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My colourful life: from red to amber
By Malcolm Folley, Ginger McCain. 2006
Red Rum's classic win in the 1977 Grand National is the stuff of sporting legend. Red himself became a national…
treasure, and his charismatic trainer -- the redoubtable Ginger McCain -- became a sporting hero. This is his story. Includes strong language. 2006.My Sergei: a love story
By Ekaterina Gordeeva, E. M Swift. 1996
The Russian Olympic gold medalist describes her life with Sergei Grinkov, with whom she was paired when they were both…
adolescent skaters. As they grew up, their partnership led to romance and then marriage. In 1995, Sergei died of a heart attack at the age of twenty-eight. Since then the author skates solo and raises their young daughter. 1996.My life in and out of the rough: the truth behind all that bull**** you think you know about me
By Glen Waggoner, John Daly. 2006
Candid memoir by professional golfer from Arkansas who is a two-time majors winner and PGA champion. Recounts his addictive lifestyle…
that included drinking, gambling, overeating, and sex. Details his career from the 1987 Sunshine Tour in South Africa to the 2005 tour season. Strong language. Bestseller. 2006.My story: My Story
By Lewis Hamilton. 2007
Provides an inspirational insight into Lewis as well as a look back in detail at each race of the 2007…
F1 World Championship, which has been dominated by Lewis's Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. The book also covers Lewis's early years from starting out in go-karts at the age of eight to his meteoric rise through the Junior and Formula ranks. Discusses his leading the F1 World Championship in his debut year, and his transformation from teenage boy wonder to international superstar. 2007.Muhammad Ali: a tribute to the greatest
By Thomas Hauser. 2016
Relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries, and memories gathered over the course of decades on…
the cutting edge of boxing journalism, the author explores Ali in colourful detail inside and outside the ring. Muhammad Ali has attained mythical status. But in recent years, he has been subjected to an image makeover by corporate America as it seeks to homogenize the electrifying nature of his persona. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of what Ali believed, said, and stood for, and that making Ali more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitizing his legacy is a disservice to history as well as to Ali himself. 2016.Moe & me: encounters with Moe Norman, golf's mysterious genius (Maple leaf audio)
By Lorne Rubenstein. 2013
Rubenstein offers a riveting exploration of the life of Moe Norman, known for his unusual swing on the course -…
and his crippling insecurity and introverted nature off of it. 2013.Maurice Richard (Célébrités canadiennes)
By Michel Forest. 1991
Michael Schumacher: the Ferrari years
By Christopher S Hilton. 2001
It took five years, but when Michael Schumacher gave Ferrari the World Championship he proved himself one of the greatest…
of all Grand Prix drivers. This text describes each of his races from 1996, including the genius and the disgrace. 2001.Miracle in the Andes
By Vince Rause, Nando Parrado. 2006
Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as…
well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. Many were dead or dying. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier with no supplies and no means of summoning help. Struggling to endure freezing temperatures, forced to eat human flesh to avoid starvation, Nando resolved that he must get home or die trying. 2006.Maurice Richard (Extraordinary Canadians)
By Charles Foran. 2011
Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an…
era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. Richard aspired only to score goals and win championships for the Montreal Canadiens, but he represented far more. Beginning with his 50-goal, 50-game season in 1944-45 and through his battles with the league over bigotry toward French-Canadian players, Richard's on-ice ferocity and off-ice dignity echoed the change in Quebec. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2011. (Extraordinary Canadians)Martina: Autobiography
By George Vecsey, Martina Navratilova. 1985
Frank and sassy autobiography of the talented and popular international tennis star. Martina relates the story of her growing up…
