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Native peoples and cultures of Canada: an anthropological overview
By Alan D McMillan. 1988
A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada -- Indian, Metis and Inuit. Describes their traditional ways of…
life from prehistoric times to the present issues of land claims and self-government. 1988.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.Mon Amérique (Documents)
By Jim Fergus, Nicholas De Toldi. 2013
Après Espaces Sauvages, Jim Fergus nous raconte ici six années de "pérégrinations par monts et par vaux" à travers les…
Etats-Unis. De la beauté grandiose et désolée des paysages de l'Utah aux terres sauvages du Nebraska, en passant par quelques savoureux récits de pêche à la mouche dans les rivières de l'Ouest, il évoque une Amérique à la fois mythique et terriblement concrète. Célébrant ainsi la nature, la pêche, la chasse, les animaux sauvages ou domestiques, l'amitié, la culture indienne, ou encore la cuisine, il nous livre les secrets d'un véritable art de vivre, qu'il partage volontiers avec des écrivains comme Jim Harrison ou Thomas McGuane. Titre uniforme: The sporting road.Moron: the behind the scenes story of minor hockey
By Todd Millar. 2013
There will always be morons. People who scream at their teenaged kids, guys who climb up the glass like Spider-Man…
to yell at a rookie referee, women who brawl in the stands. This is a wake-up call not only to those morons, but to the rest of us. 2013.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.Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game
By Michael Lewis. 2003
Author of "The New New Thing" describes how Billy Beane, general manager of baseball's Oakland Athletics, came in first place…
in the American League West in 2002. Examines Beane's use of computers, statistics, and scouting to achieve success despite a minor league budget. Strong language. Bestseller. 2003.La saga des casinos
By Pierre Delannoy, Michel Pichol. 1986
Voici pour la première fois raconté le roman vrai des casinos. Dans leurs salons, se croisent puissants et magnifiques, aventuriers…
et fripouilles, grands mondains et femmes fatales, gangsters, poètes et rois. Des fortunes s'y font, des réputations s'y défont, des vies s'abiment dans la ruine, la déchéance. 1986.L'art de la paix: enseignements du fondateur de l'aïkido
By Morihei Ueshiba. 2000
Ouvrage dans lequel John Stevens retranscrit les enseignements du fondateur de l’aïkido, Morihei Ueshiba. L’aïkido y est défini comme Art…
de la paix. Plutôt qu’un ouvrage technique, il s’agit d’un recueil des pensées du fondateur, qui permet de comprendre la pratique mentale et spirituelle de l’aïkido. 2000.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.Memories of summer: when baseball was an art and writing about it a game
By Roger Kahn. 1997
A sportswriter's memoir of "the gilded era of baseball," the postwar years before million-dollar salaries, television networks, and player strikes.…
Recounts his experiences covering the Brooklyn Dodgers and offers observations on Willie Mays, Leo Durocher, Mickey Mantle, and other stars. 1997.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)McCown's law: the 100 greatest hockey arguments
By David Naylor, Bob McCown. 2007
Sports talk-radio personality Bob McCown isn't afraid to say what's on his mind. His hockey opinions include: The Leafs haven't…
won the Stanley Cup in 40 years for a perfectly logical reason: they have the crappiest players; it's time the law put hockey's most violent offenders in something more restrictive than the penalty box; and Slovakia, not Canada, just may be the greatest hockey nation on Earth. 2007.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.