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The author, poker master Phil Hellmuth, Jr., demonstrates exactly how to play and win -- even if you have never…
picked up a deck of cards -- the modern games of poker, including: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz. 2003.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.Pierre Berton's Canada: The Land And The People
By Pierre Berton. 1999
Historical portraits of 25 figures who played a part in casting or who were formed by Canada's landscape. Includes well-known…
figures such Sir John A. MacDonald, poet Robert Service, and Labrador doctor Sir Wilfred Grenfell, as well as pirate William Johnston, guerrilla fighter Pierre, Chevalier de Troyes, and Shawnadithit, the last of the Beothuks. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.Confessions sportives: 50 histoires inédites : [récits biographiques]
By Martin Leclerc. 2014
Découvrez tour à tour les confidences inédites passionnantes et les péripéties rocambolesques de 20 personnalités sportives d'ici, dont des gens…
du hockey (Marc Bergevin, Michel Therrien, Guy Boucher, Mathieu Darche, Ian Laperrière, Jocelyn Thibault, Alain Vigneault, Gilles Courteau), du football (Étienne Boulay, Jean-Philippe Darche), de la course automobile (Patrick Carpentier), de la boxe (Éric Lucas et Stéphane Larouche), du baseball (Michel Laplante) et même du journalisme (Christian Tétreault). Découvrez également sous des éclairages révélateurs de grands noms du sport, parmi lesquels Sidney Crosby, et des personnages hauts en couleur, tels que Stéphane Ouellet. 2014.Dans l'œil d'un coach
By Dany Dubé. 2014
" Atteindre ses objectifs, triompher des embûches, gérer le stress ou apprendre de ses échecs n'est pas réservé aux champions!…
Commentateur parmi les plus appréciés au Québec et ancien entraîneur de hockey, Dany Dubé s'est inspiré du parcours de grands athlètes pour nous livrer ses réflexions sur les enjeux auxquels ils font face. Des réflexions éclairées qui peuvent nous guider dans notre quotidien. Plus que de simples récits sportifs, Dans l'oeil d'un coach regroupe des histoires passionnantes, qui sont aussi de formidables leçons de vie. " -- 4e de couv.Nos glorieuses: plus de cent ans de hockey féminin au Québec
By Lynda Baril. 2013
« Dans Nos Glorieuses, la journaliste et réalisatrice Lynda Baril nous révèle un pan complètement méconnu de notre sport national…
et de l’histoire des femmes du Québec. Contrairement à la croyance populaire, les femmes ont été bien plus que des spectatrices. Dès la fin du XIXe siècle, elles ont chaussé leurs patins et formé des équipes. Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, elles attirent à Montréal jusqu’à 3000 spectateurs par match. Aujourd’hui, elles remportent des médailles d’or olympiques et sont plus nombreuses que jamais sur la glace. Des témoignages et plus de 200 photos, illustrations, documents d’époque, dont plusieurs inédits, relatent la longue et fascinante histoire de Nos Glorieuses. » -- 4e de couv.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.Patriot hearts: inside the Olympics that changed a country
By John Furlong, Gary Mason. 2011
When John Furlong emigrated from Ireland in 1974, the customs officer greeted him with "Welcome to Canada. Make us better"…
- an imperative that has defined Furlong's life. An accomplished athlete with a track record of community service, Furlong was a volunteer for Vancouver's 2010 Olympic bid movement when it began in 1996 and then spent the next 14 years living and breathing the Olympics. Furlong and his organizing team, including 25,000 volunteers and many partners, orchestrated a remarkable Winter Games. 2011.Passover: festival of freedom (Orca origins)
By Monique Polak. 2016
During Passover, Jews are reminded of how, more than three thousand years ago, their ancestors emerged from slavery to become…
free men and women. Polak explores her own Jewish roots as she tells the Passover story, which reminds us that the freedom to be who we are and practice our religion, whatever it may be, is a great gift. It also teaches us that if we summon our courage and look out for each other, we can endure and overcome the most challenging circumstances. Grades 4-7. 2016.Paralympic sports events (Winter Olympic sports)
By Robin Johnson. 2010
The Paralympics are a series of sporting events for elite athletes with different physical abilities. This book examines the five…
Paralympic winter sports - alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ice sledge hockey, and wheelchair curling - and the athletes who compete in them. Prepare to be inspired by their courage, skill, and dedication. Grades 2-4. c2010.Par le chemin du Roi, une femme est venue: Marie-Rose Durocher, 1811-1849
By Germaine Duval. 1982
Biographie de Marie-Rose Durocher. née en 1811, décédée en 1849, soeur Marie-Rose fut la fondatrice des Soeurs des Saints Noms…
de Jesus. Ce livre a été écrit en prévision de son éventuelle glorification par l'église. 1982.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
Outwitting the Gestapo
By Lucie Aubrac. 1993
Lucie Aubrac, a Catholic, was teaching history in a girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when…
World War II broke out. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement. "Outwitting the Gestapo" is Lucie's harrowing account of her participation in the Resistance: of the months when, though pregnant, she planned and took part in raids to free comrades - including her husband, under Nazi death sentence - from the prisons of Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon." 1993.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.Ils ont couru l'Amérique (De remarquables oubliés. #2.)
By Serge Bouchard, Marie-Christine Lévesque. 2014
" Voici les pérégrinations de quatorze coureurs des bois hommes des montagnes, cavaliers des plaines, muletiers, navigateurs des glaces et…
commerçants des déserts. Voici ceux qui ont couru l'Amérique. En suivant leurs traces, nous pénétrons au cœur de l'infrahistoire cette part plus obscure de la grande épopée humaine, mais qui en donne souvent le meilleur éclairage. Voyons leurs exploits. Créons leur légende. Car les grands récits nord-américains ont systématiquement omis de parler de ces Canadiens ainsi qu'on appelait les Canadiens français jusqu'au début du XXe siècle. De même, nos propres élites bourgeoises et cléricales n'ont guère jugé à propos d'en cultiver le souvenir. Et pourtant. Depuis Étienne Brûlé, l'ensauvagé, jusqu'au père Lacombe, dit le petit sauvage, chacun de ces découvreurs mérite de figurer parmi les icônes de la grande aventure de l'Amérique. " -- 4e de couv.