in Czechoslovakia and her view of communism. She also tells of her bisexuality, her relationships with other professionals on the tennis circuit, and the coaching she received from Renee Richards and Nancy Lieberman. Presents Martina as an honest, likable woman. Bestseller 1985.Coeur ouvert, esprit ouvert
By Clara Hughes, Penelope Bourque. 2015
L'une des grandes olympiennes canadiennes, seule athlète de l'histoire à avoir remporté plusieurs médailles à la fois à des Jeux…
d'hiver et à des Jeux d'été, six au total, Clara Hughes partage pour la première fois son parcours exceptionnel. Le trajet qui a permis à cette femme à l'adolescence turbulente de devenir une athlète d'élite compte quelque vingt ans de compétition. Clara Hughes décrit son triomphe sur ses douleurs physiques et psychiques, ses réussites et ses luttes dans sa vie personnelle et professionnelle. Aujourd'hui porte-parole de ceux et celles qui vivent des problèmes de santé mentale, elle a fait sienne l'attitude que traduit la phrase Cour ouvert, esprit ouvert. 2015. Titre uniforme: Open heart, open mind.Mario Lemieux (Collection Sport)
By Lawrence Martin, G Bacon Clifford. 1993
Portrait du hockeyeur québécois Mario Lemieux. L'auteur, un ex journaliste sportif du "Globe and Mail" retrace, ici, les grandes étapes…
qui ont marqué la vie et la carrière de cet athlète phénoménal controversé. 1993.Bonsoir
By Rodger Brulotte. 2015
" En plus d'être un acteur et un témoin privilégié de l'aventure des Expos de Montréal, Rodger Brulotte représente à…
lui seul plus de trente ans d'histoire du baseball. Pour la première fois avec la verve, l'humour et l'authenticité qu'on lui connaît , il raconte ses meilleures anecdotes, en plus de témoigner des rencontres qui ont façonné sa vie hors du commun.Quel rôle a-t-il joué dans la carrière de Céline Dion? Quels présidents américains ont-ils partagé avec lui leur passion pour le baseball? Quelles stratégies de marketing et de promotion, lancées par les Expos, ont-elles été reprises par toutes les organisations du baseball professionnel en Amérique, et même par des cabinets de relations publiques? Que se passait-il dans le vestiaire des Expos ou lors des voyages de l'équipe à l'étranger? Comment la mascotte Youppi! a-t-elle été créée? Qui sont les vrais responsables du départ tragique des Expos de Montréal? C'est tout cela, et bien plus, qui attend le lecteur dans les pages de Bonsoir..., le récit sans compromis d'un amoureux de la balle, des gens et de la vie. " -- 4e de couv.Gretzky: mon histoire
By Rick Reilly, Wayne Gretzky, Michel Buttiens, Normand Paiement, Michel Rudel-Tessier. 1991
Le légendaire numéro 99 nous entraine dans les coulisses du hockey, aussi bien dans le vestiaire des joueurs que les…
bureaux de direction, et nous parle de ses victoires, de ses déceptions et de ses espoirs. 1991. Titre uniforme: Gretzky, an autobiography.Lionel Conacher (The Canadians)
By Frank Cosentino, Don Morrow. 1981
In the 1920s and 1930s, Lionel Conacher was a popular multi-sport hero. In 1937, he launched his political career, first…
in the Ontario Legislation and later as a Liberal backbencher in Ottawa. Grades 5-8. (The Canadians)Jacques Demers en toutes lettres
By Mario Leclerc. 2005
Émouvante biographie de Jacques Demers, journaliste sportif bien connu. De ses débuts comme simple livreur de boissons gazeuses, au poste…
d'entraîneur-chef des Canadiens de Montréal, jusqu'à ses fonctions de commentateur sportif, l'homme se dévoile en toute sincérité et nous confie ses plus profonds secrets: père alcoolique et violent, ses difficultés à lire et à écrire, sa thérapie. Une solide biographie rédigée de façon sensible et humaine. 2005.Gilles et Jacques: les Villeneuve et moi
By Pierre Lecours. 1998
Biography of hockey great Mario Lemieux, who was discovered to have Hodgkin's disease, cancer of the lymph nodes. One time,…
after undergoing a radiation treatment, Lemieux caught a plane to his team's game and played hockey that night. Includes a glossary of hockey terms and a chronology of Lemieux's career. Grades 5-8. 1997, c1995.Marathon woman: running the race to revolutionize women's sports
By Kathrine Switzer. 2017
Katherine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 where she was attacked by one of the event's directors who wanted…
to eject her from the all-male race. She fought off the director and finished the race. From the childhood events that inspired her to winning the New York City Marathon in 1974, this book details the struggles and achievements of a pioneering women in sports. 2017.