Abraham, he won a battle with momentous consequences. Once venerated as the embodiment of military genius, Wolfe's reputation has recently undergone revision by historians painting him as bloodthirsty and priggish. Brumwell, drawing on extensive research, offers a reassessment of a soldier whose short life altered the course of world history. Descriptions of violence. 2006.Out standing in the field: a memoir of military service
By Sandra Perron. 2017
Throughout her military training, Sandra Perron was repeatedly identified as top of her class, but was also subject to "pranks"…
that included stripping her uniform of insignia (which is a not-so-subtle way of informing her that her platoon did not have her back). The lessons she learned, however, weren't all negative - through several deployments, including Bosnia and Croatia, she forged lasting friendships with men and women. Her memoir shows that while the Canadian military did eventually let her down, she did not do the same to her fellow soldiers or her country; it also shows that the spirit of a true hero cannot be bent or broken. Winner of the 2017 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction (QWF). 2017.Over the boards: the Ron Ellis story
By Ron Ellis, Kevin Shea. 2002
Out of the clouds: the unlikely horseman and the unwanted colt who conquered the sport of kings
By David Rosner, Linda Carroll. 2018
This book tells the inspiring story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought…
the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time. 2018.Out of the blue
By Orel Hershiser, Jerry B Jenkins. 1989
Pal Hal: an uninhibited, no-holds-barred account of the life and times of Harold Ballard
By Dick Beddoes. 1989
Written when Harold Ballard was 86 and in fragile health, Beddoes captures the essence of the man who became a…
Canadian hockey legend. In turn rude, crude, generous, bombastic, charming, outrageous, sentimental, and comic, Ballard lived his personal life in public, providing his fans and foes with a continuing soap opera of sex, power, and greed at Maple Leaf Gardens. Some strong language. 1989.Our life with the Rocket: the Maurice Richard story
By Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 2001
Maurice Richard, The Rocket, was one of the greatest hockey players of his era and he remains an enduring icon…
of hockey excellence. This book captures a world in which a brooding, taciturn athlete became a powerful, enduring symbol for French Canadians. It also follows the story of a young boy, the author himself, whose youthful worship of Richard was tempered by politics and personal life, and evolved into an entirely different sort of appreciation for an extraordinary man. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.Our George: a family memoir
By Barbara Best, Lindy McDowell. 2009
This biography reveals for the first time the real story of George Best - as told by those who knew…
him best and loved him most. It's the inside story of the ordinary Belfast family whose love for, and contact with, their famous son and brother never wavered through the years. It's the story of a family desperately helping him as he battled the illness that also claimed the life of their beloved wife and mother. 2009.Overtime: the legend of Guy Lafleur
By Georges-Hébert Germain. 1990
The author gives an insider's view of life in the NHL by telling the story of Guy Lafleur. He describes…
the personal and professional sacrifices needed to stay at the top, the disappointment that drove Lafleur from the team he loved, and his return to the world of hockey at a time when younger players were dominating the league. 1990.Out of the blue: a pilot with the Chindits
By Terence O'Brien. 1984
Anyone who survived a full tour of bombing missions with Costal Command had won life against long odds. The RAF…
wisely and justly did its best to keep such people off operations for a year or so. This text forms the author's account of the war in Burma. 1984.L'alouette affolée ((Collection "Mémoire des Amériques").)
By Gilbert Boulanger. 2010
" Gilbert Boulanger est un homme hors du commun. Membre du Panthéon de l'aviation du Canada, il construit à 84…
ans un biplace avec son ami Denis et publie à 87 ans le récit de son expérience comme mitrailleur dans l'aviation canadienne pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale : Lalouette affolée. " -- 4e de couv.Mario Lemieux: le meilleur joueur de tous les temps
By Michel Brûlé. 2015
" Il y a eu Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Guy Lafleur et Wayne Gretzky, mais il y a…
un seul Michel-Ange du hockey et c'est Mario Lemieux. Mario Lemieux ne mérite pas seulement le titre du meilleur joueur de hockey de tous les temps, mais il a prouvé en devenant propriétaire des Penguins de Pittsburgh et en sauvant ainsi la concession, qu'il était un homme loyal, passionné, extrêmement intelligent et un excellent homme d'affaires. " -- 4e de couv.L'affaire Gerald Bull: les canons de l'Apocalypse
By Normand Lester, Yvon Simard. 1991
L'auteur a été le premier à révéler, après la mort de Gerard Bull, que ce dernier travaillait à un projet…
de canon géant d'une technologie révolutionnaire et que sa participation au programme irakien de missiles avait sans doute provoqué son assassinat. 1991.Oscar Pistorius: le héros déchu de l'Afrique du Sud
By John Carlin, Emmanuelle Aronson, Philippe Aronson. 2014
" Il est 3h du matin dans une banlieue riche de Pretoria lorsqu'on entend des coups de feu. Des cris.…
La police arrive devant une maison blanche et découvre le corps ensanglanté d'une femme splendide. A ses côtés, plein de sang lui aussi, un homme que les policiers reconnaissent instantanément. Il est une légende. Un des athlètes les plus connus au monde. Oscar Pistorius, vient de tuer sa compagne, le mannequin Reeva Steenkamp. Il déclare aux policiers : " je l'ai prise pour un cambrioleur. " Cinq jours plus tard, un procureur général dévoile un passé jusque là soigneusement occulté où Pistorius aurait déjà agressé des femmes et déclare qu'il a tué sa petite amie volontairement. Oscar Pistorius, c'est l'histoire de la compétitivité forcenée qui règne aux jeux Olympiques, c'est l'histoire d'une ascension fulgurante, l'histoire du rôle controversé des médias. C'est l'histoire, aussi, d'une jeune démocratie, l'Afrique du Sud. C'est l'histoire d'un meurtre, et une histoire d'amour. Et enfin c'est l'histoire d'Oscar Pistorius lui-même, cet enfant amputé des deux jambes à l'âge de 11 mois, qui court aux côtés des hommes les plus rapides du monde, dont la vie est tragique, shakespearienne, quelle que soit l'issue de son procès. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Chase your shadow : the trials of Oscar Pistorius.Orser: a skater's life
By Steve Milton, Brian Orser. 1988
Orser, world champion figure skater, describes the hard work and dedication that is required to "reach the top" of this…
sport. He also explains the intense pressure that is faced by young athletes when they compete in international competitions, such as the Olympics. For junior and senior high and adult readers. c1988.Orr: my story
By Bobby Orr. 2013
Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. No defenseman had ever…
played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. He has never written a memoir, authorized a biography, or talked to journalists about his past, but now he is finally ready to tell his story. Bestseller. 2013.